The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-04-18
GETTING THEM tanned
BY SARAH JORDAN.

said the. girl who likes to talk. Il
dent suppose you are acquainted with
Minnie, by the way. She's been a
member Of our family for six years
and has done the second work. You
can't imagine what a vortex of emo
ton we are plunged into because of
this move of ainnie's. 1t is like hav-
ing your father or your mother sud.
denly arise and say casually: We'll, !
must be going now. I'm tired OF this
outfit and guess I'll move on!'
Minnie is the least excited Of any
Of US. l said to her the other day,
as size was laboriously busting the
tops Of the window castings: Good.
ness. Minnie. aren't you getting nerv.
GUS and excited over your wedding:
You are so calm and act just as
though nothing unusual was going to
happen!' Minnie looked down benign.
ly from the top Of the stepladder.
NO. she said. apologetically. Some.
how It doesn't bother me in the least.
You see. Jim is just an ordinary fel.
low and I'm not particularly get up
over getting him. Almost any girl
could a.got him-he's SO good natured
like!'
Il sat down at once." said the girl
who likes to talk. because l saw
there were vistas in Minnie's mind l
had not suspected.
"'Don't you love him at all"
asked severely.
Minnie paused in her labors and
looked at me rather plying. That's
as how you lock at it, she confldcd
to me. I'm not much on holding
hands. tell YOU, she said with a
sudden rush of confession. I don't
know as Id got married If you ard
your family hadn't been so unsteady
the last few years! II you aren't go.
ing down the No you're OF to Cali
fornia or other heather parts, and I
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 tclc-
phone every other blessed afternoon
and Minnie. I won't be home to din.
ner tonight" That's no way to live!
When I see that a meals on the table
I want It ct up as though It was
relished-and l will say Jim has a
hearty appetite! He's awful slow
to think. but he makes good wages,
and I 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 60 and marry q man that
knows more than you do.
"'Jim he says always for me to do
just az I think best. Now, I aim to
have q nice home. wouldn't marry
q man who couldn't have nice home.
and Jim says to me when we talked
It over: There's $500 saved up to
furnish the house or the fiat or what.
ever you pick out for US to live in.
and you Just 60 ahead and blow It!
II you want red plush you get It an
II you want two sets Of dishes like
they have where you live you get 'em!
I guess there isn't going to be nothin'
cheap about our housed"
"'That decided me about Jim. I
don't think I'm going to have a bit
Of trouble with him. He's going to
leave everything to me. you sec. and
that helps lot. Some men hold out
80 long before you get 'em tanned to
that point where they realize q won.
an knows what's better for 'em than
they do!'
"'But are you sure you dor I asked
Minnie doubtfully.
"She flirted 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.
but show me = man who knows what
he ought to eat or what he ought to
wear or do any more than . baby!
Look at Mr.. Rob now-you'll excuse
me for saying It Of your brother-but
do you mind the green silk socks he
brought home just as proud. that you
took back the next day? That poor
man would have worn those socks
right out among people II q woman
hadn't been handy to stop him! And
your father wanting lobster salad at
midnight, and at his age-nct that
he's not we'll preserved! And both OF
EN- just tagging around after you and
your mother. waiting to be amused
and told what to do to pass the time!
"Why. I've stopped Jim already
from wearing $40 suits when he can
get Just as good for SIS. I thought
he might Just az well begin to realize
what it'll mean when he has a wife
to buy clothes for! Oh. Jim and mo
are going to get along together all
right And Minnie fell to busting
castings.
There doesn't seem to be much
romance about her wedding, but I
have a horrible feeling that maybe
she has the right idea about running
q happy home!"
Go along with you!" said the mnn
who was listening. I'VE men will
have tn rise nm and supnress n few