The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-08-08

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"Oh. vel, --en, TOO, : suppose. But
yo1 started he conversation z5o-,
girls"
Yes. was going 70 tel you. Those
thee gir,s we're dressed ss hin as
could be. No; one Of them had on
wrap and yo1 know how cold and
damp It's been today. But :hat vasn:
the worst. Two had on velvet shoes
and the other gin had OF satin ones
that were all rUn down {, the heels
and the sa,in to-n. Al o. the three
had on such shor- skirts that you
could see ,he.r thin. ainsy silk stock
ings. Il 'zct. ! thought one had cn
black and white stockings till ! 10
tced tha. the White spotE were places
where the stitches had given ont"
"Wsl What about all thai,
q walked back Of them 20 the cor.
ner Of the next street They crossed
the muddy, dirty pavement. and :
know they must have got thei- feet
vet ! watched them to- teT min
utes and saw them 20 .n,o z cheap
ice cream parlor. and then-
And then whs,
Well. I've been thinking How can
such girls Keep house and have homes
that give man Z chance 10 make
something Of himself"
They can't"
Then what's going to become Of Us
Ane-icans?"
Ask the university professors. In
only q doctor"
oh. ! know what the university
professors say. They tell you that
our hope lies in the immigrants, the
people from the country, and all that.
But. ten 20 one, these were daughters
Of immigrants or country girls them
selves"
DO you know, madam. that : sat
down here 20 read ny newspaper"
Yes. I know. But IN thinking.
Anyway. didn't ask you TO answer.
You don't have TO answer Il you don't
want 70. You see, ! don't believe in
tsrning and mending az much as ny
mother did. We don't have TO. Times
are different and things don't have 10
las, 50 long; but girls should be
taught to take care o. things 10 a !ea-
sonable extent"
The man laid down his Newspaper.
I'm surprised at you" he said.
WIZ"
Don't you know that the majority
OF people are abnormal"
1 really never thought about that.
Maybe you're hight. Peopl. are kind
o. crazy nowadays. believe. It's
very ungtylish 70 dress warm and CON-
Portable when the weather's cold, and
women surely are crazy about their
hats and shoes-irom their heads TO
their feet"
1 tell you It's fact" said the doc
tor I'm not Joking Don't see It In
my business every day.
q suppose you do. Doctors ought
10 understand people, II anybody does.
But II We think most persons are ae-
normal, what are we?'
Don't know"
Il think we're normal"
Maybe
Then if everybody else IS abnormal
and We are the only ones who are nor
NAL. l suppose all the others think
were crazy"
Maybe We are"
We'll" said the doctors wife, slow
/ ". after thinking II over, you may
be, but I know I'm not"-Chicago
Daily News.