The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-28
Nae DisiIIusionment Of Matrimony.


On his way downtown the other
morning Colonel Sneed stopped at his
daughters house to deliver lemon pie
recipe entrusted to him with some mis-
Swings. by Mrs. Sneed. The front door
was aJsT, and assuming the prerogative
of father, he entered without ringing
the bell.
Young Mrs. Rollins was not expecting
a visitor at that hour. Her attire was
decidedly negligee. She had evidently
slipped into the first thing that came
handy when she arose and had deferred
until later ard more convenient sea-
son most of the essentials of a woman's
toilet. 1t is unnecessary TO go into de-
tails
Good mornin', honey" said the col
onel. as he bent down for the affection
ate saiutation, and then as his eye took
IN her deficiencies he exclaimed:
Why, child. what's the matter? Not
sick, are yOu?'
"Oh. no, papa" replied his daughtee
with laugh. I'm all right. But you
shouldn't call on a lady so early, daddy
dear. I haven't dressed yet
TN, huh; I see he assented. Makes
an almighty lot O. difference, don't it.
Never caught you lookin that way be-
fore you was married. Does-does Will
hsm-was you wearin' that garb, honey,
when he left you this mornin'?"
Why, of course. papa. I can't dress
before breakfast like ! was going to a
bah, can 1? l have to do my house
work, and"
Yes. l know" interrupted the col
onel, 'but-but have you got the habit
of goin' around like that?'
m afraid ] have. papa. But what
: one to do? 1t takes time for woman
10 dress. / have to get breakfast for
Will cant cook or attend to any
hOusewOTk i'm my nice clothes. and even
II | could it would take me so long to
Put them on he'd be late to the Office.
You know I'm without a servant Just
now. but If had one I don't see how l
could dress for breakfast. Besides,
papa all women go the same way in
The morning"
Yes, honey, I know the argument.
hut have you ever had your photograph
taken in that morning costumee"
Why. no, papa. OF course not
And If YOU had went on the col
onel. would you want Bill to put il in
q silver frame and sit it up on his desk
where he could see it all day.
The very idea, III like Ia catch him
making a show of me that way"
Well little girl. that's about what
he does in fact. He carries a photo
graph of YOU all the time. It isn't on
MS desk, where other people can see it.
It's fixed in d golden frame in his mind,
and every once in a while through the
Gay 1t slips around i'm front of his
mInd 5 eyes, and he takes long look
at IT. 1t isn't always the same picture
he sees. Most of the time it's YOU as
You would like to be seen. fixed M YOUR
pretuest, but sometimes it's you as Re
saw YOU last, as you looked when ne
LETT You in the morning. You know. !
aearIc- YOU re mighty apt to remember /
person by the appearance at parting.
and the oftener Bill carries away with /
Eim vision of breakfast time dowdi-
ness. the oftener its goin' to pop into
ms view during tho day. until after a
while its goin' to throw out the other /
picture entirely.
Appearances count for q whole lot in {
this world, and I believe they count for /
more IN a mans feelings toward a wo-
man than i'm anything else. In nine /
cases out of len it's appearances alone /
that attract lad and a maid That's /
part OF the Almighty's scheme for /