The Falls City tribune., 1909-08-13

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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
one self, so please bear in mind that
| 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 adj
mission" said the sprightly girl.
Some m are not lazy"
you relieve my mind very much"
said the young man.
"Laziness," said the sprightly girl,
"afflicts nearly all women If you tell
any woman that | said so and | find it
out l shall deny it | shall deny it
Indignantly"
There are two kinds of lazy wom-
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 If they have to
stoop to pick up a pin, signing If they
must mount a short flight of stairs.
always taking a car If they have to
60 five OF six blocks, entirely too fee
BILE to attend to any household task
which requires moving about"
do you know, I'm rather enjoying
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
s%prightly girl. still, must proceed
In the interest of truth. I may never
descend to treachery of this kind
again and I have beer keeping a lot
of things about lazy women bottled up
in my mind for ever SO long"
81 understand how you feel" said
the young man. "Please don't change
the subject"
hLOW a WOlidu, odiu Tic SpiiBnC
ly girl. who goes to the country every
summer, but she comes back to town
in the fall more l~istless and pallid
than she was when she went away.
What does she do all through the long
summer days? She sits and sits and
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
quire virtue by thus practicing for.
b%earance."
"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 NAH
Now, now!" protested the young
man. you're getting off the subject"
Don't be alarmed" said the spright-
ly girl. "Silly men as a class will have
to await their turn. The subject Is too
large to treat at this time. AS | was
saying, this silly doctor gives this lazy
woman a tonic instead of the scolding
she deserves, so of course he does her
no good. Then l know another lazy
woman who trails about the house
languidly all day-doesn't even go out
81 doors. All she has to show for her
day is an inch or two of lace. She has
been making the same waist for
months. Yet she eats a lunch that
would serve the purpose of a hodcar-
rier, after which she takes an extend
ed nap. Late in the afternoon she
dresses and thus prepares for her
first useful service of the day, which
is ordering things from the market by
telephone"
zone would hardly call that-er
strenuous" commented the young
man.
81 should hope not" said the spright-
ly girl.
what would you advise for her?
An exciting novel?"
mol" said the s~prightly girl with
~sterness. mot even a flight of fancy.
| would put her to work. There are
lots of women who If they will not
work ought to be made to exercise
on a half.mile thack until they learn
the difference between themselves
and the products of the vegetable
kingdom"
"Roses, %violets. lilies-that sort OF
thing?"
"Cabbages, squash, overripe toma-
toes-that sort of thing. Do you see
what l mean"
Il do" said the young man. Thanh
you so much. I have enjoyed 1t i'm
mensely. / have felt SO safe"
Nov 1t is time" said the s~prightly
girl, "to talk about silly men,"
when Jim boxes, he lands his
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