The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-12-27

now the Time IS drawing pretty close
when fellow will have to be mighty
careful about opening bureau drawers
when his wife Is IN the room il he
| doesn't want to be scared into a con
hlptlon when she notices what he's
doing G'see, this Is just about the
beginning of the season when wives
start to hiding the Christmas presents
they've bought for their husbands
Funny gag, that, too.
Then there's another thing about
this Christmas present hiding bust
ness. Most men stick it out that WON.
en- are the curious, inquisitive SEX,
| don't they? Well. | don't believe il.
In my opinion men are a whole heap
more curious and inquisitiye thar
women. Fact Is. know it,
For instance, a husband, long
about this season that's approaching
is cropping around for a fresh shirt
upon getting up in the morning. B3
yanks out the wrong drawer Of the
bureau Well, on this morning Nc
pulls cut the bottom bureau drawer.
say, and his wife, who is fixing
her hair at the chiffonier in an.
other part Of the room, catches hin
in the act just in time, lets out htn
little sQuawk, and races over TO the
bureau and pushes the drawer shut.
$50 it's there, hey he says -
her. Scuse me for living, and thea
he mullehead goes on grinning lii
chimpanzee while he brushes his
hair Then he turns to ner,
'Watchoo got in there, anywayE
he asks her
she tells him, with a grimace
and very properly, that it's none of his
business, And she adds something
about FOLKS that rubber
But say, gwan and tell me what
ehoo got in there won't you? he tries
again, wheedlingly.
"Whereupon his wife makes mention |
Of that feline that met an untim9ly |
cad thradgh curiosity.
""i' ats all right about the tnt,'
says tie husband then. but I'll bet
yea now rul5er plant that it's cigars
that you'ye got in there And then
he begins to LOOK bit alarmed Say,
| hope not, though. I'm thinking about
swearing off smoking soon now, any.
how
Put this hint of his about the ci.
gars doesn't get the least bit of
rise out of her. Not much. Nothing
whatever doing in the conversational
line on her part
"'Oh, I'm a pinhead, sure enough
her husband says then. after a pause
and still consumed and just eaten
alive by curiosity I might have
known all the time that it's a shavinJ
outfit That's exactly what it is, for
, sure thing
However. his wife most carefully
adjusts her side combs and cutie re-
rains from talking Then he sticks
MS hands into his trousers pockets
md looks her over quizzically.
LAW. come on. now like a good
girl. and tell me If you've gone and
yot me that bath robe that we w.re
ooking at in the shop window he
,ther afternoon he says to her In ais
most persuasive tone {
"'Say, Minnie, you might let Eel >
er see what you've got tucked in $
here. at that
Just compare the attitude OF the Z
verage husband in this Christians :
int business with the position OF his
wife on that SANE subject She doesn't Y
eally want to know what he is going $
0 give her for Christmas She wants
0 be 's'prised' a
LOOK. here. hum he says to her
ONE morning along toward Christmas a
usually he puts It of TIL about the 7
lst day, when everything is all picked q
yer in the stores-'Look a-here, my a
car. whatchoo want for Christmas. h
ey? It's up 10 you. you know Il
" why. the very idea" she exclains
p 10 me, Preposterous' Why. II b
ouldn't be any Christmas gift at ell "a
| told you what | wanted you 20
Of for me a
=" oh that's one way Of looking at p,
: he says. But dye know. I was
linking about getting you D
" 'sh -sh-sh' Stop she cries. Don't NJ
1u dare tell me, Jack Costing DOGS W
,u darei' el
An the same. she's foxy. at ths,
fter a while an idea strikes her.
4" You know. Of course. Jack ate
Iys. musingly. that II you are wo--
ed about the sizes OF things. VIE
lur sister Agnes and ! wear exacty N
e same sizes in everything ar'l #
e. II
:" But. nix he breaks in. II lsat a
Iyihlng that comes in sizes. It's Gle ST
those 81
And again her fingers go into her -
~. The 'sprise' is the whole thing II
her. and she is resolved not TO hear ID
advance what he is thinking Of gey- IL
Ig for her Of
Now. II all this doesn't come pretty a.
ar proving that women are really g.
IS curious than men. then I dunno, In
mo. heyl"
irish CoWs 5ooo NfIEers
Irish cows yield from 200 gallons .
milk to over 1.e00. In one case
: yield was 1.4ss gallons.
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