The Ordway new era., 1910-06-24
GIRLS
WHO WIN

you're Just saying II 10 Try 10 get
rise out Of me! You really don't be-
lieve it,"
Indeed I dol" asserted the girl In
the green foulard gown. ut Is. az !
say. perfectly true that all man
cares about Is being entertained and
amused. What difference does 1t
make to him II a girl has kind heart
and is angelic to her mother? All
that appeals to him Is her ability to
make an idle hour pass pleasantly!
DO you suppose" she demanded
"that he cares at all II she gives up
bridge party to visit the sick? ls he
possessed OF passionate admiration for
her II she can broil beefsteak or II
she always keeps her clothes mended
neatly and the buttons sewed on her
shirtwaists? Not he! He would walk
straight past her In his eagerness to
get to Lottie Giggler under the willow
plume hat which shades her sparkling
eyes!"
'Fiddlesticks!" scofYed the man.
How absurd! Don't you give men
credit for any sense?"
Not much." admitted the girl. with
ChIu ~ you ucA hou s1~y
sense you wouldn't be SO taken In as
you are nine times out of ten.
Il knew n man once who was per.
fcctly crazy about n girl because she
always was In such bubbling good
spirits and simply effervesced with
fun and life." went on the girl In the
green foulard. so he married her. II
took him about a year to discover that
Betty had been SO carefree because
she absolutely refused to BIO bothered
with anything. She kept her good
spirits because she shoveled responsi.
bility of on anybody who happened to
be handy. and she effervesced because
she wasn't capable of serious
thought. 1t Is kind Of wearing on .
man when he comes home and says
that tho bank has failed and they are
penniless II his wife yawns languidly
and says. Dear me! Well. let's not
think about It. Let's go to the theater
and cheer up. And, darling. get box
seats. because I like them better!'
"This man stood It till his wife gave
a big card party when he was sick
with pneumonia, because she said she
positively could not stand the dullness
Of the house. What did he do? oh.
he Just died. Evidently he thought
that was the quickest way out"
"All girls who are cheerful and
amusing are not heartless." insisted
the man., I'VE men can tell the real
thing! We appreciate real worth"
"Bosh!" interrupted the girl in the
green foulard gown shortly. Excuse
my rudeness. but couldn't help It.
Real worth. you know. Is terribly
firing. because 1t is generally quiet
and serious. and nowadays everybody
runs from seriousness. When you are
picking out girl on whom to call you
don't choose one because she has col.
lected more money for the heather
sthan anyone else or can manage a
downtown business. do you? I should
say not! You run over the list Of your
acquaintances and murmur. Oracle!
I'll go see her because she's such n
jolly girl and a fellow doesn't have to
think! She Just rattles on and all
have TO do is murmur Yes and No
and be comfortable. I'll go and see
Gracie!"
Meanwhile the young person Of
sterling worth sits at home alone with
q book-which she has bought herself
and II she eats candy 1t is sure to
be fudge that she has made herself
for nobody ever squanders money
sending her violet-trimmed boxes OF
chocolates from the confectionery
stores. But I'll warrant that Gracic
could build a fair-sized cottage out of
her discarded candy boxes!"
well, a fellow doesn't like
stick" protested the man. you are
unfair 1t quite irritates me! You
know 1t isn't SO! Why. just let me
tell YOU"
II know precisely what you are go
Ing to say" interrupted the girl in the
green foulard gown. you are going
to burst into rhapsody on the in
tense feeling a man has for the splen
did girl who does things. who is
capable and sensible and how he al
ways picks her out to marry! 1t is
awfully funny. but do you know be
lieve men actually think they do pick
out sensible girls to marry. Even
when a man is marching down the
church aisle with the organ playing
Mendelssohn and a girl on his arm
who doesn't know enough to come in
out Of the rain, but whose eyelashes
curl in distracting way! Oh, you
cant blame a man for being SO fool
ish. Curling lashes are lots nicer to
have than the straight, thin kind"
"If you'll keep still a minute" said
the man, "I'll demolish all your argu.
'ments and show you that you are en-,
tirely wrong and"
Don't bother" said the girl in the