The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-10-02
GIRLS s.RE CURIOUS,
so ARE SOME BOYS

men at the boarding mouse table.
rs that an original discovery, OF
did somebody tell YOU" politely in
quired the young man who sells ga.
engines.
Maybe he dreamed it," hazardeJ
the young man who works in an ar
chitect's Office.
NO" explained the young man with
the celluloid collar, as he reached out
and gathered in the last slice OF bread
with one Of his large red hands
there didn't nobody tell me. an
didn't dream it. amt like some
Of these ducks you meet in boardin
house. When l 60 to bed ! go to bed
tired enough to sleep. leave all
them dream things for some o. these
J ducks that don't work hard enough to
git tired. What | was talkin' about
was girls. An it's just like says
some of 'em is mighty Gurus. found
1t out for myself"
You found it out for YOURSELF"
Il certainly did"
Some originality to that discovery,
| all right" said the young man who
works in an architects Office, address.
ing The young man who sells gas en-.
2inos The latter nodded il. hearty
agreement.
Maybe there is and mayhn there
amt bat It's true" declared lie young
man with tie colluloid collar.
WHY don't you Get it patentedo"
i can't. You're joshin' ne"
WHO. /? Perish the thought. And
YOU think girls are really curiouso"
Il know it."
"All Of them"
Some of EN- is cur'uscr than 9th.
crs, of course"
How do you know q
Il seen one out walkin' in the park
Win yon last Sunday, an ! don't think
all of 'en would 80 out walhin' with
YOU"
Don't laugh at your own attempts
to be funLs Then YOU think some
girls are curious because thoy
wouldn't - out to NC park Witt. meo
Thank you
No, you don't go my H. III
! meant il he other Nal
You know Il lol abou; ir 9ont
you' Anybody can see T..
wei, don't know SUI j l., bat
| know some"
Some girs?'
Yes, some girls. an some about
girls"
Wise mani"
"Oh. ] amt SO wise: but it takes
II wise girl to fool mo any to speak
Of"
Would il be showing undue curios.
ity II should ask you. for the benc.
ut OF myself and these others whom
your remarkable discovery has
aroused to 4 pitch Of intense excite.
mcnt. what particular incident of the
present day has caused you to remark
on the curious qualities of girls?'
II just happened to think of it, no.
ticin' Miss Keyboard as she left the
table"
rs Miss Keyboard one Of the curl.
GUS oncso"
She certainly is"
She never went to the park with
me-"
An maybe that amt because you
never asked her TO, neither"
ITO avoid argument, I will concedc
that 1t is not. In what way does
Miss Keyboard strike you as benz
curious?'
We'll. three weeks ago asked her
to 20 TO the theatcr with me an she
wouldn't because she had an engage.
ment."
Nothing curious about that"
NO. but listen. Two weeks ago |
asked her again to 20 to the thea,cr
with me. An she wouldn't because
she had a headache"
Nothing curious about that"
No. ! know there amt. But the 1
other day | asked her to go again" /
Persistent youth"
And she didn't have no engage.
ment."
NO."
No. an she didn't have no head
ache"
Mo-"
NO: an still she wouldn't 60. Nov.
wasn't that c'ni,HsH"
That was decidedly curious. l,ut
YOU know so much about girlS that il
should not seem curious to YOU. re.
Of how il seems 10 the rest
" us. You ought TO know why she
wouldn't SO with you TO the theafsr
he last time you asked her"
Il ought to know Why"
That's what | said
Maybe You can tell"
Il can. She doesn't want to so
With you"
by ding bet that was it," ex-
laimed the young man with the eel