The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-08-01
sy ESTHER GRIFFIN WHITE.

And feel better"
Better"
Yes" returned Sal. why not?"
Thou vert ever enigmatic, my Sal,
cried the cynic idly blowing cigarette
rings into the ambient atmosphere.
Il object to being called your Sal"
expostulated Sal. I'm not your Sal
don't want to be-or anybody else's.'
Nevertheless you're mine" grinned
the cynic.
Besides I heard you were married"
continued Sal.
What! - exclaimed the cynic.
"Of course mott just said that for
fun. However what's a wife or two in
the offing nowadays"
II fear you are confusing me with
Nat Goodwin" interpolated the cynic.
I'm not an actor-I'm "a
"Cynic," finished Sal.
"Yes-if you insist-and not so bad
at that
"Oh, no." replied Sal, you do we'll
enough for a man. Men can't help be-
ing the way they are--born that way
created for the express purpose OF be-
ing that way. All the same / despise
man who goes crazy over any set of
petticoats that swirls round the corner.
Notwithstanding Mr.. Bernard Shaw
women are far more fastidious than
men. Just any man won't do"
Maybe not for you, Sal-but for
most of en- again grinned the cynic.
81 don't believe it," cried Sal.
Amy man for any woman" explain
ed the cynic. You see very few people
are fastidious, either men or women
Its mere matter of propinquity. Half
of the marriages are made because
two people are accidentally thrown in
to each others society or have always
| lived in the same town Or
you destroy every Illusion" cried
Sal Il don't think it's that way at all
Its Fate"
POOH" said the cynic. you've been
reading Susan MARI Spaulding's poem.
You've got romantic, silly notions in
your head. Now the only reason you
like me"
1.-THE only reason!'" quoted Sal.
by that you imply there is a reason.
Maybe 1 don't like you at all-who
knows?"
"As you we'll say-quien sabe?"
Here we are" said Sal, talking on
the man and woman question again.
intended to stop it"
well, why don't you?"
"The sublimated nerve Of that ques-
tion!" said Sal. Besides 1 told you l
find men amusing-I despise them but
they do well enough to pass away the
time with"
"On the street-cars?"
"Well we got back to it at last" said
Sal. For it is the truth that IL you're
feeling rather melancholy and abused
and generally flabbergasted and will
board one of our palatial cars you
forget everything-the horrid men you
thought were nice-the crop of duns
percolating through the post Office
the-the-"
"Oh go on, SAL" said the cynic.
"Why get on the street-cars and you
will find plenty to amuse you of one
sort or another.
"In instance you may take a car to
say Easthaven. 1 did the other day
But first 1 had to wait for about ar
hour on the corner of Eighth and
Main.
THE passing show at that metropol
itan congested center is of more OIL
less interest to the curbstone student
of human nature but, after a time, as
street cars pass merrily on their way
to Fairview, bidder round the belt
wabble out toward Glen Park and ca
reen toward Beallview the contempla
ton of the interurban type of counte
nance pals.
And you wonder idly If your cal
may or may not happen along tomor
> row.
cat one hour and twenty minutes
after the beginning you see it sliding
up Main street at the rate of one hun
dred miles an hour. The lone passen
ger or two lacking about like a boat
crossing the Irish Channel in a violent
storm"
Your figures of speech are MOI
without picturesqueness," interpolateC
the cynic.
"Well, anyway" said Sal, you gel
on your car after this prolonged inter
val and are acrobatically lowed to
ward your destination which is, say
along the highway now in process o.
construction by the County Commits
sioners at the rate of one hundred
thousand dollars to the cubic foot ant
which it is reliably said will be com
, pleted in 1881.
"Pshaw, SAL" pulled the cynic, "f
only cost the County $4,000 Yo,
shouldn't speak in this extravagan
, fashion. It's Misleading
well all I know is that if the WON
en- had charge of the thing it would
have been finished long ago even if i
, had cost the same" replied Sal. How
, ever that is of no consequence. We arr
, still on the street car"
! why 1 thought you got off"
"Oh, yes, SO 1 did-got off Wei
time passed along. You may have beer
? playing golf with tryo who still could
wipe up the golf links with you on hi
first try-out, or again, you may hav'
been calling on Marguerite and pass
ing the intervening spaces In pleasan
abuse of all your dearest friends, Of
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4 "Who was the frvoon asked the cyn