The Cairo bulletin., 1908-04-03
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the pretty young III Jher TO the visi-
tor who had called % see her young
baby.
Yes. / met her cut in 'front.'" the
visitor replied. Lied to bring her
back with me. :"
She had about twenty calls to
make, explained the young mother.
Calls, | thought she never made
| them She's always talking about
finding few congenlal H., nds AMI
deyoting all ones time to them. She
always says it's banal to- pref, nd an
interest that you do not feel"
You mean that she used to say
those things. John Reed has g1na
to Paris now with his atmosph. :
and art and ahinities and Richard A y
stadt Is buying chocolates for Ah~a
these days"
Why. he's a dinner-and-danc
Find OF man"
To be sure, and Alice has bought
the loyeliest new card plate and Il
lnauve calling costume and insis.
that one must see those one love
II only for a few minutes. Furthe.
more, she was telling me to-day abolt
The real value of amenities and eA-
ternals.
But only two months ago she was
wearing a short skirt in the evening
and discovering the beauty of peo-
pies souls the few to whom one
could reveal ones self"
All that was because of John.
said the hostess, turning the brace
let on her arm. Alice is purely a
man-made woman She is coutina-
ally changing without the power to
stay changed"
Has there been any one besides
John and Riehard?"
IF you stop to think, you'll re-
member that Alice is never without
some masculine interest. Tive years
ago when she loved her music so it
was nothing but young Whitlaw that
did 1t. 1t was he who got her in
terested in Brahms. You never hear
her play now. And that Christmas
when she gave us such beautiful EN-
broidered things and had such fai
for cooking, she was interested in
Matthew Vaughan, who admired do
nestle women"
But what's to be the final effect
on Alice of this sort of thing?"
Well, some people call her a fad
dist; others say she's insincere.
thing 1t makes her awfully interest
ing, myself, so l call the others
wrong"
II she marries-~"
oh, IL she marries." interrupted
the hostess, lit would all depend on
whether or not she kept her interest
in her husband. hope he would not
be too extreme"
Il knew girl once" asserted the
visitor who married a man who
loved birds and animals. He thought
a wife should enter into her hus-
bands life--so once a week she had
tt wash his white Spite dog. When
she was past 80 my dear he made
her climb trees with him and rob
nests to add to his collection of
eggs"
You miss my meaning. Alice is
really seeking acknowledgment I'M
Ter masculine protection. Most wo-
men as clever as she would develop
N their own initiative. She puts
Ter talents In trust SO to speak"
do you think that men like it?"
asked the visitor
"Oh, If you are seeking what men
Ike exclaimed the hostess, pray
hat the next time you come on earth
'ou may be plump blonde with lots
" hair and eyes and no particular
IDEAS except that every man is
possibility and every
woman a true and tried enemy. To
man, that type connotes a warm
Ire and well-cooked supper. IL
gu smile, a man s power OF creating
Illusions will do the rest. Before the
rst evenings over, tell him how
wet 'Evangeline' Is and play a few
ars Of the Flower Song and he'll
hink he has found an intellectual
finity as we'll"
Il hope Alice will stop now and
Harry Richard" said the visitor re-
I'm afraid she will meet
n anarchist or slum worker"
You must cultivate amore scien-
fic spirit" laughed the hostess. II
eight In the prospect of either. An
thlete followed by an archaeologist
ould please me more, however. In
le meantime. We'll return Alice's
Ills punctually and go to the teas
Id dinners she Is planning to give"
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