The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-06-08
Girls Who Are
Consiiderate

Its no use," sighed the industrious
girl as she looked up from stocking
she was trying to darn. None of my
theories work for more than week"
Whats wrong now?' inquired the
one stunning member of the crowd.
Have you turned the other cheek
once too often, or what?"
"Oh. dear me, no." replied the IL
dustrious girl You know l gave that
up long ago. But told you, didn't !
that my brother is married? Well,
you know I've always believed in
woman in woman's sphere and all
that sort of thing, and it doesn't work
at all.
He married a girl just out OF
school-nice pretty girl. fresh and
charming and all that. Could cook |
some. and play, too. Well, sometimes !
he can't get home when he. says he
will, and then she goes about looking
like small sized thunder cloud and
tries to stir up things generally,
don't believe 1t is the fault Of any
thing except that she never was down
town herself and so doesn't know
what things are liable to turn up
The industrious one gave her needle
vicious yank and looked hard at the
rest to see If they agreed with her.
well. my DEAR" drawled the fam
lily peacemaker, you see how good 1t
Is for you to have had this expert
ence. Now, If your brother had mar.
ried girl like one Of us. for instance
girls who for good while have
been supporting ourselves more or
less-he probably would feel that he
had acquired chum. and good
one. too, but he'd miss the freshness
that the other girl has.
Il don't know a single girl who has
worked downtown who isn't more con-
siderate of the man she marries than
is girl who hasn't worked down
town. OF course we lose lot Of the
gloss and all that, but we get some
thing which has higher value, hon
estly believe.
Now, take me for instance. Here
I've been working for ten years or so.
and last year l met young girl f-em
the south. l don't believe she ever did
thing for herself in her life, at least
not in the way Of making money; but
she was sweet and gentle, like all
southerners. and could make perfect
ly delicious gowns and could play a
little, and everybody liked her.
"All the men she met thought she
\ was fetching, and she was. l thought
h,t Fol hot
war horse beside her. | looked at
everything so differently.
Things that bothered her nearly to
death | didn't even notice, and man
Just mere man-didn't mean any.
thing more to me than a girl would
You understand that when you are
with them all day you get sort OF
used to them"
This was added in a rather apologet
ic manner, for the peacemaker knows
that the stunning girl. though she
too, sees men every day, still takes a
somewhat violent interest in them. al
least In certain ones, aid no dis
paraging remarks are allowed.
But to come back to the origina
remark of yours" went on the peace
maker, Il think you are nearly right
Not that l want to puff you up, you
know, but l don't believe a girl ap
preciates a home and all it means un
til she has been away from it. Evel
since Mother Eve puttered around thu
garden and found the tree. girls hav.
wanted to putter, too, and you can
putter when you work downtown Be
sides, a girl who has had to worl
knows how much more fun it is t,
stay at home and do something els,
than go downtown and hear in tn,
mornings mail that Smith, Brown &
Co. have sent in a large order which
will have prompt attention.
LAS for me and my house." declared
the peacemaker, firmly, we woult
rather make out a list for the grocer,
than write patent specifications, and
know I'd rather make nice loaf o
bread than hammer at a typewriter
But then, what's the use. Why re
pine?' And the peacemaker wen
back to her book.