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Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1910-06-02
5efatbntes 3apitel.
.Romm nuri eSh 1hlefe nint.'

rEomm rur. JH 1nlefe nt1t.
RoDbin itredte BON Der Gbaiielpn=
que 5einer Jrau ben seIunoen Arm
entgegen. 8oriihtig bate lie ourh oie
99iir gelugt, unsebOrt, ipie lie glaub=
te, aber BEN seiAdrftsn Obren bes
aranten mar bass leiie @erduia nidt
entganaen. Nllu fam lie ndher.
,Seb bid, bat er unO fpies auf
Elm 6oderhen, oas neben ieinem 2az
ger itanD.
Gie that es uno bebielt ie:ne 6anD
in Der ibren.
.Wis Fiibllt bn bi62 5at bid 0as
Mufitebeu Hidt 5u febr angegriffsn2"
Gar nidt. 5ebr trGftis fiible ih
mid fcgar. Sieh nlr, Oieier aHe
Iaulpel3 BON Arm. Il melbet iih 5l
rleuem 2eben, our Nrbeit."
Gr bielt ibr cen fruHfsn Qlrm bin,
ben er tpirttih. penn audi nod
fdbtpad uno miihIuin. 70 bod gu be=
BEN permohte. sic griff NIT beiOen
5dnben au uno ftiiBte i'm.
r@ieef on, oas bat bic pradtDolle
maiToge fertig sebradt", faste iie nit
jtrahlenoen Musen. ~Warte nur, in
Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1910-06-02

6inter ibren Hiiden, i'm lie sa liter
rdfdsn aio at srfrtntni Die 9brGz
men fhoifen ibr in oie Mllgen.
Miepiel IN Der Bitte I'm bielen 4ts
iud lag. lie tpuBte ss. Sin @eneienA
Der hattie er sefdritbtn, an Grua
Maltropp sefdrieben mar es Oenn
.mDslihs Mud oapon fpar Ct senefen9
linb tpis sart uno itOIs susltid e. oas
befannte.
aGte fab au ibn biniiber. Da lag
er nod bldb uno bilflos. aber Elm
neuer MusOrud bon syreuoigttit iin0
Hube lpar in feinem @eiieht. Shr ihien
fOgar. ais ipiele cine leiie Shaltbnf~
tigfeit nm ieinen MunD.
Grna Hano neber ibm unb fditz
telte inn in ibrer frifden unb bod
10 ipobltbueno ru5isen Mrt Die ss!unoe
6ano.
r6aben sic Dant, oab sic setom=
men iinb. syrdillein Waltropp. SD
burfte es taum bOffen. sic iinb febr
srobmiitbis
.Mbsr iefbtperitdnolid fon,me ih,
trenn idl sernFen iperoe, 9err 9au=
rct6. Gs mar aber aud hobe 3eit.
Sd butte idon oerartises 9erlansen
nod meiner fleinen Samariterin bier.
id slaube, ih bate lie oemndhft o1ns
GrlaubuiB iiberfallen."
Sic inate bas immerbin etpas
peinlide Der Situation bintpes3up.au-
bern.
Da trat Gusenie au ibr beran.
rWas babt Sbr fir elm aempIptt
sefhmieoet sesen miG9 Wartet, thr
Seimtiider!" ldhelte iie nit feu6ten
Musen. 3drtli9 oriidte iie Die 5reut,e
Sin III ibre 4rme uno fliifferte ibr
Elm inbriinitiges r@ott lei Dant!" gu.
vSa, iiebit bu. Ginb, id bin nun
heute ausi6lieBli9 @ait oeines @ate
ten. Sh tperbe mid al1o gu ibn
Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1910-06-02

