The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-07-31
Most men," I rctorted sarcasticnlly

sssmanage to resist a woman nowadays
with one hand and their eyes shut
Most men," replied Solomon with
dignity. haven't got h domestic in
antinct. Most men. in these decadent
times. look upon a wife simply as a.
sort OF adjunct n upon a home mere
" as a rest cure
WHAT dropped my pencil.
Nfghtlness. ,nonchalantly waving the
Aighttness. nonchalently waving the
peacock feather, when they haven't
rot another invitation to dinner. or a
poker game on at the club. or a date
with a st~cnographer. or tickets for the.
opera, or when it's raining too hard to
play golf or to take out ones automo-
bile. and the hotels at the beach aren't
opener it's too early to go to Europe
n toe late to go to Florida, nj the
races are over. and nj has spent all
oness money md wants to change ones
clothes. orsis too tired to do anything
elise on earth. "A bachelor doesn't mar
Sry nowadays until he is no longer able
to keep up the pace and wants a place
to which he can return at stated inter
walls. asshe would to q sanitarium when
hiss nerves ire completely exhausted"
And his conscience has begun to
witch 4 put in.
And the fun Ii over added Solo
the love lights are out"
And there Is nowhere else to co."
finished Solomon. AL this talk about
business man struggling to make
money In order to keep up a home Is
n~onsense::she merely keeps up a home
20 as to have a spot in which to re-
cooperate after the struggle to make
money. A literary a no longer looks
upon his library as part Of his home.
but upon his home as h place where
his library happens to be. A society
scarcely knows the faces of the
servants and the ages Of the children
%AsHkhn II h0nf o1rHy haN NQo1a shnmQs and
which he drops into I'm q casual way on.
hao way from Newport to Tuxedo. The
modern home liz q sort OF show place,
where asman keeps y wife as an over
& e ora fgurehead. just as he keeps
his securities In q cafe and his prize
race horse In a stable"
1--WE ell. that's better" rejoined.
oAeerfUlly. than being kept like q
white slave or O maid of all work. A
M0dern woman would nate q maj who
oene home to lunch every day n
expected to find her knitting by the
Areside every evening with her hair
III guri%and asSWeet, welcoming smile.
and his slippers all warmed. n his
smoking Jacket laid Q n the dinner
On the dot Just because two people
love one another Is no reason they
should be expected to cultivate each
others habits and to wax up at the
same moment in h morning. n get
sleepy at the same hour every night.
oN0 lnlefISES Will one dIiottlST lllSdlS
and hang around one another until they
are bored to death. A nan thinks a
more OF aSwife who takes her break
fast in bed and doesn't get up until
she's at and curled and smiling than
az one Who drags herself down to the
table feeling like a rag n looking
IKE the end Of time. And a, woman.
thinks a lot more of q man who doesn't
oosiae home to dinner at all than of
o. who Gomez home with the air OF a
sChristian martyr and q supply Of sar-
caann at his tongues end. The mod
efn husband and wife have learned to
ave each other enough distance to keep
sU1ath6 enchantment"-
broke in. Solomon. desperately.
they usually end by getting 30 dis
sfAnt that one or the other finds an
I0tnor senchantment. Absence. my
dear. may make the heart grow fond
snarkies.Tsd rather be his French dinner
snjth Kinds OF wine. b his three