Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-12-28

widow, EianC.ng rucfIlly
at the hoily-wreathed
I clock ou the mauteI-piece.
10 90 know where 20 begin
- reforming yoursels2"
EELS Great hoavensi" ex-
UfT9H claimed the bachelor.
~ you are not going TO do
~ anything Ike u1t are
So your"
e.-2-a1s-.-=4 The widow pointed sol
tnnly Co the hands OF the clock.
which Indicated 1850. and then 90
the calendar. on which hung one nut-
tering leaf marked December 81.
1T IS time" she sighed. ito begin
mental house-ciCauing. 20 sweep out
our collection OF last years folliee and
dust OF our petty sins and fling away
dnr old vices and
That's the troubiet" broke In the
bachelor. ITS so hard 90 kaow just
chat 90 throw away and what % keen.
Making New Years resolutions is like
doing the spring housekeeping or
Gearing out a drawer full OF old let
ters and sentimental rubbish You
Know that there are lots OF things
TOu ought 10 get rid or and that are
Just In the way. and that you would
be better OF without. but the minute
you make Up your mind 10 part with
anything. even a tiny. Insignificant
Eice. 20 suddenly becomes SO dear and
4ttracuve that you repent and begin
T. take a new interest ia IT, The only
time / ever had TO be taken home in
& cab was the day after / promised 10
qgn the pledse." and the bachelor
Gghed remlniscently.
~And the only time I ever oyerdrev
rpy bank account" declared the wild
DIV. was the day after had resolved
60 economic. suppose" she added
Pensively. that the best way TO begin
Mould be 70 pick out TIE worst vice
and discard that"
And that will leave heaps OF room
for the others and for a lot OF new lit
Oe sins. beside. won't it, agreed the
bachelor cheerfully. Well" be added
philosophically. I'm give up murder
Ing
WHAT the widow started.
Don't you want me to-" asked the
bachelor plainuvely. rubbing his bald
spot cor perhaps / might resolve not
70 commit highway robbery any more
or 70 stop foreing or"
"AM OF which is so easyi" broke IN
the widow sarcastically.
"There'd be some glory and some
reason ia giving up a big vice" sigh
&C the bachelor. IL fellow had one.
But the trouble is that most OF US men
haven't any big criminal tendencies.
merely a heap 81 little follIes and
weaknesses that there isn't any par
ocular virtue IN sacrificing or any
particular harm IN keeping"
"And which YOU always do keep, IN
spite OF al your New Years vows"
remarked the widow ironically.
"Huh!" The bachelor laughed cyni-
cally. Its our New Years vows that
help ne 10 keep EN-. The very fact
that fellow has sworn to forego any
Ching, whether it's a habit or a girl,
makes IL more attractive. I've thrown
away a whole box Of cigars with the
finest intentions W The world and then
gotten up in the middle OF the night
70 fish the pieces out 81 The waste bas-
ket And that midnight smoke was
the sweetest ever had. II was
sweeter than the apples stole when
was a kid and the kisses / stole
when"
IF you came here 20 dilate on the
Toys OF sin. Mr.. Travers." began the
widow coldly.
"And. proceeded the bachelor.
I've made up my mind 10 stop firt-
ing with a girl. because ! found out
dat she Was beginning Toto"
Il understand" interrupted the
widow sympathetcally.