The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-07-11
LOVE AS A
SIDE DISH

- P"s W PICK up kitty's ron
house. "'eu INTO the
nantly. N'''y' indis-
You luttered," retorted. ANA
mats the same thing" anu
Kitty sat up straight and razad .,
me In CONSERVATION. ~
The insult" she declared g,r,o,..
which YOU have offered to--,o ,,,,
SEX Just as If were an old ma,a,y
she added with true feminine narsdov
Aren't old maids of your sexo" +
asked in gentle surprise.
They're the only cnes who apt,or -
asserted Kitty positively.
Not at all" ! retorted "Tva lror,,
plenty OF widows who CHANGED color
and their conversation at the moro ~,
trance OF a man upon the scene; and
dozens OF debutantes who became
tongue'tied or tremulous the momart
decentlooking chap appeared in the
ura"ing room. Even most married
women, ] added. lose their poise and
the point of their remarks at sight
OF the approach of a masculine cres.
lure. 1t doesn't seem to be matter
OF a woman's age or her condition
but"
VI the importance she accords to
men,, broke in Kitty sca.hingly
There are individuals of both sexes Z"
she added witheringly, who are too
easily impressed by the opposite six"
Not at all, objected. 81 never
knew a schoolboy so insignificant and
homely and inconsequential that he
didn't scorn girls. You see, to men.
woman is sidedish, mere incident,
while to a woman, man represents the
whole menu of social existence. the
piece de resistance, the Alpha and
omega, the beginning and the end"
"Of course" proceeded Kitty, ignor-
ing my thrust there are plenty of
women who overrate men and
and look at them through magnifying
glasses"
And who 'fluttter' put in hastily,
at their mere presence"
But she continued coldly, they
are women who don't know them"
WHAT"
"Old maids" returned Kitty, and
widows whose husbands have been
dead long time and young girls
who have no brothers to help them
get a true perspective on the mascu.
line creature And there are other
women so abnormally self-conscious
and vain that they can't be their nat
ural selves in the presence of any
man"
ITS awfully flattering." l began en-.
Enthusiastically, TO think that we can
be so agitating-"
"Oh, it isn't the man that really agi-
tates the" retorted Kitty.
NO." / rejoined promptly, its the
set of their skirts, or the tilt of their
hats, or the curl of their hair or the
thought of whether there is any pow
der ON their noses, or of what they
shall say to be scintillating, Or"
Isn't this the seventh waltz" ask
ed Kitty suddenly, rising and looking
earnestly at her program. Il must
go. Mr.. Carter must be looking for
me"
"Oh, no." retorted, 81 just saw him
come out with the Tredway girl. Are
you going to 'futter' again, Kitty
For Kitty had sat down with sud
den exclamation and was nervously
pulling the remains of her fan to
shreds.
1.-The idea" she exclaimed indig-
nantly, "of accusing me of-of any
thing like that. Only unpopular WON
zen 'flutter.'" Kitty flung out the word
scornfully,
"They are unpopular because they
do fiutter,' / contended calmly, light
ing another cigarette.
"Of course" said, relenting lit
tie. there are plenty Of women VINO
do take men as side dish; but they
are either those who are born with 9
mission or those who are like your
self, Kitty"
"What?" Kitty looked up suspi
ciously.
Who have so many side dishes,
| explained, "and are so constantly II
the company of men that they lose
that awe OF tie sex
"Sh!" cried Kitty, as dark iorn
emerged from the vines and passed Sc
near us that he swept Kittys rnines
There he goes!
THE devil" calculated.
mo, Clement Carter" corrected
Kitty. ,,,,u,.
kitty" | exclaimed reproachfully
"vou're tearing that fan to pieces
Kitty dropped the bauble neryously
"There!" | exclaimed, picking VI
the scraps, you were futtering'
81 wasn't" =,
"And at the near sight OF MIMI
looked my disgust.
ooh. no" declared Kitty hasuiy
mot at the sight of him 1t was 10
fear he might catch sight oil me- MI
Curtis"
what ?"