Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-08-22
PHILIP PHLoPs OF PHILOSOPHY
On "How to Get Acquainted"

Bill Shakespeare said that there
is a special providence even in the
fall of a sparrow or words to that
effect Maybe it was in the fall OF
the year but as O'Henry says, that
is another story" Shakespeare bird
took his tumble, | think when | ran
in to you by luck on that quaint old
State street in our quiet little village
of Chicago-by- de-laka- da- mich. Be
cause, old scout, if you had not been
with me to furnish the nerve | new
er would have answered the ad for
men wanted to handle lumber in this
metropolis of the northwest-Lady-
smith, Wis.
Ladysmith is a great place where
girls-but again, that is another
story. | am sorry you couldn't come
with me because you would learn
a few things that you couldn't get
in the university However I'll give
you the dope in weekly letter and
by the time you read two of them
you'll be here helping this town
spread itself all over Rusk county.
In this effort l will give an account
Of my trip. 1t must be meagre be-
cause that tired feeling that comes
over me in the evening is not ex-
lctly conducive to elaborate lit
4rary productions. Take comfort, for
is the soul of wit"
After leaving the city | settled
lown, casually observing the land
scape sliding by, now and then drift
ing into reverie as to the why for
Of man etcetera. | was awakened
from one of these sleeps by the
words Evanston" school,, stud
les" and the like. Those smacked of
nome and my work at school so my
curiosity was aroused The words
came from two young ladies across
the aisle. | sized them up for coun-
try lasses returning home from
school They were not beautiful but
attractive, they would appear on the
beauty menu as, 'buxom, blithe and
debonaire.' | listened to their con-
versation as we'll as | could without
attracting their attention and from
The few words that | managed to
catch above the roar of the train
put it on the dope sheets that they
were student nurses connected with
the university. | wanted to go over
and engage in conversation with
them, to talk over school and our
work. You know I'm not much on
picking UP acquaintances, especially
those of the fair sex So | drove the
thought away and again turned to
the passing landscape. But darkness
had fallen and the farther from home
We Travelled the more they talked Of
school and my desire to speak to
them grew proportionally. About elev-
en- o'clock their conversation Jagged
and finally ceased when they tried
to sleep. I say tried" and | need
not describe the inconvenience and
discomfort in sleeping in a seat in
a day-coach. Well, these girls, in
their attempts to entice Morpheus
into their bOudOir did everything but
lie prone and let their feet bangle
over the arms of the seats. One of
the chief objections that the God of
sleep seemed to have was the cold,
for 1 heard complaints of the tenn
perature as they drew their coats
over their shoulders and nestled
down on the plush. I was tickled, be-
cause | saw a loop-hole in the wall
of formality that stood between us
in the fact that | might proffer my
coat. l was siezed with the inspira-
ton and was about to act when the
thought struck me that they might
refuse my charity and create an at
mosphere that would be so cold for
me that I'd have to burn with shame
to keep from freezing. SO | stopped
to consider all the possibilities as
to the reception of my sacrificial act.
did not act Thus Hamlet says that
the native hue of resolution is sick
lied DER with the pale cast of
thought. He said a mouthful then.
In despair I went back to the smo-
ker and held conference with my
lady nicotine. We decided that once
the ladies knew the fact they would
receive me with open arms. But how
was I to break the ice? There seemed
to be no chance of picking up fall
en- handkerchief or a stubborn win
dow to raise or any of the 100 other
opportunities that would lead to an
exchange OF words.
| must take the aggressive. Some
girls would resent being addressed by
a strange man but their natural Gu
rIosity might lead them to consider
q note handed to them by said man.
7 could write a note to them and