lid b0fes @eiidbt. Gril mar sr .aan;
rot6 unb NIT sirirna MdIe gan5 bIaf
uno frach, ipie Elm Baum, ihIus q
um."
gusenie h6bnte auf. Diefer 8au'
Gein @tol5, iein fd0nites Wert. Gi'
besriff, 4pt. in tieffer @eele i'm baE
setroffen baben nuBte. llnb niAt Oas
alIein. 0is0eiht ipiiroe ods llngliid
Iogar Meni1enleben tpten. Der Neio
Sic ,Bosbeit tpiirben ibr 9oupt erbe=
Zen. ibm bielleidt @duIo beimsifsn
5abrldlIisteit Doriperfen fonnen, ibn
Der felbit 10 iammerDoll oarniroerlag,
ber taum seneien tpar
Shonung, iuBerIte S9onung bat
ie ibr Der Nr5t onmals Bel ner erifen
Grfrantuns 5ur pflidt gemcht, bier
bor bate lie i'm niht bebiiten tDnnen.
Die Sbrdnen ftiir5ten tbr aus Den
Musen. llno jebt, iebt serabe mubte
has llnsliid fommen, no es anfing,
befer gu peroen stuiihen i9nen, ipD
tieIe ME seabnte @anblung nit ibm
pprsegansen, no manbmal Ole leife.
sugbafte 5pffnung auf Elm lpstes,
frieopolles Slid in ibr aufoammerte.
5olIte es niht iein?
Gin perlegenes RGuIpern erinnerte
bic Meinsnoe on ben partenDen Mrz
better. sic sriff in bic SaThe mno
leste ibm elm puar 9olhItiide in Die
9ano.
r9ier RDbsr. SD bante Sbnen fir
Sbre 6ilfe. Hebmen Sic oas fir iih
unb fir oie anoeren, Sic Sbnen ball
fen.
.Dante pielmals, gndoise Grau.
SIT germ eeIheben. SD piinIde audi
redt CUTE 9eisruns. Der Serr Doll
tor mar ia sleid Bel Der Sanb. gs
.rirb ipobl 10 fdIimm nidt iperoen,
gndoise 5rau!" iudte er lie rnselhidt
5ll tr0iten. I
Sic nidte me9aniIh.
,Wo mar benn Ser Mrst? Wte fam
er 10 i6neq2
rOie 9erren pom Bureau Iiefen
gleih bin. unb elmer bradte ibn bon
Der strabe nit"
rSd0n, R0ber, glun esben Gis
nur."
Gr itapfte binaus, uno lie idlit'
on oie 5biir gum 5dlafsimmer. Nber
tpie lie alth laui6te, lie tonnte nihts
oeutlih perne6men Manhmal tlang
es tpie Elm tiefes Ntbmen, es fonnten
aber auh Die Mdnner ,ietn, bic ft6
Inn Sen aranten miibten. ~
@s mar bod mebr als cine Sbnz
ma6t.
Gs .par piel, piel idblimmer als bas
porise MaI. W}it erniter Miene ftanO
Der alte. betpdhrte 9lr5t por ihr unb
bereitete lie nit idonerben Wurter
oarauf DOR.
RDOOin mar gum 5peiten Wals
rom S9lage setroffen, i6perer, peit
fftperer, Die cine Seite tpar seldbmt,
ob unheilbnr, tonnte man nn9 niht
beltimmt iagen. Gin srobss Slid
apar es gu nennen, OaB er 10 ibnel
has 8elpuBtiein tpieoererlangt bate.
SebenfdIs nber tpiir0e es Elm !anges
&ranfenlager tperben, bas oie GuBsrite
@eoulb unO 8oriiht erforoerte.
rWenn er our9 pflege unb @ebulb
sereien fann. 10 tpirb er geneien."
Wtit ru9isem, entIdloHerem Sc
iidt butte lie ibm. bas eeantportet.
uno er batte ibr Die 1ano georiidt.
&r ipuBte, pelhe gnersie uno 8eipnz
nenbei! in Ser sarten Jrau itedte.
.Nur niht gu iibereifrig, meine lie=
Re, sndoise 0rau. gaiht iid sleid in
ben eriten Sugen iiberanitrenaen. Sic
saben eine lanse, lanse pflese por
Ii1; iorgen sic, DAB sic niGt por3eiz
iis ermi:oen."
sd iperoe nicbt ermiioen, perlaiz
fen sic fid oarouf."
Damn mar er segdngen, nno naa
einiser 3eit tam eine DiatonifIe. Die
lih in @useniens 3immer auf elm
Nubebett Tredte. Die NuAtma4e
Ibernabm tie ielbit.
5ef3tbntes Rapitel.
Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1910-06-02

