Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-02-17

what our dearest friends said of US be-
hind our backs" agreed the woman In
blue
"Truth dwells at the bottom OF well"
quoted the woman In gray, land for my
lpart / am willing to leave It there"
Men and women never speak the truth
10 each other unless they are married and
ansry.s commented the woman with the
willow plumes, ''and then It leads to
Reno"
'If eourtship were conducted on plat
form of strict veracity there would be no
more marriages. said the woman in
sase green. when Algerton wooes ADJ
I.lina he swears to her that she is. q per-
fart angel and the most beautiful and
Fascinating creature on earth, and that II
she marries him they will dwell in
Ieand,ed heaven OF romance, there they
will bill and COO like two turtle doves, ana
there will never be single thing to mar
their bliss.
"of course, Algernon knows that all OF
this is hot air, and that he is a regular
Ananiss, who ought to be arrested for
periury for handing 1t out to her. He Is
nerfectly aware that Adelina is no living
picture. and that she's got plenty OF tenn
per and fussy little ways, and that when
they get married they won't live In
castle of dreams, but in 2xi fiat, and he
also knows that they'll have plenty OF
SCRAPS, and that he's lot more IN
lterested in the grocery trade than ne Il
in sentiment and romance. Adelina Ike
Wise knows all Of this, but suppose In
stead of his unveracious love talk Alger-
non should tell her the plain, unadorned
facts in the case
Suppose he should say: .Adelina, you
are shy on looks. but I'm not particu-
larry struck on beauty, and you're strong
and healthy and likely to make one OF
the wives that keep a man always paying
doctors bills. You've got a temper that's
set on a hair trigger, but I've got
bunch that I'm the man that can control
It. and. anyway, you've made hit
with me and want to marry you.
81 don't get salary so big that !
have to bring my pay envelope home
i'm taxi on Saturday night. and II you
tie UP with me well live in Harlem
fiat, and you'll have to do your own
Homework. and fight with the butcher
ever the meat bill. and make over your
old clothes. No doubt ve'n have many
a run in when we disagree that VIII make
the people on the other side Of the wall
think about calling for the police. but /
love you. and I'm willing to work to
prove II, and along with the lean Of mat
rinony well get a lot Of the fat
Now that Is just about what q pho
tograph Of matrimony from real life Is,
but would Adelina say yes to Algernon
n he proposed In such fashion?
''No, a thousand times no. replied the
woman with the willow plumes, there
sn't a woman living who is so poor q
creature as to accept q man who pro-
posed in such a fashion
"But he would be telling her only the
truth" urged the woman in sage green.
That's what's the matter with It," ex-
claimed the woman with the willow
plumes. None OF Us have the courage to
face the truth Of marriage. II we really
knew beforehand what It was going to
be none but the foolhardy would under
lAhr ~
well" said the woman in blue, IF It
Is risky to tell the truth before marriage.
st is simply suicidal to speak It after
ward. There isn't one marriage in a
thousand but would stand the acid tests
Of the husband knowing Just how he
looked to his wife, or the wife realizing
Just what ths husband thought Of her.
A wife imagines that she is always
bride TO her husband. and q man fondiy
believes he Is always hero to his wife,
and SO the domestic circle remains In
tct-
Suppose. however, some morning John
should look across the breakfast table
and speak out the thought that is In his
mind He would say: Gee. but you are
q gr1zzIed. fat. horaely cid soul. and I
believe you get siIner and sa1is- every |