Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-29
LOVE AS A
SIDE DISH

Clement Carter disappeared into the
house.
I didn't" declared Kitty, indig-
nantly.
You f1uttered," 1 retorted. And
that's the same thing
Kitty sat up straight and gazed at
me in CONSERVATION.
1.-THE insult" she declared furiously,
! which you have offered TOTO my
sex! Just as if l were an old maid!"
she added with true feminine paradox.
Aren't old maids of your sex?" l
asked in gentle surprise.
They're the only ones who fiutter,'
asserted Kitty, positively.
mot at all" / retorted. 1--WE known
| plenty of widows who changed color
and their conversation at the mere en-
trance of a man upon the scene; and
dozens of debutantes who became
tOngue-tied or tremulOus the moment
decent-looking 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 masculine crea-
| ture. 1t doesn't seem to be a matter
of a woman'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 are too
easily impressed by the opposite six"
mot at all" l objected. Il never
knew schoolboy so insignificant and
| homely and inconsequential that he
| didn't scOrn girls. You see, to men,
woman is a sidedish, 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 overrate men and
and look at them through magnifying
glasses"
"And who 'iuttter' 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 long time and young girls
who have no brothers to help them
get a true perspective on the mascu-
line creature. And there are other
women so abnormally self-conscious
and vain that they can't be their nat
ural selves in the presence of any
man."
ITS awfully fiattering," began en-
Enthusiastically, ito think that we can
be SO agitating-"
ooh, it isn't the man that really agi-
tates the" retorted Kitty.
NO." l rejoined promptly, its the
set of their skirts, or the tilt of their
| hats, or the curl of their hair, or the
thought of whether there is any pow
der on their noses, or of what they
shall say to be scintillating, or"
Isn't this the seventh waltz" ask
ed Kitty suddenly, rising and looking
earnestly at her program. i must
go. Mr.. Carter must be looking for
me-
"Oh, no" retorted, Il just saw him
come out with the Tredway girl Are
you going to 'iutter' again, Kitty?"
For Kitty had sat down with sud
den exclamation and was nervously
pulling the remains of her fan to
shreds.
THE idea" she exclaimed indig-
nantly, "of accusing me of-of any
thing like that Only unpopular wom-
en- 'flutter'" Kitty flung out the word
scornfully.
"They are unpopular because they
do flutter," l contended calmly, light
ing another cigarette.
"Of course l said, relenting a lit
tie, there are plenty Of women who
do take men as side dish; but they
are either those who are born with 3
mission or those who are like your
self. Kitty
WHAT" Kitty looked up suspi-
ciously.
Who have so many side dishes"
| explained, and are so constantly in
the company of men that they lose
| that awe of the sex" 4
"Sh!" cried Kitty, as dark form
0uHSISCu JuR WIGS eSnu pdSSCu ~
near US that he swept Kitty's ruffies.
There he goes!"
1.-The DEVIL" calculated.
No, Clement Carter" corrected
Kitty.
Kitty" / exclaimed reprOachfully,
you're tearing that fan to pieces"
Kitty dropped the bauble nervously.
"There!" ] exclaimed, picking up
the scraps, you were fiuttering."
Il wasn't"
"And at the near sight of hint"
looked my disgust.
"Oh, no." declared Kitty hastily,
mot at the sight of him. 1t was for
fear he might catch sight of me, Mr..
Curtis"
WHAT"
"And you added Kitty.
That's very sweet of you,' l be
gan.