Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-07-06
HER GOOD
JUDGMENT

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indefinitely, the young man with the
high collar remarked: eff there's one
thing / believe, it is that a man should
be the head of the home. Don't you
agree with me?'
eyes, indeed said the young
woman upon whom he was calling.
81 thought you would" he said in a
gratified tone. That's what has al
ways especially appealed to me in
you-your quickness to see a point in
an argument"
IT didn't know it was an argument"
returned the young woman with a lit
tie smile
The young man coughed. 'FWell, Of
course it isn't exactly that" he ad-
mitted. What / meant was that
you are SO reasonable minded. Many
women aren't. I've noticed that, for
I'm keen observer of women. I
think man who isn't is foolish. How
can he judge a woman otherwise?
| Why, it would be like taking a jump
| in the dark for him to marry, wouldn't
| it?"
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young woman. "He might possibly hit
upon the right one accidentally Such
things have been known to happen"
II don't believe in being reckless"
said the young man. Il believe in
knowing what you are doing"
"Going back to my first remark" he
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should always depend upon her hus-
bands judgment and wait for his de-
cision in everything?"
"That depends" said the young
woman. IF the house were burning
down and she didn't know whether to
waste time telephoning the fire depart
ment or to run out on the street and
yell for help, she might be burned to
death while waiting to hear from him
as to what she should do He might
| have gone fishing or something. You
see, there are times when a woman
really has to think for herself"
THAT" said the young man in an
annoyed tone, "is an extreme case.
Such an exception might not occur in
especially interested in what l am
saying"
"On the contrary, I am greatly in
terested," declared the young woman.
your views are at once novel and
entertaining"
''They shouldn't be novel;" said the
young man. "The world would be
happier and better conducted if every
one shared them In the first place,
why should any woman marry man
whom she did not feel was her SUI
| perior in intelligence and on whom
she could rely implicitly?"
Dear me-" said the young woman,
''I'm sure l don't know. Maybe be-
| cause she fell in love with him"
"Nonsense!" said the young man,
distinctly. "She should have enough
discrimination not to lose her head in
a case like that. She should control
her affections. It is weakminded to
care for a man who doesn't know as
smuch as or more than yourself, if you
sare woman What kind of future
has she before herr"
! "You sound like a lecture protest
ed the young woman. II really don't
think she stops to consider that side
of it at all. If she likes man she
| likes him, and that's all there is to it.
And if she doesn't she just doesn't.
1t takes away all the romance to
analyze things SOL"
That's the absurd feminine point
of view!" said the young man. What
is romance? Use common sense and
half the worlds troubles vanish I've
| studied it all out and | believe if men
would assert themselves and do away
with all this foolishness and bad judg-
| ment of women and simply ignore all
| their whims and eccentricities and
conduct their households in sensible
manner it would be immensely bet
teri"
Don't you think" suggested the
young woman, "that you are a little
| hard and uncompromising? There's so
little happiness, anyway, in the
| world"
'Woman's foolishness,'' said the
young man, with an indulgent SMILE
"She really likes strong hand and a
firm will over her, though she will not
admit it!
''What have been trying to get at"
went on the young man. SIS that l
have decided that, taking 1t all in all,
you have docile nature, which would
adapt itself readily to my views and
submit to my guidance. I am going
to ask you to marry me- May I
hope"
"You may not" said the young
woman, with discerning calmness
"For certainly will not marry you."
The young man stared at her disbe-
lievingly. You'd better think it over"
he said. "But-well, why won't your
'T could give you lot of reasons, .
said the young woman sweetly, but
one of them will do. I'm not in love
| With vcq1 and never shall he +"