The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-11-14
THE STAY-AT-HOME
GIRL

summer in the city she observed,
seemingly. apropos of nothing at all
With adroit questioning her reasons
began to be apparent. There are a
| great many men in this city whom
you never have an opportunity to talk
to or even see during the winter she
said langudly, simply because they
are attached. One is appropriated by
| your best friend and another by your
best enemy and so on down the list
| "Weu?"
| Well in Summertime they become
detached and then
Then you attach them
| only for the summer" answered
the stay-at-home girl with a touch of
| hauteur. 1T isn't my meter to under
| cut the attractions of my friends. You
know how it is in this little old town. =
| she added frankly. IF a man is in
| love with girl, or even supposed to
| be in love with her he's got to be
| absolutely constant to that girl. He
| is as much her property as if she
! had bought him and paid for him and
| tagged him Hands off It's rather
| hard on him, poor soul. She may have
as many adorers as she likes, but he
| is looked upon by every one as her
| especial property, and he had just as
| we'll be a married man for all the no
| tiCe he gets from the other girls
Sometimes he would dearly love to
| see something of some one else be
If.fy 81. 81 l.,
| but it would simply be accounted
| treason unless his visits We're paid to
| his owners best friend, and made with
| the avowed intention of coniiding in
| her his devotion to his owner"
The stay-at-home girl lapsed into in
| trospection for a moment She was
| probably reviewing the possibilities Of
the five who had just left,
And them" gently urged her inter
locutor.
oh" She reused herself. Il was
about to say that in summer the code
changes Every mans best girl goes
out of town, and he becomes unat-
tached whether he wishes it or not
BY the time he has formed the habit
of being all things to one girl, SO with
the JOY of a grass widower he turns
his attention to the nearest at hand"
who, in this case, happens to be
you"
The nearest at hand" went on the
stay-at-home girl, without needing the
interruption, and rcaps the benefits
of his winters instructions. For in
stance"
Yes. for instance, Let us par
tiCuari2c, commented her companion
Il was going to say that of the five
men who called this evening only one
is a regular standby of my own. The
others are all detached for the sum
mer months. There are half a dozen
others, too, who come at irregular in
tervals-you see | happen to be the
only one of my particular set in town
this summer-and I'm regular queen
bee among them. They can't do too
much for me. | have more engage
ments than can possibly keep for the
afternoons and evenings. There is
even sort of rivalry among them as
to which one will give me the best
time this summer Its awfully jolly"
1T must be, but what about the heat
and noise and lack of vacation tan
that most girls long to accumulate in
summer
"A very small matter compared with
the COmpcnsations." said the stay-at-
home girl wisely. 81 can get through
the days very comfortably when there
is always something pleasant To look
forward to ia the evenings, and with
ten or eleven men struggling to pro
vide you with entertainment there is
always something doing you know
BESIDES"
~Wen?"
It's rather interesting to have your
own little winter-long tete-a-totes
broken in some such fashion. The
man who is-er-especially nice to
you all winter thinks you just twice
as charming when the summer fur
nishes him with a dozen rivals to cope
with. It's a poor rule that doesn't
work both ways
l'uI lutl' S'tul W W blHtI ways
for that rule TO work also" remarked
her companion dryly. What happens
when the actual owners of the de
tached dozen come home again? DO
they accept the leading strings willing
ly or"
The stay-at-home girl unclaspcd her
bracelet and Clasped it on again with
a snap. "Oh, yes" she observed care
lessly.
Il don't believe It," answered her
intcrIocutor calmly. II remember to
have heard last autumn that you"
1--WE won't 50 into that. If you
please" murmurtd the stay home
girl rising from her chair Il hate
inventories and post -mortcms. Just
be content to take my word for II that
autumn is the actual vacation time
and summer is the time TO stay AT
home If YOU want to"
Gather you posy of other mems
nowers?' quoted her tormentor soft.
~.
ITO enjoy yourself" said the stay.
at-home girl witheringly.