Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-01-19
CURIOSITY AND SEX
ANASTASIA PUT UP SOME
STRONG ARGUMENTS.
Admission at the End, However, Some
what Detracts from Their Value
as a Foundation for Calm
Judgment.


eff there's anything that beats the
colossal curiosity of the average man
news of the same has never reached
this party" said Anastasia, the public
stenographer, as she quickly folded
letter she had been copying. Harry,
who waits every night for Zula, the
telephone girl, has casually glanced at,
it from his seat beside Anastas1a's s
desk
Every man have ever met spends
most of his time trying to find out
something that he thinks he ought not
to know No offense meant, Harry,
but that goes for you, too. Why, /
have friend that's property man
at a theater where they had a for
women only beauty show while ago.
Forty-three of his friends asked him
to give them his job that day. He
needed the money, so he rented the
place to fellow for $40. Then he got
to thinking it over, repented, borrowed
five dollars and bought the job back
for SIS.
when a mans debating a letter
here every man in the lobby moves
into the chairs within hearing dis
lance If the man begins a letter My
Dear Louise l have to put out the
s. r. o. sign. When l begin to copy
the letter they all come around and
talk, wanting to see what line of talk
Louise is going to get
If two men get to talking on the
street and they argue aloud, watch the
crowd that gathers. It's all men. And
who runs to fires? Tell me that.
Who runs to flres?"
Harry didn't have chance. to an:
swer the question.
"You notice that women always
tend to their own business. Did you
ever see a bunch of women trying to
break down the door of Y. M. c. A.
meeting? You"
"But men don't" broke in Harry.
Maybe they don't, but they would
if they could. They always want to
be in on every roll call. They're al
ways ready to run out to see some
thing
Maybe women are blase, more
blase than men" Harry liked that
WORD. "You surely don't mean that
blase person"
look out in the street, see that!"
said Anastasia.
Harry turned quickly. What is it,"
he asked, eagerly.
Nothing, absolutely nothing. Do
you suppose a woman would port her
helm as fast as you did every time
someone told her to look?"
"She'd be afraid she'd shake of her
puffs," growled Harry.
mo, she wouldn't" Anastasia In
stinctively felt of her hair. "She'd be
too busy thinking of things that con-
cerned her. Whenever go anywhere
with a man l have"
"By the way, how are you and Dick
getting along these days." interrupt
ed Harry, who thought he saw
chance to change the subject.
There it is again. You can't keep
from being curious. But I'll tell you.
Dick and / had fuss few Sundays
ago and he hasn't even called me up
since"
what was the trouble?"
ooh, nothing much. He'll get over
It. We were out driving and l wanted
to go one place and he didn't want to
go. But 1 kept insisting and / won.
We went"
where did you want to go?" asked
the curious Harry.
"Out to the farm where those peo-
pie were killed. l saw lot Of girls
l knew and we saw the place where"
"O-oh," said Harry, and he smiled.
whats the" Anastasia stopped
and blushed.
And there was confused silence
on the part of Anastasia-for several
minutes.-Kansas City Star.
Chinese Naturalization Law.