Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-01-03

VI
~ Inc man who started the story
about woman's inability to keep
secret deliberately broke the ninth
commandment with malicious intent,
or else he didn't know the species.
Woman can keep a secret. That
she can has been practically and theo-
retically demonstrated The nay"
OF any disagreeable and contrary
mlnded person will not be heard amid
present plaudits and affirmative &C
claim. The libe.ous statement of the
original man is obsolete.
Woman, lovely woman-Woman,
with all her fauits-(These are new
and very original remarks that are
absolutely necessary for the success
of the story)-Woman-s of the
erstwhile weaker sex-can keep a Sc
cret. The words have joyful sound
to rage-enlightened ears.
know woman can keep a secret,
because I've seen one who did!
She kept it for four years and thus
disproyed the old theory.
For years woman has been trying,
more or less successfully-genera
less, but don't tell anyone-to live
down the slanderous implication. For
generations it has been a stumbling
block in the path of all feminine prog
ress. Now it no longer exists. The
entire sex is INDICATED and a pretty
little bride, a matron in Newark n j.,
has suddenly found herself famous.
She really and truly kept a secret.
There were three others in the Sc
'cret, but they don't count. They were
mere men-the bridegroom, the best
man and the minister. With the usual
short-sightedness and scepticism of
man, every one of them fully believed
ishe would tell
Forced to Answer as Duty.
But she didn't Now she almost
wishes she had. For when It finally
,cante out, she was kept busy "shooing"
away anxious inquirers who sought to
know how 1t was done. One of them
wouldn't ''shuo" The question was
too vital. The fate of a whole suf-
fering suffrage world might rest in the
answer To get 1t was duty owed to
humanity.
The shooting" gradually ceased
The little bride smiled her most win
some smile Her husband was com
ing up the steps armed to the teeth
with most interesting brown paper
parcels. muhely suggestive 'of belated
wedding gifts and something good for
supper. He was hospitality persona
fled. His smile was all-embracing,
Under it's Influence the woman who
had kept a sacret was moved to relent
The next scene discovered the 'prin-
cipals seated In easy chairs in coSy
apartment where all things were new
and layishfy tagged with best wish
es." A great silence reigned. The
woman who had kept secret was
giving practical demonstration OF now
she had done it. She was saying
nothing But at last
"Ten her, Mabel"
II WAS the voice of mere man. 1t
was more of a suggestion than COM
smand but 1T had good. reassurlns
sound Evidently the speaker real
,,zad that even though silence might
have IT'S value in keeping a secret,
feminine perfection has not yet risen
above the curiosity mark. This Is SUN
unaffected by modern improvements
and must be satisfied.
For the Good of Humanity.
so for the good of humanity, Mrs
nyirl;am wack, teacher In the Ham
hurq school of Newark, told len BEST
-, - Lyaopiup n Secret.
Eirst don't tell. Second, don't be-
long to bridge whist cruz nh "
aon,t have confidential rieho
Fourth. don't appear superior 70 COM
.rop nortals who haven't a secret
90 don't think that everybody lis Just
dying to know IL. rso 9TH
That's five in the negative. ne ON
ers-oh. taikatiye woman, pause reao'
.,ork learn and inwardly diges' inc
words of the oracle:
"o.n yo, have a great and mo-
roentous secret. don't THINK aoou' H.
Re natural Cultivate caimness anu
~enose. Find some eongeniai oceupa-
-. and stick to 1t. Almost anything
III 40 II you can't teach scnool'
te.cb notifies. Check or each suceeeu.
a. AZ the secret with feelings OF
~, nrtde that you've kept It SO long, and;
i p.re he sure your mother is trained
IN the same art. - w.o.,s
some mothers are not Mrs' "a.n
otber was. II she hadn oeeh 'i,e
.aoret of the marriage OF ner uauen-
tsr Miss Mabel Garrabrant 70 Wl in,
49, clerk In New YORK nauonai
"a1N' onId have ceased to be secret
. usna wears ago. That was when Ma
.n,e 800 the news to mother. For
u, I year. however. she had never
cold soul. ~ ronarks,
at was very easy" she rnm 2,
- .nst didn't tell: that was all.
perfectly Simple.
How perfectly simple ana ), p pi
able, Anybody can learn II "''
even taking lesson.