The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-01-11
Drawbacks Of
Mahiirnony


talked up to be-" She picked up her
embroidery and resumed operations on
large blue butterfly.
The other embroiderers looked
shocked, with the exception Of the
fluffy haired blonde. who giggled ap.
preciatively. is Fred developing dys.
pepsia9" she inquired with mirthful
solcltude. My dear" cried young
Mrs. Allison, with wide-eyed protest.
Fred can eat anything. I'm happy to
say | ran completely out of ideas
about meals day before yesterday. SO
had fried soles for dinner, to break
the monotony Of steak and chops and
roast and chops and roast and steak.
and roast and steak"
That will do" sternly interrupted
the young matron with auburn hair.
That way lies madness. Some Of us
are housekeepers ourselves. you may
remember"
And" went on young Mrs. Allison,
merkly. Fred ate his sole with pos.
tive enjoyment. though | couldn't
even bend my own. No. Fred is not
dyspeptic."
Well. then" said the fluffy haired
blonde, he must be getting the club
habit"
Wrong" said young Mrs Allison
promptly. Fred doesn't belong to
single club except the Beethoven. lie
hates smoke and he likes women, and
he thinks that mems clubs are little
short of relatively clean pigpens.
Guess again."
Well" said the fluffy haired blonde
after a judicial pause. there are only
three causes that make a happy mar.
ried woman sore on matrimOny, II you
will pardon the phraseology. They are
dyspepsia, jealousy and lack of money.
Is lack OF money the canker that's
eating the blush from your damask
cheek. or words to that effect?"
Mrs. Allison shook her head again,
emphatically. Nobody has enough
money" she said with conviction, But
that's the least Of my troubles, and
| have as much money rs IL good for
me, no doubt. Besides. woman's q
fool to let money worry her. II It's
only a matter OF luxuries."
The fluffy haired blonde nodded a.
sent. Right you are" she said. And,
what's more, there are fewer fools
than people would believe when It
comes to that. But whatever IL the
trouble, Celeste?"
Young Mrs. Allison sighed lugubri.
ously. What I object to In matri.
mOny," she explained. jabbing her
needle vigorously into the left wing
Of the blue insect. rs this sensation Of
permanence. Married people feel 90
dissustingly settled In life. and II
loathe feeling settled"
Every one smiled.
We'll. times are changing" remark.
ed the auburn haired matron, with q i
suggestion Of scOrn. do you notice
married people feeling so dreadfuliy
settled these days?"
81 mean decent people. Of course"
corrected young Mrs. Allison concisely.
The sense of being hOpelessly settled
descends upon you when you come
down to breakfast the first morning
after your honeymoon trip Is over, and
II continues with you from that time
On. When go 10 the matinee. or TO
teas, or to the settlement, guild. or
anywhere like that, and see a lot of
girls of just my own age. whom
went to school with, and who haven't
maids like yOu"-she in.
Heated the fluffy haired blonde, who
'Ose and bowed profoundly see
low positively juvenile and cfferves-
:ent they look, and how delightfully."-
unsettled they are in their attitude to-
ward the world, ] get pessimistic. that's
III. | say to myself: Brace up, &C.
este. You're a married woman, SO
hurry home or Fred will be there
irst, and will wonder what keeps
'ou.'"