Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-03-10
ny KATE t,pSON LARK.

81 MAIZE tiSoN 'IAhiNh'
Copyright, 1905. by Joseph h.. Bowles)
A rather sensible and original boy
of IA, whose school was situated near
q seminary for girls, once asked his
mother: What makes girls gig
gle So"
What makes boys giggle so?" re-
Joined his mother, rather sharply.
She had detected in this boy many
signs of contempt for girls" and she
proposed to nip in tie bud, IL possible,
any such growth.
But they don't" insisted the boy.
1--WE 30 along from our school and
maybe we holler. and maybe we snow
ball, or maybe we fight, and the girls
never do any of those things. | don't
say they are worse than we are, but
they do giggle, ami they giggle all
the time. | made up my mind that
I would walk behind a lot Of girls
every day for awhile and see what was
SO funny. | like to laugh as well as
anybody, and / thought it wouldn't
do any harm for Ec to listen for a
few days, and SO | have listened for
Cf'l oo many uusp j hhNp 'hl
a good deal of what the girls have
said, and | haven. heard a single
funny thing yet
at served you right commented
his mother, still on The defensive, and
casting about in her mind for some
thing to say which should not be I'M
fair and yet which should place the
sirlo Il, tla l.ut ,.ecilln Iirht. hyptt
had no business TO be listening.
What seems funny TO those who know
all the ms and outs and connections
Of any affair naturally may seem tame
to an outsider"
We'll, | will tell what four girls
said to-day asserted the boy. toler-
antly. "You can judge for yourself.
One of them said: Girls, | am going
to wear my green dress to Sues party
tonight and then they all giggled.
Then each girl told what she was 60
ing to wear TO Sues party, and every
time they had "A fresh attack of gig
giles. Then a girl said she loved to
90 to Sues because they had such
splendid sailed almonds there. and
then they giPglcd to beat the band
and then they met two Of our fellows
who had just run arCund a back street
on purpose to meet these girls, and
after they had gone by and they had
all bowed then the girls gigglcd for
a full block, never saying a word
Now, do o see anything funny in all
that"
my SON" said his mother, the
other night when You had three Of
your friends to dinner do you remem-
Der how your father and | had To re-
prove you constantly because you all
fell to laughing In such an inanc way
over nothing at all? 1t was impos-
siblc to ave any sensible conversa-
ton. though there we're several things
we all wanted to talk about, because
you boys would, As you say, giggle and
giggle So"
The boy paused a moment. lie evil
IDENTIFY did remember
ut Is a way young things have"
went on his mother, "to be gay and
frisk about. Lambs and kittens and
puppies all do It. end they would
doubtless giggle II they could. Trou-
BILE and care sober people fast enough
as they grow older. Unless others are
annoyed by It on seine special occa-
sioE ! should generally advise thai
young people be allowed to laugh all
they wish to-"
But laughing Ia different from this
everlasting giggling,' argued the boy.
And at any rate boys don't go along
the street giggling, as girls do. We
boys think it makes them look per-
fectly silly"