The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-07-14
Love AS A
SIDE DISH

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) 4 didn't" declared Kitty, indg
nantly.
You futtered," | retorted "And
that's the same thing
Kitty sat up straight and gazcd al
me In CONSERVATION.
'The insult she declared furiously
(which you have offered toto my
sex Just as il | We're an old maidin
she added with true feminine paradox.
Aren't old maids of your sex?" |
asked in gentle surprise.
They're the only ones who hutter,"
asserted Kitty positively.
Not at all" retorted i've known
| plenty of widows who changed color
and their conversation at the mere en-
/ trance of man upon the scene; and
/ dozens Of debutantes who became
tongue-tied or tremnlous the moment
! a dccentlooking chap appeared in the
| drawing room. Even most married
women, | added, lose their poise and
the point Of their remarks at sight
of the approach of a masculine crea-
OF wonlan's age or her condition,
but"
"Of the Importance she accords to
men broke in Kitty scathingly
There are individuals of both sexes,
She added witheringly, who arc too
easily impressed by the opposite six !"
Not at ALL objected Il never
knew a schooboy so insignificant and
homely and inconsequential that he
didn't scorn girls. You see, to mon.
woman is a sidedish a mere incident.
while TO 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 oyerrate men and
and look at them through magnifying (
glasses
And who Huttter' 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 a long time and young girls
who have no brothers to help thrm
get true perspective on the mascu
line creature. And there are other
women so abnoumally self-conscous
and vain that they cant be their nat
ural selves in the presence CT any
man" 4
Its awfulIy hattaring" ! began on
Enthusiastically. ito think that we can
be so agitatng-"
"oh II isn't the man that really agi-
tates the retorted Kitty
No, reioined promptly, ''its the
set of their skirts, or the tilt of their
hats, or the curl of their hair. or the
bought of whether there is any pow.
Ter on their noses, or of what they
hall say to be scintllating, Or
Isn't this the seventh waltz?9 ask \
ID Kitty suddenly, rising and looking h
at her program Il must Z
%. Mr.. Carter must be looking for '
ne"
ooh, no, ] retorted Il just saw him
ONE out with the Tredway girl Are 1
on going to 'futter' again Kitty" Z
or Kitty had sat down with a sud
en- exclamation and was nervously
ulling the remains of her fan to
hreds.
THE idea" she exclaimed indig
antly of accusing me of--of any
ling like that Only unpopular WON
4 'nutter. Kitty flung ont the word =
They are unpopular because they
} flutter." | coutended calmly, light.
< another cigarette.
"Of course" ! said relcnting a lit
z, there arc plenty of women who
, take men as q side dish; but they OF
Q either those who are born with th
iission or those who are like your. =,
If. Kitty" fu,.
WHAT" Kitty looked mp suspi n,
pusly
Who have so many side dishea." a.,
explained. and are so constantly in "a,
c company of men that they lose =.
at awe of the sex" ~
"Shi" cried Kitty, as dark form
lerged from the vines and passed so
ar us that he swept Kitty's rufles. A
here he goes"
The dewitt" ! calculated. IA
No, Clement Carter" corrected
tty.
Kitty" ! exclaimed reproachfully.
pure tearing that fan TO pieces"
Kitty dropped the banble nervously.
There" | exclaimed, picking up Pr
scraps you were huttering.'
I wasn't"
And at the near sight Of hint" |
ked my disgust.
oh, no" declared Kitty hastily.
It at the sight Of him. 1t was for pre-
r he might catch sight Of me, Mr.. q
tis." rec
What" ga!
And YOU added Kitty. Ia
That's ,Yerx Sweet Of sou" be ai'
And becsuze continued KITTY IN
Hfullv httinr the sticks Of her fan bee
ether, he once said that whenever
wanted TO fad me. he had only to