The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-07-18
BY ESTHER GRIFFIN WHITE.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. mildly 0SpiOySu
the cynic Il hate" he added, Ito hear
woman talk that way about her own
sex"
81 could say lots worse things about
yours" replied Sal.
Proceed said the tortoise" muir
INJURED the cynic.
"No-its too hot. Besides I'm not go
ing to abuse the men any more"
What
because when we get to voting
we won't have to. All we need to do is
to vote, you know"
"Oh, Sal-as thou truly hath said 1t
is too hot"
Pm not going to make a suffrage
speech" said Sal, but I'm willing to
admit that men are amusing-even Il
they are good for nothing set-es-
pecially in the summertime. It's too
much trouble to keep 1t up anyway"
Although l haven't the slightest
idea at what you're driving-go on
sounds interesting"
I'm not driving at anything. People
are always thinking | have some deep
and subtle meaning to everything | say
when the fact Is that there never lived
a simpler creature than l. | never in
dulge in psychological back-twisters
and yet I'm always being accused OF
meaning things 1 don't say and saying
take you for what you are and not get
you all messed up with what they, or
somebody else, thinks you are. It's
nuisance"
Pass the drinks-''murmured the
cynic
eff you think you're going to choke
me off like that you're very much mis-
TAKEN" continued Sal
The last thing in the world I'd at
tempt to do would be to choke you
Off" grinned the cynic.
Might I be permitted to timidly
turn you toward the grandmother
tack?" he added
"Oh-yes-to return, it's the truth
| that you never can tell what any wom-
an or combination of women will do on
| tie man proposition. You may think
you know a woman-that is, If you're
another woman-until a man enters
|
one, that your previous conception of
her more or less delightful character
has all gone to bat"
ITO the long list of feminine incom-
prehensibles must we add this last ter
ror?" cried the cynic
1 ooh, ring Off You know it's true.
why every time l go to a party l
am renewedly convinced that some of
/ the sardonic philosophers are right
Parties" said Sal, ARE perfectly in
sane. Why do people have parties?"
Don't ask me. l never had one"
grinned the cynic.
eff l had party l wouldn't invite
you, that's sure and certain"
"Why this cruel Notwithstanding
Because, although l know you don t
care a rap for Maria and l know you
perfectly hate Liz, you'd spend all your
time, seemingly, in devoted converse
with them" ..-.~~~-.~.
Seeming is the word said the
cynic. Not with carefully planned or
deadly intent"
! "Well, there you are" said Sal.
There's the grandmother tack. You
are unaware of the fact that you are
being worked by Maria and LIZ Both
of 'em have regulations to sustain. For
! popularity. .you know. And it would
never do for them to be seen sitting
against the wall talking to the dowa-
gers or engaged in desultory wander
ings with stray wives and other unat-
tached feminine incunabula.
$50 they dive into the social sea and
rise to the surface with a man-being
wriggling on their grappling-hooks.
And they take good care that he
doesn't get back into the water for the
operations of other deep-sea rovers,"
smiled Sal.
Good heavens, SAL" expostulated
the cynic. cant you adopt a less can
nibalistic style? I'd be afraid to go to
a party if I got an invitation"
Now there's Evangeline." continued
Sal Il have always liked Evangeline
She is above the usual in mentality, 10
witty, amusing. epigrammatic-in fact
Evangeline has distinct talents Be-
sides l like the way she dresses-she
always looks picturesque and casual.
you know, and, altogether, like Evan.
geline. She always laughs at my
jokes"
mo wonder you like"
and when l saw her at the party
was dee-hghted.
Strange as it may seem l had new
er met Evangeline on the social firing
-line-except at women's things where
she would be assisting or helping
serve. ....-.... ......-,.--
And | always had lots of fun with
her on these fearsome occasions
But had never attended a func-
ton" ..~- .>-.-.... ...-... .--- ..
"A what?"
Function" repeated Sal. Il got
that from the society page"
IAN if you love me cut it QUIT"
whispered the cynic.
Well. anyway. / had never been at
a party where men we're interpolated
and I was awfully glad to see her. .
so | manouvered in her direction.
She was talking to old Bunny Temp
kins than whom there is no more
blithering ass. I had heard her making
fun of Bunny-simply cleaning up the
floor with him. / felt sorry for her
and thought how glad she would be to
be rescued from his clutches.