The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-11
II Case Of
Woman Hating.
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Donovan. ."and no man can be that
without being q woman hater. man
doesn't get TO he n philosopher TIL he
Is past middle age. Then he begins TO
see the shallowness of earthly cxpccta-
tions and enjoymcnts II is the same
with his views of woman. In youth
he looks upon woman women who,
like himself. have not grown old; Of the
older ones he takes no account-ns
something so pure aud holy that he Is
unworthy to tie her shoe. Rut when
the day comes for him 10 associate
with those who have turned thlrty-6ye
he has no use for them. His mother
his sister. his wife? oh. they are
part of himself They are not In the
world Of romance. but OF family ar
fection"
Now. the colonel. despite his hobby
this belief thnt he really hated the soft
or SEX was an excellent man. He had
been Tilted In bis youth by girl who
was unworthy OF him. and. strange to
,ay. she was 10 him In his maturity
the only saint In the lot.
The remarks quoted above were
made to the majors wife. who by the
way, was warm friend and admirer
OF the colonel. preliminary to asking
her TO get him a housekecper II was
n month after q promise To that effect
| that woman arrived from the east
and was duly installed In the position.
/ Her hair was grizzly gray. her cheeks
| furrowed. her eyes covered by dark
brown goggles. and she was dressed In
| execrabe taste. The colonel thanked
| the majors wife that Mrs. Yorgany
was just the thing. No such unat-
tractlve creature could possibly have
the assurance to try TO snare him, and
II she did. were she possessed of magic
| arts. her looks would defeat her.
Mrs. yorguny possessed but one at
tractlve feature. n pleasant voice. At
| first the colonel would give his orders
! for the day to his bousekeeper as he
| would to the adjutant. and when she
asked n question or made a suggestion
, he found himself soothed by the
smooth tones in which she spoke.
! One evening when the fire in her room
wouldn't burn he invited her TO sit
with her sewing beside the table in his
living room. He was very much inter
csted in book he was reading and
wanted some one to talk TO about It.
| lie found willing listener in Mrs.
Yorgany. For one hour while be talked
she listened attentivey. but spoke nev.
or word. The next day the colonel In.
| formed the majors wife that his house
keeper might be homely, but she was
| nn excellent conversationnlist. After
this he invited Mrs. Yorgany to use his
sitting room whenever she liked.
| The next evening the old lady, being
| again turned out of her room. was
pressed by the colonel to sit by his
table. Thinking II best that he should
inform her Of his opinion Of women. he
did so and with his usual brusqueness
when speaking on that subject. What
was his surprise when she replied.
MY late husband was n woman hater.
and he got all his points from me-"
} "You, Mrs. Yorgapy! You a.
| women have all the characteristics
natural to their condition. Mans
strength causes him to rely upon open
methods; woman's weakness teuds to
dupllcity. Then the part nature gave
her to perform. the care OF children.
develops different faculties from those
needed by man, who fights the battle
for family maintenance"
The colonel put out his hand impul.
sively. shake. madam. shake! BY
Jove. you've more sense than any wo-
man ever met or heard of. I want
you to make yourself at home In these
quarters--ln this room-anywherey you
ike In future shall give you no or
ders. but carte blanche to run every
thing to SUIT yourself"
From that time forward Mrs Yor'
gany was indispensable to the colonel
her uncouth appearance. and when nj
the end OF the third month Of her serv
ice she offered her resignation the colo
mel swore he would put her under ar
rest and prefer charges against her for
deserting her post When she stuck tc
her intention he shut himself up fol
three days. then offered to marry her.
| ue ntAt uHN Tue ,tolohtI itNtiNtu .
note from the majors wife asking him
to call. On his arrival Mrs. Major In
troduced a middle aged splnster OF at
tractive mlen. lifelong chum OF hers
Florence Wood. The colonel stared n
Miss Wood with astonishment. She
appeared TO he revised edition ol
Mrs Sorgany. The goggles were gone
the burrows were gone: everything wa'
gone that was ugly. She stood regard
ing tho colonel with smile on her lip!
and her eyes dancing with mischief
Colonel" said Mrs. Major. II had I
bet with my husband that ! could In
duce you 10 marry a fright within
three months, The time is mp today
and ! have won. ! knew my frienr
Florence Wood possessed the tact ant
good sense to bring down. inst such ;
man as you within the allotted time.
brought berlout here. giving her as die
agreeable an appearance and name a
possible to capture you, you hay'
swallowed the bait. hook and all"
"But.-but Miss Wood Is young. Th
glamour OF youth liz still there" blurtet
the hstounded colonel
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