The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-03-11
UNCLE HEN RY
ON WOME


III But Men Make BIunders.
women are curious aid Uncis
Henry when be vas quite sure she
raa down a. the other end Of the aat
What ] mean is lhey have curiosity
Any fool knows they're curious. mean
ing queer
Yes. sir. theY never take anything
for granted Neu always do. that Is
married men They DO II they know
what's BOod for 'em. You hear me
som
Nov. take the man that ate the
first oyster. He vas a woman, more
than likely That ss TO say. she was
probably q man You know. twas a
woman ate Il. Or else she put him 20
20 IL Probably got him 70 open the
shell and then double dared him, same
as Eve
Her desire to knox whether Il
would poison him. together with his
dodbusied pride. laid the foundation 10
the immortal oyster FRY IN a box. OF
which. Young friend. she has been the
midnight recipient ever since. See
what meant he got the first oyster
and she got the Information and all
the rest Of the future oysters.
Now Adam OF course he wasn't
married TO start with. He was merely
happy. Then the snake gave him
curiosity. which he had no business
with, and he began 70 wonder what
woman looked like. One came alonf
and married him. And marriage then
became the mother Of invention. and
has been ever since Get the idea? All
the sons Of Adam are a leetle tainted
like.
Don't 90 By me. son. Look at his
tory. Hannibal. he had curiosity; the
male kind He was itching TO see
what sort Of a collar and elbow GUS
toner Scipio was. He wanted to see
scipio very badly He saw him very
badly, and he saw his finish at the
same time.
"And how bout Haroun AlRaschid,
the original Arabian date maker2n He
was curious. Do you know what hap.
pened 10 him, Son? Nor Well, neither
do !, but 10 wa3 sure something awful
And Richard the Lion Hearted, and
Peter the Hermit and the painted red
skins who wondered what Billy Penn
wanted with their golf links; and
Wiley Riley, and Gen. Izzy Putnam
and Cotton Mather and Agulnaldo-
how bout EN-? All curious, by
gracious, and lodging bricks. That Is,
the survivors.
See what / mean? Mans got no
business trying to be curious success.
fully. No, sir Now take me. I'm
not more than SO so on wondering
about things. When / slip my foot and
begin probing around get mine.
You hear me. son? get mine plenty.
Last Tuesday think It was. I
comes home along about the regular
time feeling round about the usual
way ] gees In and takes of my shoes,
puts on my slippers and house coat
and waits for the dinner bell.
"All right. Pretty soon It begins to
ring Up gets and goes in to dinner
Like that All right
Say. son, she had a layout there
that was something neat and nobby
The hand that wields the ladle rules
the world. all right Our cook came
with trunk full OF references that
smelIed like chlrography exhibits in a
divorce suit She had references in
every language-but you cant eat ref.
erences.
But my wife Is some cook herself.
You know what she had done? She
had chased the cook for the day and
had got up the whole feed herself.
Honest. son, | could have kicked my
self for eating lunch.
Henry she says, sit down., she
says. and eat It all up she says I
cooked II for you
"Well. you know me. / started with
a glass of water, and | was going
strong when we passed the last quar-
Ter with near cup of black coffee and
4 piece of pie like mother couldn't 1
make If she got the recipe direct from
Mrs. Gabriel When | romped across
he finish line with toothpick In one
hand and finger bowl in the other
vas so contented and peaceful was
to the tune OF Now Lay
Ne Down TO Sleep
Then chaos Then the house OF
ards crumpled up into landslide and
got II good. At that psychological
moment as they say in the classics. /
,egan TO wonder why, wherefore and
low in. The fact is l began to be
furious.
Wife, | says with difficulty on ac. 5
cunt OF the too much feed, wife, 7
ays, accept the assurances OF my !,
steemed consideration You have :
one yourself proud says. And, u
rithee, ] says, why this unusual but c
most delectable repasto banquet? e
ays Did You expect company? IIh
avs .
No she says, ! didn't expect any
hing, she says and that is just what
got, she says, like that, sort Of dis.