The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-12-07
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"Hmph!" said the young woman. 1t
is possible to say "hlnph!' in all sorts
of ways, but she said it with just the
right amount OF provocative derision
to rouse one to combat
That's all right" retorted the
young man. II don't like to hear you
talk that way-it sounds as though
you thought men were weak minded,
with no appreciation Of real values
Hear him ramble!' broke in the
young woman. "A man may appreci-
ate real values till he's black in the
face, but 1t doesn't keep him from run
ming two blocks out Of his way just
to find out II the girl in the stunning
suit with the marvellous wad Of hair
and high heels has got face to match
the rest Of her! Why, | knew per
ferctly good man once who was
knocked down and run over by an au-
tomobile just as he succeeded in chas-
ing around in front Of girl he had
trailed half mile and they carried
him away smiling triumphantly. When
they asked where he was hurt wors,
he just murmured. Gee! peach' and
never knew anything had struck him.
"Of course" said the young man, III
you are going to be funny about 1t!
You might concede-'
Whats the use?" asked the young
woman, blandly. Never concede any
thing to a man in an argument, be-
cause he's going to grab all he can
get, anyhow"
to keep out Of lunatic asylum" pur-
sued the young woman, knows that
II she wants to ask favor Of man
the easy way to get it Is to devote
three hours to dressing for the part
and then win him over in ten minutes.
nag him for three hours and mere
ly get a cold refusal Little Susie,
aged six, knows better than to ask
papa for new roller skates when she
has molasses stichum on her little
paws and her hair isn't combed! She
and fluffy that papa goes broke pay
ing laundry bills for and her hair is
in a golden cloud Then she sails in
Does she get what she wants? She
does! Papa swells out his chest to
think such fascinating prodigy is his.
Little Susie remembers this when
she grows up. She really doesn't have
to remember it, though, because sew
eral thousand years Of ancestry has
impressed it on her brain cells and 1t
was all ready waiting when she turned
to It. She knows instinctively that 1t
is far more to her advantage TO know
at what angle to adjust her hair than
to be able to square the hypotenuse Of
whatever 1t is that has a hypotenuse!
And she realizes without being told
that perfectly manicured finger nails
are going to get her a lot farther in
life's little game than the conscious
ness that she busted behind all the
pictures and the farthest corner under
the bed!
"Feathery baking powder biscuits
may do for bait il 1t is the cook trying
to fascinate the policeman, but Susie
knows that young Dingbat, the million
aires son, would be nothing but ex-
tremely bored II she tried to intro
duce self-made baking powder bigcui.
as lure when all he wants Is Supi.
in her best and most frivolous fril,s
to step into his motor car and permit
herself to be taken where young Ding
bat can buy her strawberries out Of
season and dollhouse lobster!
'Ill tell you why there are SO many
old'young girls with knobby fore
heads and hearts of gold who are pre-
tending to be wildly enthusiastic
about sanitary street paving in the
steenth ward and societies for teach.
ing the heather how to darn socks
economically instead OF having their
own houses to run and dear husbands
to meet when the $40 train gets in
from the city every night. They mis-
takenly adopted the baking powder
biscuit and sterling qualities racket
instead OF the other one! Every
single man they know respects them
violently and without a heart throb-
and marries the aforementioned Susie
around the corner who'll weep when
the cook leaves and not forget to do
1t distractingly in pale blue silk neg
ligee--"
"See here!" objected the young
man.
Il WON'T" contradicted the young
woman. 81 know a lot more about I'll
And so do you, only you're not frank
on the subject.
You men, went on the young wom-
an. who stare all the pretty girls In
the face-what difference does Il make
to you that their mothers are prob.
ably at home washing the dishes or
mendlng their daughters petticoats7
How shocked and grieved are you to
think that the little shabby woman
with the white face has a husband
who beats her and takes the money
she earns doing plain sewing to buy
more beer and she stands It so Johnny
can get through school? You don't
sob alphabetically and admiringly
over her tragic heroism. do you!"
You're too busy noting that Tottie
Footlights has on pumps and silk no.
siery and that her spring suit fts az
though she had been poured into II
and you are grateful II she glances at
you out of the corner OF her eye! Why.
It's clothes. tell you, clothes!"
There isn't any use talking to you
when you get in this rabld state" said
the young man. Come downtown TO
dinner with me and then wen 20 To
thn thaotar