The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-03-26

Il suppose the young man is not ex-
actly a millionaire" said the elderly
woman with the Roman nose.
"Not exactly" admitted the good
looking girl with the big bunch of vio-
lets In her Jacket.
What does he do?"
"He's employed in a hat factory"
replied the girl.
The woma with the Roman nos
raised her eyebrows and said, 'Oh, in
deed. :"
"Yes," said the girl. "He doesn't
make the hats himself, you know" she
added.
1T might be better if he did," said
the elderly wOman "A trade Is always
a good thing for a young man to have,
but girls nowadays seem to think that
Isn't stylish enough. They'd soon n
marry a nan who had some little cleri-
cal position where he could wear nice
clothes and keep his hands clean. i
suppose you intend to board?"
"Why, no." replied the girl. 1--WE are
going to keep house."
"You keep house?"
Certainly" said the girl. "Why
notf'
"Oh, no reason In the world" said
the oma with the Roman nose. sar-
~castically, except that you haven't any
more idea Of keeping house or what 1t
means than a ~10-year-old child"
sI can IaarDv cold tho r;rI
The elderly woman sighed deeply.
"Oh, yes, YOU can learn" she said. you
Gun get along somehow, Of course. Yon
can learn n you can get along. That's
about as far as you've ever reasoned, I
guess. 1t isn't much to learn. A mere
trifle. You can learn to scrub q floor
easy enough and to make a bed. and.
as far as cooking is concerned. you can
make quite a few things i'm the chatting
dish, can't your
ayes, l can make lots of things in the
chatting DISH" said the girl.
ut will be lovely" said the woman
with the Roman nose, shifting with that
feature contemptuously. when your
husband comes home at night, tired
n hungry, you can meet him with a
happy smile and a hot Welsh rarebit.
Then you can play to him on your in
Etallment piano. 1 beg pardon, though.
You've got a piano, haven't you? l
think IL | had been your mother In
stead Of sending got to high school
and college II buying pianos for you
I'd have taught you how to darn socks
and make a good, appetizlng meal out
bf a soup bone. You needn't laugh. A
woman who knows a few things like
that may be able to keep house on SIG
pr SIS a week, but you won't find 1t any
laughing matter when you try It,"
"I'm not going to try It," said the
girl.
ION $50 then," said the elderly WON
IN. cor sos, if you like. / suppo =
you'll go into one OF these fiats-fonr
rooms and steam heat and electric
tights. You wouldn't think of going in
10 a stOve-heated fat, would your
81 don't think / should like it very
WELL" admitted the girl.
Certainly you wouldn't" said the
elderly woman. at wouldn't be sly
bsh enough, would it? Well, you know
best, Of course, and it isn't any Of my
business, only you'll find out a few
nings when the rent day comes around.
Perhaps your husband won't be quite
b sweet-tempered then as he Is now.
And you won't like having to u your
dresses and trim over your old hats"
IL believe you're trying to discourage
me-" said the girl.
81 don't want to discourage you at
I'll, my DEAR" said the elderly woman,
sbut l think that somebody ought to
: talk to you seriously and not just let
spu suppose that getting married means