The Ordway new era., 1910-10-07
|HER GOOD
/ JUDGMENT

Crossing one foot over the other
with the air Of settling down to stay
indefinitely. the young man with the
high collar remarked: III there's one
thing ! believe. II is-that man should
b the head Of tho home. Don't you
asrss with me?'
Yes, indeed" said the young
woman upon whom he was calling.
II thought you would" he said In q
gratined tone. That's what has al.
ways especially appealed to me In
you-your quickness to SEQ . point IN
An argument"
II didn't know II was an argument.
returned the young woman with lit.
tie smile.
The young man coughed. well. Of
course It isn't exactly that" he ad.
mitted. What meant was that
you are 20 reasonable.minded. Many
women aren't. I've noticed that. for
I'm . keen observer Of women. I
think . man who isn't 10 foolish. How
can he Judge . woman otherwise?
Why. II would be like taking Jump
in the dark for him to marry. wouldn't
N!"
IT'S lottery. you know" said the
young woman. He might possibly hit
upon the right one accidentally. Such
things have been known to happen"
Il don't believe in being reckless"
said the young man. II believe In
knowing what you are doing"
Going back to my drst remark" he
went on. don't you think . woman
should always depend upon her hus.
bands judgment and wait for his de-
cision in everything?"
THAT depends" said the young
woman. III the house were burning
down and she didn't know whether to
waste time telephonins the IRE depart
ment O. TO run out on the street and
yell for help. she might be burned to
death while waiting to hear from him
- to what she should do. He might
have gone fishing or something. You
see. there are times when q woman
really has to think for herself"
THAT" said the young man in an
annoyed tone. rs An extreme case.
Such an exception might not occur in
q lifetime. I Am afraid you are not
especially interested in what 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 II every
one shared them. In the nrst place.
why should any woman marry . man
whom she did not feel was her su.
perior in intelligence and on whom
she could rely implicitlyr'
Dear me-" said the young woman.
I'm sure I don't know. Maybe b.
cause she fell In love With him"
"Nonssnse!" said the young man.
distinctly. she should have enough
discrimination not to lose her head In
case like that She should control
her affections. It Is weakminded to
care for q man who doesn't know as
much a. or moro than yourself. II you
are q woman. What kind Of Q future
has she before herr"
You sound like q lecture" protest.
ed the young woman. II really don't
think she stops to consider that side
Of It At all II she likes q man she
likes him. and that's all there IL to It.
And II 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 I believe II 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 a sensible
manner 1t would be immensely bet.
teri"
Don't you think" suggested the
young woman, that you are a little
hard and incorporating! There's 30
little happiness. anyway. in the
vorld-'
"Woman's foolishness," said the
young man. with an indulgent smile.
she really likes a strong hand and
nrm will over her. though she will not
admit It!
What I have been trying to get at"