The Arvada enterprise., 1913-01-02
Secret Of
Secret
Z H! Don't breathe it to soul, but

4 ho Hlau WIZ Sldlltu lLt slOly
about womans inability to keep
a 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-
reticaliy demonstrated. The may"
OF any disagreeable and contrary
minded person will not be heard amid
present plaudits and affirmative ac-
claim. The libelous statement of the
original man is obsolete.
Woman, lovely woman-Woman,
with all her faults-(These are new
and very original remarks that are
absolutely necessary for the success
of the -Woman-she of the
erstwhile weaker sex-can keep a Sc
cret. The words have a joyful sound
to suffrage-enlightene ears.
l know woman can keep a secret,
because I've seen one who did!
She kept it for four years and thus
dfsproyed the old theory.
For years woman has been trying,
more or less successfully-gen
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, matron in Newark n. j.,
has suddenly found herself famous.
She really and truly kept 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
she would tell.
Forced to Answer as Duty.
But she didn't. Now she almost
wishes she had. For when it finally
came out, she was kept busy "shoong"
away anxious inquirers who sought to
know how it was done One of them
wouldn't "shoo." The question was
too vital. The fate OF a whole suf-
fering suffrage world might rest in the
answer. To get it was a duty owed to
humanity
The "shooing" 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, mutely suggestive of belated
wedding gifts and something good for
supper. He was hospitality personi-
fed. His smile was all-embracing
Under its influence the woman who
had kept a secret was moved to relent
The next scene discovered the prin-
cipals seated in easy chairs in a cozy
apartment where all things were new
and lavishly tagged with best wish.
es." A great silence reigned. The
woman who had kept a secret was
giving practical demonstration of how
she had done it. She was saying
nothing. But at last
Tell her, Mabel"
It was the voice of mere man. 1t
was more of suggestion than com
mand, but it had a good, reassuring
sound Evidently the speaker real.
ized that even though silence might
have it's value in keeping secret,
feminine perfection has not yet risen
above the curiosity mark. This is still
unaffected by modern improvements
and must be satisfied.
For the Good Of Humanity.
So, for the good of humanity, Mrs
William WaCk, teacher in the Ham
burg school of Newark, told Ten Best
Ways of Keeping Secret.
First. don't tell. Second, don't be
long to a bridge whist club. Ihlrd
don't have confidential friend
Fourth don't appear superior to com
mon mortals who haven't a secret
and don't think that everybody Is JUS
dying to know It.
That's five in the negative. Ihe oth
ers-oh. talkative woman, pause; read
mark, learn and inwardly digest th'
words of the oracle:
When you have a great and mo
mentous secret, don't think about IL
Be natural. Cultivate calmness ant
repose. Find some congenial occupa
tion and stick to It. Almost anythint
will do. If you cant teach school
teach politics. Check of each succeed
ing day of the secret with feelings o
pride that you've kept It so long, and
lastly. be sure your mother is traine'
in the same art
Some mothers are not. Mrs Wack'
mother WIS. II she hadn't been III
secret OF the marriage of her daugt
ter, Miss Mabel Garrabrant to WiNar
Wack, clerk in New York patoni
bank. would have ceased to be a gecrt
three years ago. That was when Nj
bel broke the news to mother For
whole year. however, she had Dev,
told a soul
at was very easy" she remarke
81 Just didn't tell that was all"
Perfectly Simple.
How perfectly simple and praoti
able! Anybody can learn it witho,
even taking lesson.