The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-06-22

BIG tOlU HILL w J00t Ai$sA q . GU
light break in upon me! You see, this
afternoon I happened to read an ar
ticle, great long one, in one of the
leading magazines, by famous doc
tor. 1t was about what he called the
sin of being homely. He said it was
every woman's first duty to be beau
tiful and"
1T isn't duty with you because it's
perfectly natural" asserted Hickok,
violently. But what"
$50, of course, l couldn't get din
ner," concluded his wife, as though
the matter was now fully explained.
Hickok sat down and stared at her.
ST don't understand" he murmured.
Us eating incompatible with beauty,
and, If so, what If I'd rather eat than
dazzle by my superior loveliness?"
He said," replied Mrs. Hickok, sit
ting up straight, that woman had
no business doing any sort of work
which impairs her health or good
looks or happiness or hurts her hands
or ruins her complexion, because it
makes her an Improbable member of
the community and her husband won't
love heri He said that heat from the
cookstove had spoiled more COM
plexions than all the paint and pow
der in the world and that the much
denounced dollhouse air Of the ball
room is California zephyr compared
with the soupy, oniony stew that
passes for air in the kitchen. He
said early rising had caused more
nervous wrecks than late hours and
that social designations and rich din
ners are to just plain cooking for
harvest hands or washing for family
of six as chicken pox is to cholera
oh, and he said lot more! | had
never thought of It before, but, OF
course, I'd rather you kept on caring
for me, so I made up my mind to
stop"
"Milly." asked Hickok, are you sure
your head doesn't aehe?"
Read it yourself!" retorted his
wife, thrusting the magazine into his
hands with energy. He's scientific
man and he ought to know! Read
there where he says: Not only is 1t
one of the inalienable rights of women
to life, liberty and the pursuit OF hap
piness, to have all the money she ar
tistically needs and can get to make
herself beautiful In face, figure and
costume, but she has the right to re-
fuse and revolt against any form Of
work which robs her of what beauty
she possesses. | noticed two of my
fingers were roughened. so | think 1t
is high time | revolted! 1t makes me
shiver to think of my life had
missed seeing that article!"
DO you mean to say" demanded
Hickok, that you are never going to
cook a meal or dust a room? You
know when you married me that we
couldn't afford a maid for a year!
don't want you to drudge, Milly. but
little four-room fiat and dinner for two
doesn't strike me as an appalling
proposition for a healthy young Wom-
an If she uses common sense!
hadn't noticed that you were fading
away or losing your good looks and
must say that a wife with any ap-
probation of her duty wouldn't take
up with any such crazy notion"
saThat is q very convincing article"
declared Mrs. Hickok.
.But but what do you intended for
us to do?" queried Hickok.
Mrs. Hickok surveyed him solemn
". WELL she said, getting to her
feet and turning her back. I'll tell
YOU what we'll do this evening. You
20 freshen up and put on the clean
collar and cuffs I've laid out for you
and we'll run over to mothers for
dinner. she was In today and invited
us! That's why there Is no dinner
here"
Hickok made dash at bis wife and
shook her.
I'D -dont!" giggled Mrs. Hickok.
aY.y-you'll knock my h-hair all down.
Aug-e- gustus. s-s-stopi"
well, you had me scared ell rishti~
said Hickok.