The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-07-06
WHY HE WENT AROUND WITH A
YSWN ON HIS FACE.
Had a Wife Who Suffered With Noe
turnaI VOlubiIity

I
These women who want to talk
over the events Of the day all night
eng" began the man with the ire
plessible yawn, according to the New
York Times. MY wifes one. of 'em.
That's why l go around looking SO
sleepy; that's why l seem to have my
system all saturated with these
! yawns.
You know" he says, my wife
ain't talkative woman; that is, not
| particularly so-0nly at night. we
sit around the house after dinners
over of an evening and read-or she
works on dinKy little dolly or some
thing-and don't have much to say.
If there is any conversation | start
it, and she don't make mucn effort
to talk back.
But it's after the lights have all
been doused and everybody's suppos-
ed to be getting to sleep that all OF
the happenings of an eVentful day
stack UP before her mind like piano.
rama.
8" 1 had such an interesting letter
from mother today she'll remark.
That's my cue to ask what was in it,
but l don't bite so easy as all that.
l just lie still until she makes the
remark all over again.
Better wait until morning to tell
me about it," I'll suggest, after 1 see
that no phony slumber from me is
going to work
''Then she'll come back at me with
something like this:
I'm not surprised that you don't
want to hear about it. You never
did take any interest in what mother
had to say. It's too bad l can't
speak of my poor, dear mothers let
ter without you getting one of those
sleepy fits of yours
I'D likes to hear about the letter,
of course" I'll say, but I've lot of
sleep in my system that I'd like to
dispose of right now. What do you
say to putting this session over till
morning?"
Yes, that's it, you always want
to sleep or read your paper or do
something when l have anything |
want to say to you. Sleep! that's all
you think about.
That's what beds are for I'll
remark. If hadn't wanted to sleep
wouldn't have gone to bed; I'd
have stuffed myself with Welsh rare
bits and things
All l want to ask you is which
one of those silk samples you liked
best. Mother thought the blue plaid
one was just perfectly dear
'Uh, huh. Well, I'll be glad to
talk it over in the morning, and you
can get whichever one you want, or
all of 'em, if you'll only let me get
to sleep now
" Well, l don't want any of them,
let alone all f them, when you talk
about getting them in that spirit.
wanted to get your opinion about
which one was the most becoming.
But of course you couldn't talk it
over like any other man would. You
would rather
You don't intend to have me size
them up here in the dark, do you?'
II ask facetiously.
" There you are! You're putting
on that annoying smart Aleck man
ner of yours again. Oh, well!'-this
! with a long-drawn-out sigh-you
don't have to talk to me! Just be-
cause I make a remark after you get
into bed you put on the most abus-
| ed manner. I never saw such
And so it goes. By that time I'm
so wide awake that it's no use talk
ing back and I hear all the doings
of the day, what people called, what
she has a notion to buy, and so on.
Then l spend two or three hours
trying to get that nice drowsy feel
ing. About the time I'm getting
right to the lumber-just hitting
'em up the way a fellow does after
he's been at it three or four hours
the alarm clock gets busy.
That's why I've got my face all
wrinkled up INTO a yawn SO much
of the time"
In these DAYS of high cost of living