Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-04
Domestic Co11oquies and Tact


be all around. You can't nudge by,
y'know, with that demand Of yours for
all the prerogatives OF a wife In addition
to all Of the privileges OF a husband.
Get that fact firmly fixed IN the back of
your mind and you'll have learned some
thing. seer
'Hoity-toity! So you're the grand mo-
gul. are you? And I'm to sit at your feet,
or rather grovel at your feet. and beg
permission to invite my poor. dear man.
ma"
''Oh. you poor. dear mamma, hey7 Say.
you don't have to nudge In any OF that
slow-music stan about your poor, dear
mamma. She can take care OF herself
all right. all right. II ever there was a
hatchet-faced party with a wart on the
left side of her nose that could raise more
different kinds of Gehenna around a
peaceful home than that same poor.
have a life-size pastel Of"
why, how dare you talk about my
mother that way after all the trouble
she's had and after the way She
"Ye-eh, trouble. II there's any kind OF
trouble that she hasn't started around
here. I'd like to"
won't permit you TO Islander her that
way, so there now. It's a p-p-perfect s.
s-sin and a s-s-shame the w-w-way y-y-
you c-c-carry on when I w-w-want m-m-
my p-p-poor d-d-dear m-m-moth-"
Colloquy No. portrays the other meth
cd. When the husband comes home from
the office he finds his tactful spouse with
a letter In her hand. She Is in an OBJ
viously distressed frame of mind. OF
course he asks her:
What's coming OF? Who's the letter
from
''Oh. never mind. dearie It's nothing
important Don't bother about it,
II know. kid, but you look kind o. blue
about it. What's the answer, chr
oh. well. I'll just write her and tell
her that
Write who. and tell her whatT'
Now, dearie. I don't want to get you
all disturbed, for know how hard you've
been working lately. Anyhow. I've got
the loveliest bIuefish for dinner. and I'll
tell you after dinner what
"Oh, say, can that stuff. little girl Tn
more than seven. What does your mother
say in her letter.
why. how did you guess it was from
mamma. dearie? Well. II you must
know, she saws that-but never mind.
I'll write TO her and tell her that"
"Oh, she's coming here. you meanT"
Yes, ducksky, that's what she writes.
but I'm not going to have you put out OF
the way. the way you feel about the old
"Oh, dunno Guess I could stand the
gan all right: How longs she going TO
stick around?"
"She doesn't say. Now. listen. my
dear. I simply will not consent to 1t that
you be made nervous and miserable by
mamma coming here when I know SO
perfectly well that you-wei,, that you're
not particularly fond Of her. And that's
not to be expected. either. I know. It's
only natural that men should have a GER
tain feeling about their mothers-in-law,
/ suppose. and so I'll write to her and
tell her that
"Oh, look a-here. my GIRL I don't be-
neve you want her to come yourself I
believe you're trying to nag her visit
and"
"Oh. dearie. YOU know Tn just crazy
to have her come. but was only thinking
about those little cross moments she has.
and you
Jaw, shucks! Let the old girl blow
alongi''
well. II you're not the dearest Ioveli-
est old thing! Do you mean TO say
that"
sure Tell the old girl to beat u this
way. I've got nothing against her.
reckon we won't have any kick-ups I'll
do my part and be good, anyhow. Goshf
Smell that bluefishi Yee-ow! Eats ouickrs
Uh-huh. there are more ways Of siayina
an Objectionable feline than by. etc. etc.