Manhem aebt erIt bas rehte 2iht
auf, nahoem man ibn griinolidh bin.
ters 2i6t sefiibrt bot.
Gs lit ld9erlid, gu fragen. tpte aft
bieie ober iene DAME fein mag tie
mag gar niht alt iein!
S. pierppnt Morgan 1T Director
BEL So Rorporatipnen. Wlub Der
Wenib einen aopf baben!
Menn elmer iugt: Stu bort aber
alles auf!" Damn gebt Der Spettatel
setpObnli4 erft re6t los.
+
sSm Homan Der Ir. 40 bes gbem=
niger 5aseblattes beiBt es: Gin GEE
BON 5rGnen fano ibr ouf Der 8rui.4
sic mar alio bruitieefranf.
Die 2ebensmittelausfubr lit pdb1
renb Der iiingiten aebn Monate Suriidz
gegansen. Rein Munber bel oen
Yreifen bier3ulanbe!
Der Iiirit bon Monaeo bemibt ii9
eifrig i'm Die 9erbeifiibrung bes emf.
gen Jriebens; er bat recht. tpD3u Gelo
fir Rries uno Rriessriiftunsen ousz
geben, tpenn man es 10 ihneu unb
leidt in Monaco am Spieltif9e lpsz
iperben fann.
Cine ssrau bat bas unftreitbare
Medt, lire Nniidt gu dnbern, 10 oft
lie mill, ertldrt bas bobe Oberae<
riht bes 5taates Georgia; iie tdta
es iider auh, tpenn 0as @eriht bas
Gegenteil entfdieben bate.
sSn Nortpegen biirfen alle sfrauen
ltimmen, Die 25 Sabre ober alter iino.
DAB iidb auh folhe als ftimr. Ssrec3z
tigt melben. bic 0iefes Mlter nod niht
erreiht baben, ftebt aus nabeliesenoeu
Griinben nidt 5n befiir4ten.
Der sroBe JuBsdnger MeEon nabm
anm Griibltiid iebes Nal bret getsas
fene Gier dif goaf, Elm Quart GtDz
beeren, cine portion @ries ober suz
fermebl unb brei 9af1en Rdffee au iit,.
Gin 3ei1en, bab Spu3ierenseben ie6r
aiinitig auf ben Mppetit tpirft. 0lber
Ser MittelHanb fann es niht Sci
Der boben aebensmittelpreifen.
Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1910-06-02

Cine Trau bot bas unftreitbare
Medt, ibre Nniiht gu dnbern, 10 oft
fie mill. ertldrt bas bobe Obersez
riht Oes @taates Georgia; iie tdte
es iider aud, tpenn 0as Geri9t bas
@esenteil entfdieben bate.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-21
iiIELL IT Nor In GATH'

learned why neither Of them received
invitations to the wedding.
Even if nothing happens to you.
decidedly unpleasant situations can
be created by this habit of mention
Ing names in cars. A girl and her
sister were going downtown In a
car, opposite another girl whom one
OF them knew slightly. Who IS
she?" asked the sister, when the girl
smiled and nodded; and the other
gave her name and a few remarks
on her appearance and character
istics, all far from complimentary.
After several blocks the girl arose
to go out; but first she walked over
to the elderly man seated by the two
sisters. and said. I'm sorry I
couldn't sit by you this morning,
father" And the two had to ride for
half an hour more next to the father.
who had heard everything they had
said
People may tell you they don't
mind comment; but they certainly
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-21

mind having their names banded
around In public places Every one
Is sensitive, whether he acknowl-
edges 1t or not, and all you have to
do is to put yourself in the other
persons place to realize the extent
of your offending. If you have moth
Ing but good to say of people, 1t is
perhaps permissible to use their
names in public, though the ultra
'touchy" will resent even that; but
In this degenerate age scandal is
more spicily enjoyable than commen
dation: and so the safest rule Is
never to talk about people at all
Or. IL you find it absolutely i'm
possible to refrain shun the use OF
their names or titles as you would
the torture-rack. Say "Mr. S. or
"the young girl with light hair,
Edith's friend or "the woman we
met out camping last summer; but
never. never, never let 1t be Mr.. Smith
or Miss Jones or Mrs. Robinson.
Unless, of course, you want to find
yourself friendless and abhorred.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-21

