The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-01-03

lof Very long is like getting furniture.
or a coat. or any old Thing It a secnnS
hand shop
Second hand,'" cried the Mere
Man. proteStingly.
Yes" declared the Bachelor Girl.
Mlth d toss of the recreant curl. "o,.
four~teenth-hand for that matter. rs
hard 10 make him Yer to fit the new
SITUATION and the satin lining of his
sentiments is apt 70 be moth eaten
ana you may be perfectly sure that no
raaltef what you do o can't give him
- ,,eM .niil', or a new sensation, or a
new experience. Living in a bachelor
NAT Tor FIVE or six years has duiled his
1nteiest i'm domesticity. All the dear
delicious little incidents. like dnrnin,
MS socks NJ pressing his neckties and
curing ms headaches and making him
soia piiloMs ana rrocheted slippers and
fancy wa1itcoat;. that are so novel ANA
lnrllIlng to you. are an old story TO
MN. You are only a hundredth rene
illloh or so or sweet. sympathetic Wo1n-
en- who have panlpered and spoile.1
MINI. \ seasoned bachelor always re-
H1hds me OF an old wardrobe I once got
at auction. l never hung n frock in Fl
that | didn't wonder who had h,,nn
something On that particular hook he
fore" ~ W"
Stop" cried the Mere Man. rising
With a udd and f1inging his cigaret
INTO the ire. You're spelling my satin
lining and pulling my theories ont or
shape and tearing my Illusions to TAI
That's it," sighed the Bachelor Girl
shaking her head ruefully. IRIS the
illusions we lose While we are waitine,
mat we miss afterward. Love is MOTH
ing but a bundle of illusions anyvav
dew. i'Ae
Love is Just a fairy spell, invisible to view.
\ tread; a touch too heavy-and the cob
web is not there!
A sigh too long-and 10, the spell has van
ished into air.
and she laid down her work and gazed
into the fire. resting her chin pensively
in her hands.
The Mere Man sat down thoughtfully
crossed his knees n sighed as he lit
a fresh cigaret.
All, WE'LL he said, after a pause, "if
the illusions don't go before marriage,
they go afterward."
"Of course they do" agreed the
Bachelor Girl. rousing herself and TAX
ing up her work again. THE madden
ing masculine attitude drives them
away. The average husband keeps ev-
erytlling waiting until It's cold. He
steak and the coffee get cold, and wait
ing for a kiss until her heart gets cold,
and waiting for him to come home
nights until even her temper cools
down. The 'you-wait-there-till-I-come
back attitude is the source OF half the
domestic trouble in the world. But
thank heaven. it's going out Of fash
ion"
You don't say so?" the Mere Man
jumped and nearly burnt his fingers
with his cigaret.
The Bachelor Girl nodded confidently.
oh, yes" she said cheerfully. "Wom-
en- used to have to wait there until hus-
bands or sweethearts came back, when
there was nowhere else to go and moth
ing else to do: but nowadays there are
bridge parties and wonen's clubs and
society f1irtations and even the stage
and journalism and s~tenography. And
when a wife gets tired Of sitting on a
rocking chair M cultivating patience
and wrinkles, she takes up one of these.
Then, when the man comes back. he
i usually receives a shock hat breaks
his heart and upsets all his theories and
gets into the morning papers. Or IL ~.