The Washington herald., 1907-03-17

man who can handle one that appeals
to the romantic side Of d woman's nature.
There's something about the cavalry Of
life that makes the infantry look insig-
nihcant and commonplace. There's some
thing about boots and spurs and leather
breeches that makes the man in ordinary
trousers ana spike-tailcd coat look lit
tie ridiculous There's something about
the man who goes about his duties and
performs feats Of courage right under
your eyes that piques your interest and
makes the chap who comes loiling in TO
afternoon tea or goes tip-toing through q
cotillion look ike a toy manikin. There's
something about physical proves Of any
kind that fascinates a woman, and about
the man who holds your life in bis hands
that makes the man who picks up your
fan and passes you an fee seenl-seeml--
u understand" I broke in, cOmpre-
hendingIy. It's the same thing about a
ruffied apron
What"
And about the girl who sits across a
little table from you. wearing one
Il don't understand.
And going about her little feminine
duties and performing feats Of art on
your finger nails right under your
eyes"
THAT makes the woman in q stiff silk
frock and stiff kid gloves. and stin
drawing room manner, who pOurs you a
cup of tea and talk inanities about the
weather seem stupid and stale and
Mr.. Curtis.'
"Oh. we'll" I remarked. indifferently
Il Was only trying TO show you the other
side Of the situation Every situation
has two sides you know
Yes" agreed Kitty. fiiclKilg her horse
smartly and the social situation Is one
in which men and women always see the
worst side Of one anotheT-the frivolous.
vapid, unnatural side. It's Ike looking
at saiiboat when it is lying in the
harbor. with it's sails all furled and its
deck empty. and you can observe all the
spots and patches on its canvas and the
defects IN It's makeup instead Of seeing
Il when Il is IN motion with its wings
spread 10 the breeze, and il is fun Of the
grace and charm and vitality Of action
People who only meet on draWing-room
chairs OF across Il dining table or in
theater box never really know one an
other It's the people who meet Ia the
thick Of life the people who work TO-
gether, and ride together-
"An3 don't have time 20 talk about the
weather"
Nor 60 bore one another"
Nor 10 consider whether they should
or shouldn't fall in love- finished Kitty.
who see one another in the most fas-
cinating light Now we. for instance,
might ride together all day she added.
Might we?' I asked. eagerly.
But you wouldn't seem bit Ike a
groom"
should hope not"'
Because" pursued Kitty, you are just
amusing yourself, while be would be tax
Ing me-seriously."
Naturally" ] replied. che would take a
situation seriously which meant forty dol
lars a month
"A groom." continued Kitty. without
glancing at me, holds unique position.
He IS at once your servant-and your
master. From the moment he begins serv-
ing you Il is his duty 10 wait upon you
and 20 command you
And there never was a woman yet 1
! interpoIated, who didn't ike TO be or
dered about"
And 10 be waited on" added Kitty.
I a woman's groom must pay her a thou
/ sand little attentions which put him in
an attractive light. He must assist her
! 70 mount and he must catch her if she
/ loses her balance, he must arrange her
skirts, her stirTUps and her straps; he
must dismount forty times % pick up
/ the things she drops and save her life
every time she makes a foolish mistake.
He must run her errands and do all the
( little courteous things she had dreamed
I her lover or her husband would DO. He
must listen when she speaks obey when
/ she commands. never notice when she
does foolish things not see her when
Sc I'd 1rr has hD~ v-n r
[ is in a tempeT-
And never answer back"' I cried. with
shudder.
/ And that said Kitty. positively. IS
/ the most fascinating thing of all 10 the
average woman who has been through
/ an average love affair or tied Up i'm an
average marriage. You can't quarrel with
/ your groom. His very attitude toward
you is that of Sir Walter Raleigh toward
/ Queen Elizabeth. He lays down mental
/ cloak for you to walk on
! And you can't quarrel with your mani
curist or your stenographer, because she
won't quarrel back" I broke in
/ IF the average husband declared Kit
/ ty. were half as attentive sOlicitOus.
and devoted as his coachman, there would
be fewer scandals of the drawing room
stable sort"
And if the average wife. I retorted.
were half as gentle and patient and
| flattering as her husbands stenographer
or his manicurist. there would be fewer
romauces Of the dOwntOwn-0fiice Variety
Its the cross-cut" finished Kitty. dra-
matically that leads anywhere the soon
est-even TO love. While the society man
| is out making money. or playing golf or
| billiards, or poker. or the horses and
dawdling along the roundabout highway
10 love, the groom Is taking the cross
cut
And while the society girl is spending
her days at the dressmaker's 8" i broke
in stoutly, ''or the beauty specialists, OF
/ the matinee. or playing bridge. or flirting,
the little stenOgrapher has quietly slipped
into the situation and-Where are you
going Kitty?" But only the dust from
her horses heels came back 10 me as
Kitty with a sharp touch OF her crop
on the animals flank, dashed into a side
path.
Wait, Waltz I cried. digging my spurs
into my pony and following her.
I'm taking a short cut" called Kitty,
laughing back at me-
Look OUT I cried There's dan
ger" And then my heart contracted
and my hands grew cold as I caught a
glimpse Of a riderlcss horse pluugtng
madly toward Us down the bride path
II was all over in an instant. and / had
caught Kittys bride and dragged her
out Of the way of the frightened animal.
Our horses stood breathing hard at the
side of the path Kitty. looking little
white. and disheveled. was calmly replac-
ing her loosened hatpins.
'Weli?" I inquired, irreevantly.
''Well?" repeated Kitty. glancing I'D at
me. quizzically. as she pushed a falling
hairpin into place.
'I-er-I Just saved your life, I re-
marked. lighting a cigarette as noncha-
lantly as my trembling fingers would per
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