Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-02-14

wonderfully mltlgaled Dy iHouSt
ventions, isn't il? Here's an advertise
ment ii this mornings paper of a self
rocking cradle, and another OF a self
cooking range and -
And, now" exclaimed the Mere
Man cynically. If we could only discoV-
or 81 s~elf-amusing husband
There are plenty of those, Mr.. Por-
ter"
And a self-raising child
How perfectly lovely
And a self-paying expense ac-
count"
The Bachelor Girl clasped her hands
with delight.
sit down." she cried, making room
beside her on the studio divan. Il like
your mood today. Mr.. Porter.
The Mere Mans cynicism dissolved
beneath her smile as the clouds beneath
the sun.
"Of course" he said sympathetically,
as he sank gratefully into the proffered
seat, its rather hard on YOU women"
Hard on us?" The Bachelor Girl
dropped her newspape with a tinkle
of silver bangles.
This taking your job out OF your
hands" explained the Mere Man. out
of the hands" he added with a sigh,
that once rocked the cradle and ruled
the world
neH never hlus lChO- " AhN DeN'A
elor Girl promptly. AT least. not the
same hands, and she picked up her
brushes and slipped on her studio apron
with a shrug of the shoulders. That's
a misleading old proverb,' she contin-
ued. leaning over to put the finishing
touch on the halo of a pink and purple
Madonna, invented in order TO de-
ceive us into keeping u hands out
of masculine affairs. The hands that
x,,I~ H. ,vrA-lI ND alum &c have rlllp1
it, are the ones thai wear diamonds
and No. 5 gloves, and polish their nails
and are put in cold cream overnight n
dipped in roseWater every morning.
You never heard of Queen Elizabeth,
or Madame Pompadour, or Cleopatra,
or Joan of Are, or Nell GWynne, or
BOadicea, or Helen of Troy. or Lu-
cretzia Borgia, or any woman who ever
influenced a country or Il king. rock
ing a cradle. did you? If they had
rocked cradles o wouldn't have heard
of them at ALL" and she put a fine line
around the halo with a confident sweep
of her brush.
ON" The Mere Man cleared his
throat desperately. If you mean that
men are occasionally beguiled by an I'M
sexed, unnatural, dangerous creature
OF that kind
II mean that they always are" re-
joined the Bachelor Giri decisively. If
they weren't" and she laughed softly.
" that kind wouldn't he dangerous.
And" II added. pushing back her
bangles and squirting thoughttully at
the halo, IF it should come to a choice
between being called a dangerous
creature or dubbed a domestic trump,
nine women out of 10 would break all
the cradles to pieces AND Hing them into
the fire"
II dc believe they would" exclaimed
the Mere Man with conviction.
But they don't have to-" retorted
the Bachelor Girl cheerfully. Thanks
to the incubator. and the s~elf-rocking
cradle, and the French nurse, and the
beauty specialist. a woman nowadays
can be as dangerous as Gree or Medu-
81 and still manage to be some sort
OF wife and mother"
Yes" agreed the Mere Man, wryly,
blu what sort of wife and mother?"
The very latest patent" returned
the Bachelor Girl, with a triumphant
wave of her brush The readymade
sort-warranted to fit any kind of do
nestle or social situation The sort
that you find everywhere in society.
and apartment hotels and around bar
gain counters and all women's clubs.
And If she isn't exactly what your
youthful fancy painted, you must re-
member that it's your WI fault that
she is what she is. Ii she hadn't dis
covered that, while the hand that rock
ed the cradle was getting cailoused on
the inside and knotty on the knuckles,
you We're off kissing the hand that wore
diamonds and had time to keep Itself
manicured, she would still be blissfully
imagining that the nursery rocking
chair was the throne seat. 1t took q
long time and many shocks to wake US
out of that peaceful dream
"Shocks!" The Mere Man looked as
if ne had at that moment received one
The Bachelor Girl turned and re
garded him lofti!y.
Don't you suppose" she inquired II
a ~patroniZing tone. that it was a shocl
to the Roman matrons to discover tina.
a soul of honor k Marc Antony coulC
see anything in n snake-like creature
with an Egyptian nose and rings OF
hec toes and no reputation to speal
of? And don't you suppose that It'll
Il new shock every time we find GU
that some masculine paragon who ha'
been writing or preaching about tn,
sacredness of the American home o
painting madonnas has gone Off ant
gotten himself tangled up with a Giro
and overturned all our theories? Th,
trouble is and she turned back to he
easel once more, that a mar Away
has wanted a Madonna and Giro,
mixed. Delilah and Gretchen worke,
into one. And at last we've discovers
how to give IL to him.. We've fount
! out hat we can keep the domestic ma
| chinery running and, at the same time
marcel the hair. by rocking the cradl
by proxy, and living in apartment no
tells and buying the children's clothe
ready made, n pinning our faith L
bachelors buttons and hole-proo
socks. But il isn't much fun" an,
the Bachelor Girl sighed. there |
nothing on EARTH" she continued, sadly
that The average enjoys NOR
than doing her own housework an
making baby clothes. and embroidin
pillows. and curling a baby's hair: bu
she has found out that ii doesn't pay
and that while she is cutting out pat
terms and making bibs some othe
woman il cutting her out OF a husban
and making trouble"
Ard so she cuts OFT the whole thing,
added tie Mere Man cynically, IAN
makes up as a houri. I've noticed tina
nowadays every woman wants TO be
subtle siren, Ind hat you can't tell
mother OF rine children under q chiffo
veil and a mushroom hat from q Gil
OF 10. But It's hard on the children.
"Oh, / don't know" The Bachelo
Girl tilted her chin thoughtful,
"Readymade children are usually niue
better brought up than homemade one
and moi half so likely to be spoiled
The old fashioned idea that every ia
nous mar owed his greatness to hi
motl.er has long since been disprove
by the tact that half our rich and nc
q % 4 80. r-n. -. So -