gossip about her-"fairly ripping me UP
the back" as she expressed it afterward.
She went upstairs again. and pretended
ignorance, but that was the end OF a
friendship that had been very pleasant.
Two girls In a business Office were
going down IN an elevator after their
days work In low tones, but dis
tinctly audible, they were discussing
their employer-his wife, his children.
his stinginess in the matter of SAL
aries and their chance for raise AS
they left the elevator a voice behind
them said. Good night" They turned.
and there stood the much-criticised
employer! Needless to say, the raise
was not in evidence; instead. short.
indeed. was the tenure in office of the
two imprudent maids.
A woman and her friend entered a
street car together; the car was
crowded. and they separated. sitting
two seats from each other. In the
middle seat were a friend OF the first
womans and her husband; without
perceiving that the two ladies knew
each other, they greeted politely the
one with whom they were acquainted,
bade her courteous farewell when
she left the car a few block later, and
then proceeded to tear her looks, her
brains, her manners and her reputa-
tion to shreds-all within the hearing
of the friend In front, who, of course,
promptly reported what she had
heard. Another break in a pleasant
acquaintance.
Two men met by chance, IN street
car again, and. since they had not seen
each other for some time, began CIV
ing news OF common acquaintances.
In the course OF the conversation they
spoke in very uncompIimentary terms
Of one man they both knew. About
ten minutes later, when they were
mildly commenting on the weather.
from a seat in back a hand was
placed on the shoulder OF each. and a
quiet voice said: Thank you both
for your frank candor." Not only q
personal but business relation was
severed by that bit of indiscretion.
A girl and man who were at a con-
cert began. during the lull between
two numbers to criticise very unfa-
vorably the just-announced engage
ment Of a girl they knew. They were
not personally acquainted with the
man In the case, but they told q few
bits OF reported scandal about him.
and then proceeded to- remark on the
time the girl had had finding a man,
her personal unattractiveness, etc.
etc. AS 1t just happened, the quiet
man sitting next to them was the
unknown fiance; and they never
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-21
I
WOULD NOT MARQy

ashamed when I'm with her on the
street. Conspicuous dressing. loud talk
ing and free-and-easy manners are
things l have a positive horror Of
can't always avoid them with my fem
mime acquaintances; but you may os
very sure I'm not going to marry a
woman so aff1ictedr'
Il want a woman to show some
gratitude I'm sick OF taking around
girls who don't bother to say thank
you,' and of Offering ffoweTS and candy
to unresponsive goddesses. When / get
married. ii will be to woman who
doesn't think everything comes 70 her
by due and natural right I'm not
conceited. but I certainly would relish
a little appreciation
Il will not (set that in capitals.
please, and red Ink. if you have anyl
marry woman who cries NO wet
shirt fronts; no pillows shaken with
sobs; no red and swollen eyelids-that
is my declaration Of independence
don't see why a woman should cry
any more than a man does. My VIE
will be welcome to the few occasions
that would 80 AFFECT myself, but as for
the continual hose proposition. l nave
absolutely no use for II.
I'm very Fashioned, / suppose.
want a woman who is domesuc, VINO
cares TO make her home pretty. VINO
likes to sew and cook. and can do them
well. l want her TO love me ana ner
children. TO be religious. to care for
things not too high for my own under
standing. I am a plain man, verging
on middle age, and I want a quiet COM
pauion whose tastes run neither 10 OallS
nor to reform work. / know there ars
All honor to them. but I'm simply tell
fnp wEat r,,vself want It is only in
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-21

beauty, lovableness, ad infinitum, ad
nauseam.
Manly protest Is the inevitable result.
Yes. admire Grace. 1 am fond of her
as friend the man says, but lets 3
not talk about her. I prefer to talk
about YOU" Strike three!
That's the ca mpaign of the cat There
are countless ways in which her claws
are shown, and then are withdrawn and
hidden under the soft cushions of her
paws She leaves her mark. 1t is an
noying because OF the disproportionate
size OF pain and scratch; it is sometimes
fatal. I know OF q few hearts that are
beating just the Same, but the marks
seem not to heal; and pride prevents the
disclosure OF the real cause.
I am fond of Egypt. The lure of the
east seizes me when I gaze Oh the sail
boats of the Nile or view the great un-
solvable mystery Of stone. 1t calls to me
across the great desert and the ocean
blue, and + feel like folding my tents
like Arabs and silently stealing back to
the land Of Cleopatra, Rameses and the
rest-but / will take the sphinx and the
cat In their native soil. thank you. 1 do
not wish either one as a dear. sweet
friend who will do much to destroy life's
happiness. And IL you are a woman,
neither do you! BARBARA LEE
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-21
The Postcard Habit

