The daily Alaskan., 1912-09-11
HOW TO
 WIN A GIRL
B. EMERY R TALBOT


 ! know bow to treat them
 ''oh. it's easy enough If you know bow to do l." said Kent Martiu.
 There is a giri I'm sweet on. and if you will be so good I'd like to have sou put n,e on bow to do the trick. ! don't mind telling you that-lu cont- dencc, ct course she's Maggie Sei 1 fridge" Kent Martin restrained sn expres. sion of surprise that came very near breaking forth of It's owu accord and said:
 Maggie Selfrldge eh1 Maggie Is q nice girl Has she given you any en- couracementg"
 There's the trouble. know so lit tic about girls that I don't know whether the way she treats me means anything or not"
 "They are queer creatures and no mistake. Well. I'll give you pointer on Maggie She Is one of the kind that need to be handled without gloves oc. casionally. You might get into bit of wrangle about something. She ls very positive in her opinions. and you must be just as positive as she and let her understand that shes got to back down"
 -I shouldn't think that would make her love me"
 Not that alone. but the making ID Besides. a girl doesn't care for the man she can wind around her finger. She wants tc be managed with curb bit. spurs and a riding whip"
 After this homily on the art of love Wharton proceeded to put 1t into prac tice. The first time he went to see Mag. rie they got into an argument as to whether the world was getting better or getting worse.
 "1 think it's getting better" said Maggie.
 "It Is getting worse" said Wharton in a tone indicating that his statement was not to be disputed
 Maggie looked up at hirn. surprised "why do you say thaty' she asked.
 You wouldn't understand me if | told yon. Women don't know anything about logical sequences
 "Oh. they dou'tT'
 ~I never knew one that did
 "I will convince you that do | will give you a categorical syllogism. You tell me that l am not logical ln a very rude fashion. [ tell you that without an apology don,t care for any further acquaintance with you These are the premises The resultant Is a separation between us
 Wharton smiled That's what you call logic. Is itT' be said coutemptu, ouSly.
 "The conclusion Is fact" she replied and. rising. swept out of the room, leaving the young man master of the tieid
 But how wus the other part of the matter to be brought about-the mak- ing upy He hadn't thought of that and sought his coacher.
 Martin listened to his account of the affair and at the end said that he had made a good beginning: all he had to do was to follow It up properly. "You don't want to pay any more attention to her. he said. .~till she shows signs of weakening. You can tell me just how she treats you from this on. and when | see anything that looks Ike desire for a makeup I'll explain 1t to you. You wouldn't recognize it your. self"
 "why uotT'
 Because it's more likely to be dis play of bitterness than direct ex precision Of repentance"
 "l see"
 But weeks passed and there was nothing for Wharton to report to his coach. When the former met Miss Selfridce she spoke to him but coolly and did not make the slightest ad. vance toward a reconciliation But one day be was surprised to receive note asking him to come and see her, Somehow he had lost confidence iu Martins theories as 10 bow to win woman and did not believe from the tone in which the note was written that H was for the purpose Of draw tnC him back into the fold of her friendship. In fact. he was ready to eat humble pie
 "I never supposed" she said to him. that I should like as biz a fool as you."
 Wharton stood speeches..
 Il only got at the bottom ot your behavior yesterday Kent Martin told his sister; her sister told Ethel Jones, sud Ethel told me"
 wv what did she tell youy-
 That Kent was lnstructinr you bow to make love"
 Wharton stood the picture Of embar. rassment- His face was as red as . boiled lobster.
 "Do you know what Kent did the other evenlngT'
 ~No. whatT'
 "Had he not taken this mean advan tace Of you | would not tell you He proposed to me"
 "The deuce be didr'
 "Meanwhile he was telling you what to do to effect a bSSach between us lf you wanted me why 6dn't you tell ne instead of himY'
 ~f didn't know