The Washington herald., 1907-11-24

il in order 20 please some man. From
the time you are old enough TO teach US
To climb fences and steal apples and play
tick-tack, YOU make IL plain 20 us that
those things are attractive and that
good little girls are always left out Of the
game Why Do you suppose a girl dyes
her hair or powders her nosee Is il
/ because she admires butter-coIored locks
and pasty complexion and enjoys dab
ling IN chemicals? Why do YOU suppose
she pulls her waist in until it hurts and
wears foolish French heels that make
her dizzy? Is IL because she is pining
for indigestion and a pain in her sidee
Why do you suppose
Il hadn't supposed anything about it,"
interrupted the Mere Man impatientIy.
but II you martyr yourselves that way
70 please Us you are wasting your time.
Men don't respect or admire"
Who wants 10 be respected and ad-
mired-and left at home2" demanded the
Bachelor Girl protesungly.
Wei. men don't like hoydens or blond
ined works OF art" persisted the Mere
Man with blunt finality.
of course, they don't" acquiesce6 the
Bachelor Girl Theoretically Theoret-
ically, they adore the gentle creature who
sits by the FIRE with mother and practices
her finger exercises and studies the cook
book and goes 20 church three times a
week and hasn't curl nor a curve thar
nature didn't give her, nor an opinion
nor taste that she didn't get out Of "a
tice, it's the girl who can follow him over
the fences that the little boy invites to
join his sport, and it's the girl who can
keep up with his pace that man en-
joys taking about and amusing himself
with and
Certainly" agreed the Mere Nan pat
ronizingly. when We want to play we
want a playmate. But when we want
wife"
You want a miracle" burst in the
Bachelor Girl desperately You want "A
creature who can look like a fashion
plate without slanCing in a mirror; who
can cook and sew and drudge all morn
ing and sing and Joke and coo 10 YOU
all evening: who can laugh at your
sporty stories while she meditates on
virtue and the Bible; who can hold onto
heaven with one hand while she holds
onto YOU with the other; In short. who
can swim without going near the water
1t must be lovely 10 be married. and
the Bachelor Girl clasped her hands
round one knee with a sigh.
That's what I've always thought
began the Mere Man hopefully. and If
I'd known you thought so, too"
And 10 trim over last years hat in
order to save money for your husband"
continued the Bachelor Girl. and then
have him ask you why YOU didn't get
something stylish Ike the girl next
door, who has S6.0oO year and no re-
sponsibilities.
What"
"Or 20 spend your days studying econ
omy and cooking and being noble and
proper. and then suddenly discover that
Your husband considers you slow and
uninteresting, because YOU can't play
poker and have forgotten how TO dance.
But I'm not talking about the women
whom you are going 10 marry. I'm
talking about the girl who isn't married
and who ants 10 have a good time
How is she going TO do it and live UP TO
your standards? While she is preserv-
ing her dignity and learning the useful
arts you are wasting your time and
money on a girl who has preserved her
sense Of humOr and learned the arts Of
makeup and fattery. While she Is
spending her days in the pursuit OF viz
tue and knowledge and a husband. You
are spending yours in the pursuit of some
foolish l!ttle thing. who doesn't know
a broom from an egg-beater and
wouldn't know what TO do with scruple
If she had one. It's easy enough to be