The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-02-01
| GREAT RISK TO TAKE TRp!WITHAfREnO
He May Develop Unheard Of Qualities and Annoying
Habits.-The Stay-at-Homes Who Listen to
Your Experiences.
~ Esther oRgFFlM WHITE.

~ EsTHER GRIFFIN WHITE.
did you ever take trip with any
body?" asked the other person.
The greatest known strain OF
friendship" said the cynic.
YES" said the other person, THE
friendships of lifetime may be sun
dered by q few days excursion tt
Cincinnati to hear grand opera
II remember myself" interpolatet
the cynic. splitting on the rock o.
beefsteak just before going to heal
Caruso. ! liked it broiled, rare and
highly seasoned-Tompkins the bar
barian, wanted it fried hard will
brown gravy. Not being Rockefellers OF
Carnegies we couldn't order two. &C
we compromised ON spare ribs and
sauerkraut.
THE pork made TOmpkins sick and
/ had to stay at the hotel to take care
Of him. We never got to hear Caruso
Since which time" said the cynit
blowing rings of smoke toward the
ceiling. frost has blighted the bloom
of our ardour.'
II expect you were savage and jerk
ed things round" said the other per
son.
"On my word" protested the cynic
II was gentle as lamb. No trained
nurse could have been more angelic
Trained nurses are angelic accord
lnu ~ uOv1o ooid Tho 0<hor ,,oroon
That's q cynicism." said the cynic
Women shouldn't be cynical"
ut stint a cynicism, it's a fact" re
torted the other person. TRAINED
nurses are amiable on schedule.
knew one once that cured a man OF
typhoid fever but sent him to the in
sane asylum by her trained smile"
Il have too many friends in the pro
fession." said the cynic, Ito continue
this conversation
THE men are always for the nurs
es," said the other person. And its
because" she went on maliciously
that nobody over thirty-five can be
q nurse.
You do me a gross injustice. my
DEAR" said the cynic comfortably. "A
woman must be at least forty before
she appeals to me-"
That's because you aren't forty
yourself" said the other person
when you are, mature charms will
hold no further lure. The younger
and the sillier the better you'll like
EN-"
These preconceived ideas women
have about men," said the cynic wear.
lily. cannot be disseminated with dy.
namite."
1T is true, however" murmured
the cynic, that when l was nineteen
was madly in love with a young girl
of thirty.two. She was the lovliest be.
ing I have ever known. And she gave
me the thrill-thrills. No feminine crea.
ture of nineteen will ever so affect me
at forty"
"Oh. let's change the subject" said
the other person. I'VE talk too much
about men and women-that is, about
the sentimental relation they sustain
toward each other"
THAT last sounds like a club pa.
per-" deployed the cynic.
THE sentimental aspect" went on
the other person, lis merely incidell-
tafto the current Of activities. Very lit.
tie time Is spent on that phase of the
propinquity of the sexes. Men are
largely occupied with business and
eating. Women with imagining what
they'd do IL things were different"
well, to return to the beginning, u
interrupted the cynic. us there any
thing worse than having somebody
describe his or her trip"
"Absolutely nothing, said the other
person emphatically. "Sal. now. when
ever she goes to Niagara Falls, San
Francisco or Berlin delivers regula,
lectures when she returns. She drops
IN to spend the evening with her post
card book and at each stop describes
her personal experience.
preceded with a complete history
ancient and modern. OF the spot" says
the cynic.
Eyes. she sounds like a glorifiet
Baedecker," says the other person.
Every time you go out anywhere
for six months" continues the Other
person, you encounter Sal with he,
postcard book. The conversation viii
be desultory for a while-because ev
erybody knows that Sal has been in
.ited in to tell about her trip-and
then the hostess says
"Oh, Sarah. won't you tell us some