Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-10

She looked up with start, and has
tily hid her hands behind her. "My, how you
startled me! Why, feel all right"
whats that you've got behind you" the floor
walker interrupted.
THAT? Oh, that's nothing just an exchange
slip to be signed" she replied glibly bringing
her right hand forward as proof of her assertion.
Lets see the other hand" suggested the floor
walker.
"Won't one hand do?" she parried.
"No, must see them both" he said firmly.
''Well, there, then" and she thrust forward an
empty hand.
'You dropped something behind you," cried
the foorwalker, triumphanty.
"You have too many eyes,, she pouted, stoop-
ing to pick up what she had dropped. 1t proved
to be a valentine, and the foorwalker snickered.
Glove! I thought that by the time girl got
to be twenty plus she over that kind OF TOOL
shness"
"a girl is never too old to enjoy being made love
to-" she retorted 'and in fact, the older she gets
the more she likes it."
Regardless of who does the lovemaking, sup
pose?"
ooh no. she has her preferences, OF course, ana
after awhile, perhaps, she gets to have prefer
ence-" She paused and glanced at the floor
walker, but he was absorbed in) the valentine:
"And she always enjoys well-put compliment
"Always? Now, have known girls to snap
you off and tell you not to be silly and 10 oe-
"That's because you didn't pay your compn-
ment at the right time, at the psychological mo-
ment so to speak" she replied. You probably
told them how pretty they looked when they
were rigged out in their oldest clothes preparatory
to doing some housekeeping. Now, you should
never try to jolly a girl unless she can really
Aatter herself that there may be some truth IN
what YOU say, after all. Never miss an opportu,
nitv like the first wearing of new dress TO tell
her what a charmer she is, and don't let tne occa-
sions slip by on which she wears that 1aVorite
pink waist of hers In other words, catch her IN
the mood" ,.,
az thought YOU Just said that girl always liked
+o he made love to-" the foorwalker objected.
! She withered him with glance. But she has
other things to think of, once in while, silly
except being made love to. Once year. you
know in Lent she gets very religious, ana centres
her mind on things not of the world. As yon
value her affection, don't attempt to make love
to her in the penitential season. But you may
start in apain bright and early Easter morning.
Also don't make love to her just after she has
decided upon her career She'll get over that IN
time but you must let the malady run It's
course 49, .u... ~
about are lust exceptions to the rule?'
"Tbe exceptions which prove the rule, you
mean " she corrected. "a girl enjoys being made
love to, but her moods are never to be depenueu
on"
"Fxcept on St. Valentines Day" she echoed,
gazing sentimentaly at the valentine. Such
beautiful sentiment
""All day long, sweet Valentine,
sing to tell this love of mine;
Accent this heart, a token, dear,
OF love that lives from year to year..
.sRuhh;shi" pronounced the floor walker. And
,,o mean to tell me that that is the kind of stuff
girls lke!" Ill, 4o,,oh ot ao.
fance 'It's not so much the way IN winch IL Is
expressed, as it is the thought when lies Denina
"Thouoht. fddlesticksl Probably came from
some kind of vapid mind that never knew any
real thoughts. Why, don't you know "nat tnis
kind of stuff is worth?"
How should I know" Aippantly. IT don't run
a magazine" .
his discourse as if nothing had happened. Its
nothing but conventional rubbish, and doesn't
moan anv more than the things young fellow IS
expected to say and does say between the dances.
II also doesn't mean any more than what a man
saws under the influence of music and moonlight,
81 Gov that matter any more than what girl
ineinuates with her eyes when she knows she is
licking particularly well. It's bred in the bone
r. IN he foolish and sentimental at certain stages
of the game, and we just can't help it"
n ~ think you are perfectly horrible she muir
"a INJURED her eyes still on the valentine. Don
neople ever mean what they say!
d "0f course they do. But you must be very
h ooreful about believing all you hear. If man
n r,sbes around before breakfast and proposes to
you while you are dressed for breakfast with the
l. famv-ahem!-you may be pretty sure that he is
% earnest You may also be reasonably certain OF
e his sincerity if he pops the question While trying
h 10 hold an umbrella over two in driving rain
5, with slush ankle deep under foot
"Weu. I'm glad he's in earnest sometimes" she
J; said sarcastically' -, -..
a mustn't expect him to keep to the same state OF
n rdont yooine all the time Before you mar
re ;ed he will tell you that when you dance you are
10 &c Goht as feather but afterwards he will tell
u Won that YOU are like ton OF coal He will
le swear that your every wish shall be his, and you
'u LII find the cold reality to be thenecessity OF
o,;naing TO him. For a while nothing will be too
- Good for YOU and then you VIII suddenly wake
1n 70 the fact that he is the head of the house,
md that YOU are merely a part OF the furniture,
s II were. | tell you, girl is foolish II slS
navs any particular attention to these valenti
as pr 10 the VOWS that lovers make before
m riage . - - ,.s V2).|.X
~ obst;na1e line "You are jealous, that's
I ha matter with YOU" she declared IF
m miie ,aren,t Won wouldn't think of talking like tin
:" And stil say that the expression doesn't matteN
w ;tie the thought behind it that counts And even
mu n, ;f man ceases to pay you compliments, that
nd doesn't 90 to prove that he doesn't still care fol
lar Won. Still waters run deep, you know"
i've The Aoorwaker shrugged his sholders. 81 al
u sa;d there was no arguing with a woman