nO YOU remember the story of the
man who went up on Mont Blanc
TO see the sun rise and was so
busy sending postcards to his friends
from the famous spot that he forgot to
look at the sun? You may be very sure
he was an American, for America Is
chiefly cursed with the postcard habit.
Illustrated postcards In themselves are
good things. They give excellent views
Of famous or delightful places. which
bring pleasure to those who have not
had the opportunity to see them. They
convey adequately a short message, a
note OF remembrance, but they should
never take the place of letters II the
decay of conversation can be traced to
the rush and hurry of our age. the
decay of letter writing can be traced
to postcard sending.
Remember that a postcard Is just
what 1t says, card, and that nothing
personal and nothing that would be ap-
proprfate only in q letter must ever be
written upon It
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-21

<YT ELL It not In Gath, publish it
not in the streets of Askelon,"
- runs the old biblical injunc-
ton: and would that those OF today
would apply and observe it!
What / mean is the mentioning Of
peoples names. interspersed with choice
scandal and criticism about them. in
public places, like street cars and eleva-
tors. If you must gossip, do have the
grace-and the good sense-to gossip
in your own home. or in some equally
private location. If you have an espe-
cially choice bit of scandal to relate
about John Smiths coming divorce; IL
you wish to express your unfavorab Bile
opinion of the way Mary Jones dyes her
hair and rouges her face: If you feel
you must remark on the way the Rob-
insons live beyond their income, don't
for mercy's sake, choose a crowded
subway car or lecture hall to make
your comments in. Let me tell you
one or two little stories to illustrate
my warning.
A lady was entertaining guests, hus-
band and wife, who had come to her
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-21

as hard for a poor woman to marry a
rich man of this type"
If could find out before marriage
tnat woman was nagger. | wouldn't
touch her with a pair Of tongs And
you can tell pretty well. too. When a
girls mother Is in a state Of habitual
subJection, when she cringes at the girls
tone and meekly takes all her reproofs
ana inJuncuons, you can be pretty sure
that that's the girl who's going to make
her poor husbands life one long and
cry speed contests and tongue Mara
thons for mine"
I'm afraid l don't care for the one
sided woman. My wife Is certainly not
going 10 be too strong minded, and you
can bet large sum she's not going TO
be a bit masculine; but she's going to
have plenty of interests and avoid rut
as she would the smallpox. The little
woman whose only thought is husband
and babies. and how the dinner turns
out, may be very nice in a short story,
but I'd rather come home and find out
that my wife had been to the club or
than to discover after twenty years OF
marriage that she had fallen hundreds
of miles behind my mental and spiritual
development. When / marry, Ii shall
be for a companion. not for household
ornament or family drudge"
The woman who harbors resent
ment. I know. I married one."
Hair rats, earrings, pink bows in
corset covers and tight lacing are all
on my list OF absolutely noes Its
deeper than one might think. too: il
all resolves itself into the fact that
1 don't want wife who will make me
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-21

FnHE weekend house party at the
Gastons' thus far had been a
II success All that a family OF
limited means and unlimited hospi-
tality could do for their guests haa
been done. The Gastons son and heir
aged 4-had been away from his home
for the first two days, but on the third
day OF the house party he returned.
on the night Of the third day there
had been a large dance given for the
guests at the home of the Gastons' most
Intimate friends. The dancers had re-
turned at a. NJ, happy but faugued.
The bride and bridegroom, without
whom any house party is Incomplete,
had been the subjects of much feting
I'm so glad that tomorrow is Sunday
and that we can sleep almost until
church time" said Jack Tomson. the
newlywed, as he left the other guests
..f'n call YOU at nine. dear" replied
his sleepy bride as she slid of into
Sunderland.
of six hours The bright sunshine is
filling the bedchambers at the Gastons'.
Are YOU awake, dearE called Mrs.
Tomson, who had endured the awful
@Arn I awake fairly shouted her llus-
hand from his room. How could ] be
otherwise. with that brat in the house?
Sleep did y0q say wBT 69s'ns sane ln'G been nls
:
awake since half-past five listening to
that little fiend sing all the Mother
Goose rhymes from cover to cover, He
bss me so unnerved that, actually,
have been going over all the nursery
rihvrnes ever knew to see IL he missed
one"
ssWell. did he?" was the brides gentle
inquiry.
ne sang Bo-Peep FIVE times and Pussy
Vo,Ingster I used to like Mother Goose.
Now I hate her.
His little wife didn't reply. This first
exhibition of temper on the part of the
,,osn she had always regarded as an
angel IN the flesh fairly dazed her. j
besin TO see why Dick CASTOR always
has dark circles under his eyes. her
boshsnd continued. when he comes TO
t,oe once in the mornings. The poor
fellow never gets any rest Hell never
bave those rosy cheeks again until he
rhloroforns that little kid.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-21

