The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1908-01-03
the SPIkSTER AND
TIE BACHELOR
AN ARGUMENT OVER THE
ETERNAL FEMININE

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women Won say no when YOU mean
'yos. YOU cant cnnnt except on youf
fingers: you speak Of everything you
possess from a naper ~ pins to a box
Of bonds as your things and you
always sit IN The loor to put on yonr
shoes and stockings Deny 1t II you
can
Y deny nothing answered the
Sninsier m | did should be deny
Ing what goes to make Tor charm in
my sex Il We we're not incomprehen.
sihle. and bundles % contradiction. as
you call us. II We were plain and
straight and uneventful as road
withuut turning. you-all OF YOU
would lind nothing In MS 10 speculate
about Yon can lose Yourself in a
maze: you cant get lost on a straight
road
Also you use old when You want
to say damn" went on the Bachelor
impertnrbably. as though he had not
been Interrupted -Hotrid old thing
she's copied my spring hati' How
often I've heard that remark bubble
from angelic lips in q fury OF rage.
And This old dress Ia a sight and 7
never did like that old rug. anyway
Why don't you come out aud say what
you really meanr'
Because We never really mean IT.
said the Spinster. wisely. NO woman
ever really means damn old ex-
presses much moro tn her because
women have such q contempt for most
old thingA Besides. what's the use
OF getting into . white heat over tn
animate thiags a. mea doi I've lest
my collar button scores q times. had
Il roll undsr bureau and chairs and
cOuches. and had t. plump down on
all fours and crawl around after n.
but II has never yet made ne swear
aid kick the furaiturs about
4 love 4 man Who loses his TEN
PER % oosasioas. and I have . con-
tempt for . naa Who DOESN'T But
surely bat collar buttaa Isn't AZ oc-
oasion-
Once ! remember hIcyeling along
q very DARK ruad With tvo men. We
were ridiRG IalAs die heoaase only
one q - lad . lantern. We were
going At . slippias pace and sudden.
". without vslisG. ve smashed
into tolluats psls which the keeper
bad LEI doun ssd fprgottea 70 put q
light on u va . tsrriac crash. One
Of the wheels vas completely demoL
isbed. and ne were all more or Iess
bruised. A Ne picked ourselves up
from the dssns looked from one
man To another. Besides an anxiety
TO know II vas hurt there wasn't q
sound. and presently exploded
Won't somebody svearr said fu.
rtously.-
Did they,- asked the Bachelor
smiling.
They did not answered the Spin.
ster. Yet they we're Just the men
who would have turned the air blue
over a lost collar button. Ineompre
hensible woman. indeed Il Is man
who is the incompreheusible creature
An women are alike At least you
can count on tho unexpected from
them. But men are entirely different
When you expect q man TO be furious
ly angry you look up and catch him
hiding a smile. Won look for the
smile. and he is swearing. with the
veins standing out on his forehead
J He may not add on his fingers. he may
saw yes when he means yes. but YOU
cannot count on his moods and TEN
pers for 1--WE consecutive minutes"
THAT is because a man is usually
a law unto himself. answered the
Bachelor. lOftIly.
And women are notl- querled the
Spinster with the air o. one wRo
wished to learn
And women are not" repeated the
Bachelor. imperturhably. You see
women are excessively self-conscious
They are always wondering what other
women would do in Ike cireum
stances They are rarely willing "a
establish presidents or even to follow
their own incilnations IN conventional
matters. and almost everything Is a
conventional matter 20 woman.
Now. you see. yog thought those
men should swear because you con
sidered that. eonVsntionAlly. Il was
the correct thing 20 do You never
stopped to argue with yourself thai
IL would have been rather backyard
" for them TO string out oaths Ia
your presence. no matter how many
were ehurued NJ In their minds
think II not only showed q very prop
er respect for you but remarkably
good self-oontrut--
Nonsense. sad the splnster. sharp
". II was one time when would
willingly have overlooked the loss 81
selfcontrol. Resides. you are only
bearing out the truth OF my own ideas
that you never can count on What
man u going TO DO IN any giver
Circumstance Do you know pou are
very trying person 70 argue with 2
AN " aid ne Bachelor. bright
ening percepubly. May I come n
Tor ten seconds,'
The Splnsser purEled her eyebrows
Il can't see what announcement yos
ind In that last remark 10 bring yor
to the point Of wanting 10 prOlong Z
useless argument she sald slowly.
Give me Eve minutes to explain.