The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-18
: WHEN THEY TALK At YOU =
This Is Conversational Method Pursued by the Fem-
nine Feline which May May Not Be Intended
to Conduce to General Amity
That | was so suspicious.

OllSTiy Unable 10 get away IlOu
the personal point of view. Always
ready to imagine that people were aim
ing their shots at me when the fact
is they never thought of me. For her
part she insisted and always would to
the last horn that women were judged
by their clothes and if l chose to go
round looking like storm center or
a denizen of the Bowery it was none
Of her affair
That she intended to sbe strict
ly tailored when she went on the
street and to wash her teeth three
times a day besides always dressing
appropriately to her surroundings.
Nothing, she declared, so betokened
the lack of culture or breeding as in
attention to dress and she hoped there
fore, since l had myself admitted that
was not as we'll groomed as / might
be that"
But by this time | had flounced
out of the room.
Then there is Cert who drops in to
recount her triumphs and dangle her
scalps before our supposed envious
eyes.
Cert is the sort that knows with
out the shadow of a doubt that she is
the feminine center about which the
masculine universe revolves.
There are other women, to be sure,
but that is provision of the gods be-
cause there isn't enough of her to go
round.
You do very well, you know-a
makeshift when I'm not round-but-
oh well-a shrug and an expressive
cock Of the eyebrow.
You are third-rater.
Men may pretend to take an inter
est in you-but it's bluff.
Its because they can't get the
cream-other hungry masculinites
have licked it up. So they take the
skinned milk-that's you.
"She skips in-airily throws her
hat into the off1ng, runs her fingers
through her hair, straightens her rig
ging before a mirror where she poses
for a second for our admiration and
then, with carefully calculated effect,
languishes with sinuous grace into a
dark chair which silhouettes her girl
ish slenderness tantalizingly and
throws into vivid relief your too-too
avordupois.
Not that it is too-too.
ION the contrary you have been as
sured that it was just too by certain
connoisseurs.
"But Cert gives you a glance, then
one at herself reflected in the mirror
which is to make you feel what vast
gulf lies between a fascinating houri
and a common slob.
knowing that Ed is one of your ad.
mirers carried over from the carnifer-
Gus age and having seen him on your
veranda the evening prior to his de.
parture for journey down the coast
from whence he may or may not re.
turn. she proceeds to say, in an off
hard fashion that she had a letter from
him that day-Ed always writes her
when he leaves town-ran in at al
most eleven o'clock and stayed all
sorts of hours the evening before he
1eft-said he tried shaking some duty
calls he had to make but couldn't and
was determined to have one last, last
word with her-isn't Ed the greatest
ever and lots more to him than you'd
think-always shows his best side to
me-says I draw him out-that he
doesn't care much for the older people
gets tired of them-oh, such funny
letter. nearly died laughing-came
by special delivery-afraid I wouldn't
get it and think-oh, well, no matter
what'd I'd think-Ed shows a side to
4 me others rarely see-he's going te
send cards from every port he touch
es-Ed's a dandy-oh, you haven't
heard from him-and such friends
supposed of course he'd written you
we'll, isn't it queer the way people act
oh, you don't. Why I thought you
were strong for Ed"
And so it goes" said Sal.
And so it goes" repeated the cynic
surreptitiously suppressing a yawn.
Those who don't care to stay may
leave" sarcasticated Sal.
Surely you're not talking at me
SAL dear" exclaimed the cynic.
"I'll talk to you when l have any
thing to say" cried Sal mincing out
the door.