The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-05-01

NY Dear Sack: ycrs mother mas
been here-and am returning your
ring by special messenger,
Il seems that there has bsen a
shocking mistake. ! fancied was
doing you a favor and an honor IN
narryIng you But II appears ihat
/ am clrce and vampire. and
that have Just ured you into Il, |
ami not IN the leas, good enough for
you, ami according 10 your mothers
Rl0rifed vision OF YOU. no elrl ever
was or win be-, You ought 10 be kept
under q glass cfse and guarded like
the "crOwn Jewels
Jack, dear. Il was dreadful the In
uuisitlcn and The Third Degree and
the Reign OF Terror all rolled Into
one. felt Il approaching the mo
ment her card was brought 10 me
aad wanted to ding up my hands
mud cry with the Lady Of shalotte
"The curse has come upon mel" But
just for your sake | didn't. instead
! put on my pale makeup and M
Sunday morning expression and 4
scwing apron aud went down. down
down" io-wcll. where Faust went at
ter the fun was over And Mary
Queen Of Scots on her way 10 M
black must have felt bllihe and gn
beside me-
Dear boy, were you ever on trla
Tor your Hfeg Did you ever wan
10 apologize TO anybody for the wa
the Lord made youg was and ! dit
plead not Guilty" and performe'
every little cunning trick ! could I
please her. yet she sat there Ike /
craven image with that I'm do M
duty" expression. and / knew ! wa
convicted as "thet woman even b.
fore the first shot was fred.
Honeatly. tried to pr0pilIate he
TO convince her: but could YOU con
tlnee q Judge that you weren't guilt
With the stolen goods at your heels
Could you propitiale lIoness who's
cub had followoa sou ont 0f the iul
gle2
oh. long ago discovered there wa
d wrong side as well as a right std
to tae motherln-law question: the "
mans side as well as the mans eldf
According to the joke writer's, 70
would fancy that mems mothers ar
an angels With sweet. patient maj
jyred faces. soft white nalr and smi
Ing, seraphIc old eyes, while women
mothers. as every cne knows, hay
hooked noses, gliitering bad eyes, ca
~ pokera In their hands.
and yet don't believe there's
stupid selfish. gfnuchy old hachelc
living who wasn't made so by his owl
mother a woman seems 10 fame
that Providence gives her 4 daugl
Ter to be shifted Cfi onto some man
shoulders. but that It gives her a 30
-a8 n gives her a nose or a Anger
ie be attached TO her through lif
Cleopatra wouldn't be beautIfu
enough. nor The Queen Of sheba ric
enough. nor st. Cecilia good enoug'
for the most insignificant specime
oi manhood thar a mother ever che
lshed
It's no use trying 70 please her b
cause she can scent & love AFFAIR o.
q Irritation as far as hunting de-
can scent q rabbit; and from the m
ment her son cuts his calling III
down 10 one address she regards hii
as doomed man and you tihe girl
rs his Nemesis BE charming ~
she win call you fast" sweet ant
she win call sou "deceliful" cleve
and she will say you 0huow to-
mitch III a way 10 send cold ahivei
up aud iown the mans spine.
Dear Jack. eeen Tor you / canno
heapme 4 lifelong prisoner AZ a.
har' Besides. II u motherIn-law /
bad before taking" she will be wOrs
after taking because man |
much more willing 10 listen ia thing
against he woman he has won thai
be Is 10 things against the gIrl ht
Il trying 70 win.
| can't write any more Jack In
going away somewhere--tu t4akew0o,
ot Atlantic cIty-T don't care whore
OF course your mother will put hei
arms tenderly round your neck an
soothlnRly assure y0u that she knev
was that kind" OF woman al
alang, aud that she warned" yot
against me anyhow They always Dc
after they have made d mess Of thing
Well she has preserved her hand
work Besides. she has saved me from
nefhaps becoming The mother OF ?
son and pereeeutlng helpless fu
tire generation of poor young things
on The husband hunt But | do hope
that some day ypu will run Off with
the cork-or chorus glrl Goodbye
mi 1 nls. frnm me.