The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1913-03-14
GETTING THEM tanned
~ SARAH JORDAN.

Minnie IL going to be married"
said the girl who likes to talk. 81
don't suppose you arc acquainted with
Minnie, by the way. She's been q
member of our family for six years
and has done the second work. You
can't imagine what q vortex Of emo
ton we are plunged into because of
this move OF Minnie.s. It ID like hav-
ing your father or your mother sud.
denly arise and say casually: Well.
must be goinSs now. I'm tired OF this
outft and guess I'll move ont
Minnie IL the least, excited Of any
Of us. said 70 her the other day,
- she Was labortously busting the
tops Of the window castings: Good.
ness. Minnie, aren't you getting nsrv.
Gus and excited over your wedding!
You are 20, calm and. act just ~
though nothing unusual was going to
happen!' Minnie looked down benign.
~ from the top Of the stepladder.
No. she said. alphabetically. Some
how It doesn't bother me in the least.
You see, Jim 10 Just an ordinary fel.
low and I'm not particularly set up
over getting him. Almost any girl
could a-got him-he's SO good natured
like!' ..a, w.
'T sat down at once" said the girl
who likes to talk, because saw
there were vistas In Minnie's mind ]
had not suspected.
Don't you love him at ally
asked severely.
Minnie paused in her labors and
looked at me rather plying. That's
as how you look at it, she conaded
to me. I'm not much on holding
hands. I tell YOU she said with a
sudden rush Of confession, I don't
know as I'd got married IL you and
your family hadn't been so unsteady
the last few years! II you aren't 60
ing down the Nile you're Off to Cali
fornia or other heather parts, and
like people around me. I'm tired Of
staying here for weeks and months
with perhaps Just one lone man to
look after. ..,
"Let me tell you. when you and
your mother are gone and leave your
father or brother here it's the tele
phone every other blessed afternoon
and Minnie. I wont be home to din
ner tonight" That's NO way TO live!
When I see that q meals on the table
I want It ct up a. though It was
relished-and I Win say Jim has
hearty appetitsi Hes awful slow
to think. but he makes good wages.
and tell you it's better TO marry be
meath you! Yes, It is-because then
you'll always be looked up to! Don't
you ever go and marry a man that
knows more than you do.
"'Jim he says always for me to do
just as I think best. Now, aim to
have a nice home. I wouldn't marry
a man who couldn't have a nice home
and Jim says to me when we talked
II over: ~There's $500 saved up to
furnish the house or the fat or what.
ever you pick out for US to live in,
and you just go ahead and blow II!
II you want red plush you get 1t an
II you want two sets of dishes like
they have where you live you get EN-!
guess there isn't going to be nothin'
cheap about our housed"
THAT decided me about Jim. ]
don't think I'm going to have a bit
Of trouble with him. He's going to
leave everything to me, you see, and
that helps lot. Some men hold out
30 long before you get 'em tanned to
that point where they realize a won.
an knows what's better for 'em than
they do!'
But are you sure you dor asked
Minnie doubtfully.
"She fiirted the dust cloth disgust
eddy. You don't have to live very
long she said, II you keep your eyes
open, before you learn that men are
poor helpless critters. They may
know who to vote for and all that, |
bot show me a man who knows what |
he ought to eat or what he ought to |
wear or do any more than babyi |
Look at Mr.. Rob now-youll excuse
ne for saying II Of your brother-but |
AZ yOu H1iuu NO BToou Biz SOChb Ho |
brought home just n proud, that you
.ook back the next day? That poor
nan would have worn those socks
light out among people II a woman
hadn't been handy to stop him! And
your father wanting lobster salad at
Midnight. and at his age-not that
,e's not we'll preserved! And both of
en- Just tagging around after you and
your mother. waiting to be amused
md told what to do to pass tho time!
why, I've stopped Jim already
rom wearing $50 suits when he can
ret just as good for SIS. I thought
,e might just as we'll begin to realize
What It'll mean when he has a wife
o buy clothes for! Oh. Jim and me
ire going to get along together all
fght! And Minnie fell to busting
,asings.
There doesn't seem to be much
'omance about her wedding, but /
ave a horrible feeling that maybe
he has the right idea about running
happy home!"
Go along with you!" said the man