The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-01-29
By ESTHER GRIFFIN WHITE.

Then" said Sal, there are those
people who never let up"
I've met 'em myself murmured
the cynic.
by the way" said Sal, II was read
ing novel the other day which said
if woman married d man she immedi-
ately began to notice the way he walk
ed across the room"
"Well?"
"Apropos of our discussions on the
subject of matrimony," said Sal
Your mental acrobatics were ever
too much for my feeble intellect. my
Sal" returned the cynic. while do
not seek to deny we have had many
a discussion on the marital state con-
fess | do not see the connection"
There isn't any" cheerfully replied
Sal. But why have connection? Con-
nections are bore It's much nicer to
have these little conversational sur
prises jumping out of corners.
81 hate a cut and dried discourse.
II don't want to know exactly what
somebody else is going to say.
81 like variety"
$50 do ESPECIALLY in women"
, grinned the cynic.
81 regard that as a highly immoral
remark" cried Sal. And above all else
let us be strictly moral. Let US shud-
der when we think of moving picture
show being opened on Sunday. Let our
hair rise on holy end when we contem-
! plate band concerts IN the Glen"
Nobody objects to band concerts in
the Glen" interpolated the cynic.
Sure mott" exclaimed Sal, and for
why-answer me that If you can. Why
| because it's free" she ended.
! without money and without price"
murmured the cynic, land still paid for
by the city"
| There never was a finer thing in
stituted in this town than the band
concerts in the park" said Sal. "The
only thing l object to about it is that
they don't pay the band enough.
| I'VE should vote them bigger sub
sidy.
"If had my way" she went on, "I'd
have municipal band and an orches
ira and pay the musicians enough to
permit them to devote their entire
time to musical exploitation"
Consider the poor taxpayer" inter
rupted the cynic.
"Well since he is never considered
anyway" said Sal, "he might as well
pay for a band that he wants as a &C.
ment alley he doesn't.
But bark ye," grinned the cynic
while he may not get the band
whether he wants it or not-he gets
! his cement alley"
YES" said Sal airily, eff it's not
one year it's another. However 1 have
no earthly objection to cement alleys.
In fact l like 'em. Only l don't want
to pay for EN-" she added
| at was ever thus" said the cynic,
it too"
Anyway it is the TRUTH" said Sal,
that after the glamour wears off you
begin to notice the dear ones manner
isms. His little tricks as the Dickens
heroine had it,"
For example?"
"Well," smiled Sal sweetly, eff |
were married to you you would drive
me to drink and destruction the way
you waggle your foot when you're
reading.
Il can-could-stand it up to a GER
tain point-but beyond that-Td go to
the electric chair" she ended.
I'D murder you in cold blood-Fd
take hendish pleasure in carving your
nose and gouging out your eyes"
Mercy on us Saran," calculated the
cynic edging toward the door,
"wouldst thou tear me limb from limb
I-woulds't thou have me believe thee
raging cannibal?"
You know perfectly WELL" said Sal.
that the little ways of those about
! you do irritate you beyond words.
THE way John crooks his elbow, the
manner in which Ellen pulls the lobe
of her left ear, the way Susan humps
over when she sits down, the creases
in Marguerite's neck which become
deep fleshly gorges when she twists
her head. the wart on Toms nose
which wiggles round when he talks,
the way Richard runs his fingers
through his hair, the kissing sounds
made by Maria's false teeth, Mary's
odious shuttle when she eats, the hide
Jus uOlSS NY when lie
comes in at night. banging the doors
and kicking over chairs-we all know
them"
Yes" grinned the cynic. and love
them still"
Not so you could notice it-al-
ways" returned SAL
However," she went on, these peo-
pie who never let up are the worst