The Washington herald., 1906-11-25


the same time. or a little before, the au-
thor prepared a novelette, form OF the nov
elized dranatized short story, and one Of
the magazines published that. And after
all this. the play made from the original
idea was produced. l shouldn't at all mind
being person Of one idea II my one idea
paid so well as that young mans.
There are two kinds Of valuable ideas in
the value Of mind one kind brings money
inland the other keeps money from going
out. The second kind Is usually feminine.
for I never yet knew man whose sole
idea Of economy wasn't smoking a pipe
instead Of cigars. And I want to congrat-
uiate woman know in her development
OF the feminine idea Three years ago she
had suit made by very good tailor. 1t
was conservative sort OF a suit. with a
rather long coat, and II betrayed the date
OF It's manufacture IN the sleeves only.
| They were without fulness at the shoul-
der. They were beIl-shaped at the wrist.
| however For one season she wore them
that way. Two years ago she had the
wrist part made smaller. and wore the
| coat so for season. Last year she wore
| II merely 10 market. This year she's had
| the skirt OF that suit cut I'D to make leg
| O'-muttOn sleeves for the coat. and she
wears it with a plaid skirt Next year,
she says, she's going TO have the coat
| bobbed off and make an Eton OF Il, and
the year afterward she thinks she really
must have a new suit.
|
IT don't know how I'll face Clara when
/ she comes home,'' said a woman I met
/ in market yesterday. She'll blame ne,
/ l.
band has gone and done, because my hus-
band let him do it. Clara went away to
stay while WiIliam-his name is William
/ attended to the moving. Their new fat
/ has a room they're going 10 use for a
/ den, and William concluded he'd furnish
/ It before she came back. He bought a
rug. and Of course, he bought Il just
/ as man does. late in the afternoon
when the lights are on. in the stores
| When It came home, he saw that the fig
ures he'd taken for a soft rose color were
/ bright orange. He writes stories, and he
/ said he couldn't do d bit OF work with
/ those glaring orange things staring at
/ him, though, Of course. know that what
really worried him was the thought OF
| the things Clara would say when she got
.
ask him what he could do to tx It. 1t
didn't occur TO either OF them 70 ex-
/ change the rug. My, no! No man would
think OF a sensible thing like that They
/ discussed the orange figures, and de-
/ cided that the clever thing would be to
/ paint them out. so of they went to a
/ department StOre-yes, and I know half
a dozen saIeswomen Just few 10 help
| them. They'll all let you stand TIL your
| shoes wear out, while they walt on a
man. William was set on rose color.
/ but he didn't know whether he ought 20
/ use house paint or rouge sn the sales
woman showed him samples OF every
| thing they had in stock, and William
explained how be couldn't think in the
same room with anything orange. Finally
he bought a palette and palette knife
and two brushes and bottle OF turpen-
tine and tube OF rose madder paint and
carried them home with him. Ny hus-
band came home and didn't think TO men,
ton the matter TO me till after dinner
OF course I flew TO the telephone 70 tell
1 William not TO put anything on those
orange places, but some strong coffee,
which would subdue them TO something
| he could live with. First thing I said
was, Have you put that paint on the
rug yet?' oh, yes, he said. cheerfuIly,
/ I've got the orange spots all painted out.
The turpentine has run some, and that
| paint is brighter than I thought il would
/ he, but as soon as il dries, I'm going over
| il with some shoe pOmsh Clara left
Really, ! think they ought to have a
| sign up over the door OF every depart
ment store. Men not admitted unless
| accompanied by wives or guardians
"once upon a time" says a clergyman
who always begins his stories in that
way, there were three colored men con-
demned to death in a certain Southern
State. The evidence had been about
equally strong against all three, and not
one Of them received any particular SYM
pathy from the public The day for the
execution OF their sentence arrived. and
two of them were hanged The moose
was about the neck OF the third. when
up thundered a mounted messenger with
a pardon for him. He was not guilty. il
appeared; but still his presence in that
part of the country was not desired. The
sheriff impaired the news to him.
Get away from here as fast as YOU
can was his advice. Go at once
The pardoned man stood staring fix
He seemed not to hear the sheriffs
words.
Get away as fast as you can the
sheriff repeated. This isn't a safe place
for you
The man still stared
Don't you hearT asked the sheriff.
The man looked up
was jest a-wondering' he said. I
was jest wondering pointing to the
dead men, what you was a-going 10 do
with they all's clothes"
Personally, / can't understand why peO-
pie are taking on" so over Mrs Parsons
conclusion that limited marriages might
possibly better social conditions, unless
it's because a woman isn't permitted to
speak out as plainly as man. Certainly
the Washington correspondent Of the
Boston Globe, in his first novel, advanced
the theory several years ago, and If u.
s. Of Dale" hasn't hinted at something
OF the sort In his latest novel. I really
don't know what the moral of his tale is.
And, anyway, aren't we, in fact. living
under an unavowed but nevertheless ac-
tual limited marriage regime? Expressing
my surprise at a recent marriage to a
friend of the bride, I was a little taken
aback when the friend said, easily: "Oh,
well. If they don't get on together they
can get a divorce" That wasn't the at
titude in my day, but unquestionably Il
is at present. If your marriage IS
failure, why. you can always try, try
again. Many thoughtful and many re-
ligious persons are scandalized by It, but
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