The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-30

There is class of engaged girls
who are apt to let Whom He may
hidden fruit.
concern" know that Horace" is
! forbidden fruit.
These girls remind you OF Shetland
wool ascinators--la borious in make
| up. fun OF interminabie windings and
always suggestive OF coddles.
! From the very beginning OF the en-
| gagement a girl of this type Is tins,
usurper of power such as never exists
| for her in the matrimonial terri
/ tories Sometimes a man allows this
| unhealthy state Of too large a boun-
dairy Of power. knowing marriage
vows Will soon enough divest the girl
( OF 1t and again, very much agaii..
he does not She may allow nothing
I to mirror her love-fed chances lent
/ the suggestive mentality 'of Horace -
She may appear to him a dainty god
doss of submission, who lives only IT,
rad!ate his wishes. But this tnsipient
attitude is deceptive. Horace finds,
among the many joys If CourtsnIp
and engagement, when they have re-
| turned from select dinings when
| she" has been the honoree ana
whore there is always distinct
attitude to the conversations with
/ y
| of white ribbon and heart-shap ped
! figures, that reaction sets in. in
variabiy. He is bound to reap an
aftermath of criticism.
Here she" strikes the first false
/ note. At first. the novelty to
Horace" in being made fast by APP
prevail and proper relations. will hold
/ just enough fiavor to keep from
4 eurdling.
Iya tb{rLv ba o,sht a. 10 ,h ba,,
! piest man in town ana when cid
! timers slap him on the back as
though he had swallowed a fish bone.
and call him Lucky Dog he re-
! spends in kind. but somehow he does
not believe a word he says.
Where the Boundaries of Dominion
End.
/ Horace" is gradually led through
I limitless byways of pickings" and
I exactions Sometimes it becomes a
very little matter which kindleth the
/ fires Of Gmoldering rebellion.
| 1t may he on a certain day (the
halminess of the atmosphere viii no,
save him) the cravat he is wearing
will be said to show a deep lack of
conformity to his complexion and i,
has To be dis arded.
The questionable neck wear she
may know to be tasty enough but ii
is just "a bit of necessary disciplin,
she imagines comes within her do
minion.
Initial Sacrifices Are Not All,
/ Thus INDUCED in gratihed sense
I of false power she rapidly extends
her immature criticism and other per-
sonal sacrifices OF his follow.
| There are shoes, hats, even wrong
colored gloves which come within the
/ forbidden until most all the Office
boys Of good standing are Quilted II,
the compulsory t,ast offs.
For Horace" realizes hesitation
means liquidation. Then. having oh
jected to some OF his old friends as
my lady fianoee strikes at the root of
masculine solace and condemns his
I pipe.
II was then the worm turned ana
never knew the taste of dust again
In the Line of Heredity.
Sometimes girl win inherit a
! fermentation for reform from long
/ line of ancestors who have engrafted
ethics for generations. However,
with an ever active desire for re-
form there should be a supply of con-
forming u ouch as the Irish trooper
had with his horse when he waited
! hours for the animal 10 yawn so he
could put the bit in his mouth.
/ To conquer a subject like mule. man
or infant" one must operate with the
4 consenting party.
Period OF Seasoning.
Much as a tree Is feiled from growth
! In a too luxuriant forest. SO Horace.
escaping from an oyerfed atmosphere
( of arbitration, begins process of sea-
sonine,
/ He looks less care-free than formerly
1 ard more down on his luck than
/ Joyfully uplifted by It.
! He reflects he has "given in too