Here ii is O'Clock, and he shows
no sign Of a let-up. I'll be a wreck
before breakfast. Much as / hate to
leave you behind, I'm blamed glad that
my train goes at o'clock tomorrow
morning. You needn't worry about call
ing me. 1 won't oversleep.'
But, DEAR" protested Mrs. Tom
son, getting a word in for the first
time, please don't shout. 1 know it's
been very hard on your precious nerves.
But don't blame the poor, dear child"
Poor, dear child eh?" replied Tom
son. IF he were mine l know what
I'd do to him.
trained to amuse himself went on
dear child. Don't blame him. It's not
TO do to entertain himself when he
awakens in the morning several hours
before the rest of the family. Much
as / like his parents, 1 know they are
making a mistake in permitting him TO
annoy every one as he does.
You don't know the Fergusons, do
you, dear?' went on Mrs. Tomson:
'Well. they have a little girl about 4
wakes up almost at the first sight Of
dawn. Every night her mother places
a bathrobe and slippers and some pic
ture books near her bed. When the
puts on her robe and slippers. goes to
the window and raises the curtain, and
then gets back to her bed. There she
looks at her books, until the rest OF
the household is astir.
IF ! can tactfully tell Mrs. Castor
about this little girl today. will do
SO. I know It isn't her fault. Mrs.
CASTOR has had no mother or other close
woman rela tive to advise her since she
was years old. SO she may be glad IL
she. finds some one to take an interest
In her and her child. L am sure. with
a little training, her little boy will no
longer prove an annoyance
There goes the bell Now, dear, don't
frown when you go into the breakfast
room. for I wouldn't want the Gastons
TO know how you felt about their boy.
Really this should be lesson for US,
and when we have"
But she couldn't finish the sentence,
for her husband had taken her in his
arms
What sensible mother they'll have"
he murmured.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-21

YHICH do you prefer-the silence
NV of the sphinx or the scratch
w ing, clawing and splitting Of
the cat? But if you have anninl-
lated space and are wandering IN tno
sands OF Gizeh, or have crossed the
centuries of existence and are wof
Shipping the sacred feline in the lano
of the Pharaohs, come back to earlh'
for the sphinx and the cat are prop
ably sitting on the same porch with
you. the combined forces Of these. two
being, / fear, too much for the aver
age woman.
There are sublimated sphinxes who,
by dint of much silence. have man
aged to look wise and incidentally
destroy a few hopes or fears OF
womankind. You know the variety
If you suggest that certain girl Is
so clever TO make her moderate SAL
ary meet the demands Of life In Its
eating, sleeping. dressing and anus
ing forms, the sphinx looks the wis
dom of the ancients and the doubt OF
the moderns, with a little sugges-
tion of medieval suspicion thrown in.
She doesn't say a word. There Is q
lifting of the eyebrow, or fiutter OF
the lid that implies much Now the
silent one, in nine cases out Of the
proverbial ten, knows nothing. Did
you ever hold UP one and try to
make her tell what she has init
mated is in her mind? Perhaps there
has been an ominous silence about one
who belongs to you. Do you gener-
ally succeed in dragging from her
the facts? I guess not! She knows
her shortcomings, and in reality she
Is afraid OF the danger that she has
wrought by her suggestive silence.
She cannot answer your call OF the
great bluff, so she still remains silent
and looks wiser than ever.
1t IS the enjoyment of power that
impels her to tread the wordless way
and to forge links In the great chain
of condemnation out OF her golden
silence.
You cannot fight silence that is i'm
movable IT the modern sphinx. Any
woman can contradict a statement,
deny an accusation and ridicule the
remark of friend: but If nothing
tangible be offered, the heroic defense
seems uncalled for and usually makes
matters worse by reading into tho