Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-10-11
The STAY-AT-HOME
GIRL

men callers and sank back into lie
7" chair with the air Of one who know,
r her own powers.
x yes. II really does pay to spend the
r hummer in the city she observed
$ seemingly apropOs OF nothing at all.
a With adroit questioning her reasons
began 10 be apparent. There are a
2 great many men in this city whom
you never have an opportunity to tax
70 or even see during the winter" she
said iansuidly, simply because they
are attached. One is appropriated by
your best friend and another By your
-eft enemy and 50 on down the Est"
, "Weii?"
Well in Summertime they become
8 detached. and then
Then you attach them2'
Only for the summer" answered
the stay-ati.9me girl with touch Of
hauteur DO isn't my Meter TO under.
cut the attractions Of my friends You
know how it rs in this little old town,
She added frankly "If a man is in
love with a girl OF 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 II she
had bought him and paid for him and
tagged him Hands Of 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
vel be q 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- /
sides the girl who has attached him,
but il would simply be accounted /
treason unless his visits were paid to +
his owners best friend, and made with /
the avowed intention of conhding in
her his devotion to his owner"
The stay-athome girl lapsed into in
trospection for moment She was
probably reviewing the possibilities of
the five who had just left
And thcn?' gently urged her inter
locutor
OH" She reused herself. "I 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. 50 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
stayat-home girl, without needing the
and reaps the benefits
of his winters Instructions For in
Yes for instance. Let us par
Licularize. commented her companion
Il was going to say that of the five
men who called this evening only one
S regular standby of my own The
others are All detached for the sum
ner months. There are half a dozen
lthers too, who come at irregular in
ervals-you see l happen to be the
My one of my particular set in town
his summer and I'm a regular queen
zee among them They can't do too
much for me- l have more engage
lents than | can possibly keep for the
fternoons and evenings There is
ven a sort of rivalry among them as
. which o. viii give me the best
me this summer Its awfully jolly"
1T must be. but what about the heat
nd noise and lack of vacation tan q
nat most girls long to accumulate in =
VI
"A very small matter compared with ca
he compensations." said the stay-at- fr,
1me girl wisely. Il can get through 10
10 days very comfortably when there II
always something pleasant to look
rwaTd to in the evenings. and with
n OF eleven men struggling to pro NJ
de you with entertainment there is -
ways something doing you know IS
ssides-" ~
'Wen?" =
Its rather interesting to have your III.
IN little winterlong tete-a-tetes
oxen in some such fashion. The
nm who is-er-especially nice to
u all winter thinks you Just twice da
charming when the summer fur
she's him with dozen rivals to cope
tn. IT'S a poor rule that doesn't
'rk both ways" -
But there seem TO be other ways
= that rule to work also" remarked 4
r companion dryly. What happens Is
en the actual owners of the de- II
he'd doze come home again? Do III
y accept 'ae leading strings willing ~
or" rs
rhe stay-a'home girl unclasped her Y :
Icelet and clasped it on again with Y,
nap. "oh, yes" she observed care
sly.
| don't believe &C." answered her "
erlocutor calmly Il remember to In
e heard last autumn that you" corr
We won't so into that. II YOU
lse.' murmurtd the stay-at-home Y
. rising from her chair. Il hate
entories and post-mortems. Just
content TO take my word for il that
lmn is the actual vacation time
summer is the time to stay at e
lie II you want to-" K
Gather you a posy of other mems -,
erS ?" quoted her tprmentOr soft NNu