The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-08-24

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NV missions on my
own account You
know, of course, being a lawyer, that
no one is compelled to testify against
ones self, so please bear in mind that
l am confessing other women's faults
exclusively when | say women are
lazy"
Now | understand perfectly" said
the young man. Please proceed"
Il am going to make another ad-
mission, said the sprightly girl
Some women are not lazy
You relieve my mind very much"
said the young man.
''Laziness,' said the sprightly girl,
"afflicts nearly all women II you tell
any woman that said so and l find it
out I shall deny it. I shall deny it
Indignantly"
There are two kinds OF lazy wom-
F, en-" explained the sprightly girl.
There are those who are both men,
tally and physically inert and those
who are only physically indolent The
latter do not so arouse ones ire as do
the other kind; still, one cannot help
wondering that their mentality does
| not suggest to them the value of bal
ance. The other kind one comes
across constantly. They are over
stout complaining II they have to
stoop to pick up pin, signing If they
must mount short flight of stairs.
always taking car if they have to
go five or six blocks, entirely too fee
BILE to attend to any household task
which requires moving about"
do you know, I'm rather en1oyinx
this said the young man, Il feel so
safe. What you are saying doesn't
seem to hit me anywhere"
"Of course you gloat," said the
sprightly girl. still, must proceed
in the interest of truth. l may never
descend to treachery of this kind
again and l have been keeping a lot
of things about lazy women bottled up
in my mind for ever so long"
Il understand how you feel" said
the young man. please don't change
the subject"
Il know a woman" said the spright-
ly girl, who goes to the country every
summer, but she comes back to town
in the fall more lfstless and pallid
than she was when she went away.
What does she do all through the long
summer days? She sits and sits and
sits. She is the greatest sitter l have
ever seen. Sometimes in an afternoon
she will move once from piazza to
tree and then she will make the re-
turn journey some hours later That
is ALL
Still. why call her lazy asked the
young man. Call her placid and &C
quire virtue by thus practicing for
bearance."
BAH said the sprightly girl.
by all means, if you wish it," &C
quiesced the young man.
when this lazy woman comes back
to town she invariably goes to the
doctor for a tonic and that is what the
silly man
Now, now!" protested the young
man. You're getting off the subject
Don't be alarmed" said the spright
ly girl. SILLY men as class will have
to await their turn The subject is toe
large " treat dl tulS tllle AS 1 WdS
saying, this silly doctor gives this lazy
woman a tonic instead of the scoldine
she deserves, so of course he does hel
no good Then l know another lazy
woman who trails about the house
languidly all day-doesn't even go out
of doors. All she has to show for heI
day is an inch or two of lace She has
!
months Yet she eats a lunch that
would serve the purpose of hodcar
+ rier after which she takes an extend
ed nap Late in the afternoon she
dresses and thus prepares for hel
first useful service of the day, which
is ordering things from the market by
telephone"
"One would hardly call that-el
strenuous" commented the young
man.
81 should hope not" said the spright
ly girl.
What would you advise for her
An exciting novel;"
''No," said the sprightly girl will
sterness. Not even flight of fancy
| L WOulu put ltl W WI n mere dr.
lots of women who if they will no
, work ought to be made to exercise
( on a half-mile thack until they learl
; the difference between themselve
and the products of the vegetable
; kingdom"
Roses, violets, lilies-that sort o
thing?"
"Cabbages, squash, overripe toms
toes-that sort of thing. Do you Sc
what | mean?"
81 do" said the young man. Than
you so much. l have enjoyed it in
t mensely. l have felt so safe"
Now it is time" said the sprightl
girl, to talk about silly men,
s when Jim boxes, he lands hi
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