Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-11-07
BY HELEN ROWLAND.

Cdli!tii? llftlnS her spoon from tnt
sticky mass in the chatting dish and re
garding it with d quiZZical little frown
Isn't that just like matrimony."
If you mean that it's an awful mix
~ mystery" began the Mere Man
leaning lazily back on the oriental
d!v;ia. where he could study this
Bachelor Girls forearm with profess
sional appreciation.
And you can't possibly tell how ii
viii turn out until it's finished" inter
polated The Bachelor Girl with n sigh.
Nor whether you ought to throw ii
aside or to smile and swallow II if its
y failure" agreed the Mere Man sympa-
theticaIly.
"And whether it's a failure or not.
declared the Bachelor Girl. with a
decisive flip of the spoon. depends en-
tirely on what effect the cheese and
ale or the man and woman will have
ON II another"
"Thero's only way to solve the prob
fem the Mere Man. cheer
fully blowing Il smoke ring and watch
ing ii curl over the Bachelor Girls
pompadour. land that's To Try it. Take
me tor Instance"
Mr.. Porter"
As IN example" hastily put in the
Mere Nan. Look AT the effect YOU
have on me when YOU are making Il
iarehiJ and your hair is ruflled ana
youl sleeves are rolled up and your
checks
That's only one effect" interrupted
the bachelor Girl quickly. land there
are always two TO matrimony."
The Before and After, =" suggested
the Mere Man.
Ne retorted the Bachelor CHI.
stirring vigorously. the expected and
unexpected. the good and the bad, the
up and down. l don't suppose she
added. blowing out the alcohol flame
and carefully dishinc the rarebit onto
tha crackers in the little blue plates.
that it would ever occur To a man to
consider the effect of marriage on-on
a woman, for instance. From the mas
'uline viewpoint there is only one side
To the question. Yet matrimony is Jus;
like -
oh. II YOU mean thai it's fun of ups
and downs and that you never know
when you are going To fly into the air
or drop with Il bump began the Mere
Man sententiousiy.
II mean.' said the Bachelor Girl.
.lahhiEg Il cracker severely. that the
effects on the two parties always are
precisely opposite and exactly in in
verse ratio. Did You ever see Il woman
trying To reform II man."
'HeaNen forbid" murmurcd the Mere
Man. Liun2ing his fork into the rare
bit. II had to watch a man hanged
once. aud | accidentally witnessed an
automobile smashup; but I'm not really
morbid or"
We'll. ! did" declared the Bachelor
Girl. twisting Il string of rarebit around
her fork. 1T was awfully funny"
Funny The Mere Man stopped in
the act of raising a mouthful of yellow
gluten.
Yes replied the Bachelor Girl. with
a soft ripple of laughter. by the time
she had made him give up poker and
billiards and taught him to go to
church on Sunday she had learned 10
play bridge whist and acquired Il taste
for cocktails. The seesaw had tipped
course" she added hastily. that's an
unusual case"
oh, / don't know unused the Mere
Man renectively. THE jolliest chap |
ever knew married Il with mel
anchciia. BY the time he had cured her
the effort had got on his nerves and
worn on him so that he was "a hypo-
%chcndriar with a chronic grudgc
against the world and humanity in
general. While she was growing stout
and hearty. he grew thin and lost his
hair. It's the reflex action. l suppose"
he added with a sigh. But and he
looked more cheerful. AL people who
marry aren't exactly opposite"
But they're V exactly alike"
rejoihed the Bachelor Girl. and even
when tie seesay doesn't tip up at an
angie. Its bound to joggle a little.
While a wife is trying to live up TO
h. husbands ideals she is always un-
consciously bringing hin! around to her
sentiments and habits-and vice versa.
It's like going through the patent re-
volvilig DOORS or the little ticket gates.
Write You are letting yourself in You
are always letting the other person
out, and somehow you can never meet
on the same side. Look at the peo-
pie who carry for love. for instance"
Where cried the Mere Man. put
ting down his plate. GIVE me a mi
cioscope! In these days.
There are lots of them" declared
the Bachelor Girl. sweeping the dishes
INTO a heap on the table and Begin
hihg To scrape the plates. only of
cours. one of them is always a little
more in love than the other. 1t doesn't
TAKE a poet to teach us that two peo-
pie V love one another i'm exact
ly the same degree. Yet n man all
Ways thinks that, If he can only get
the woman he wants, he can teach her
to love him.
1T ought to be an easy task" put
IN the Mere Man. considering the
scarcity-'
II beg your pardon. Mr.. Porter"
The scarcity of nice men" finished
the Mere Man hastily.
The trouble Is" pursued the Bache-
lor Gill. h%aughtily ignoring the inter
'NPS'Ci' CHal ny tHc tlile lie mas sue
ceeded in making a woman care for
him a man has usually lost interest
in the game and begun to console
himself w%ith-another woman. BY the
time she has walked up to the fact
that. after all. he is the best she could
have done, he is beginning to won
der ii he couldn't have done better.
BY the time she has begun to listen
10 his step with pleasure he is be-
ginning TO step u the corner for
his pleasures. BY the time he has
warmed the flame of love in her the
fire has gone out in him-and they
are merely. following n another round
the revolving door,.
oh. WELL said the Mere Man. hope
fullY as. he Lit hin nina .na -.