The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-12

have separated them or called in u
policeman, but not they!' They didn't
even throw the china or the silver at
one another"
How can women know so much
about politics and philanthropy, and
what not?" Cousin Sally asked, "and
nave time to attend to their children
and their homes properly"'
Mrs. Brides pretty eyes expressed
the mild wonder also of person not
particularly interested in any of these
topics, as she said:
You see, Cousin Sally, Mrs. Brown
mas only recently emerged from her
smell. Broken into society, as it were.
fof years she's been a wife. She has
peeh pointed out as q model, and as
rar as I'm concerned ! consider her a
most capable woman, but her friends
crllcize her right severely, | must say,
ABOUT her attitude in society and to-
ward the feminist movement and all
that since she's gotten money. 1t seems
to have changed her considerably
"Of course, don't mean to be hard on
her particularly when she was my guest
continued Mrs. Bride, but in my humble
opinion II she ever expects to take ner
place in public life, she will have to learn
to argue with less heat,
You've evidently never heard men argue
politics." Cousin Sally said incidentally
But it wasn't only politics." Mrs. Bride
objected. 1T was everything. 1t kept
up all during dinner. Mrs smith said
something about the way she candied
sweet potatoes; Mrs Brown Immediately
said she didn't think that was a good
way. She argued that syrup was the
best thing to use and that brought on a
wild argument. Then ! tried to interfere
and break up the discussion by asking
each of them for their recipes and said
would constitute myself the judge and see
which was the best Presently Mrs Smith
said something about buying her cakes,
because they were cheaper, and Afis
Brown taunted her about II .shanefully
and declared that no woman who pre-
tended to be any sort of a housekeepcr
would buy cakes but would bake them
herself"
1.-THE Brown woman Is a cat" said
Cousin Sally emphatically. That's what
l consider her."
II tried my best to find some topic OF
conversation upon which they'd agree,
Mrs. Bride said pitifully. dancing,
churchgoing, athletics, automobiles, men,
women, children, but all to no avail.
finally gave up in despair. They wouldn't
listen to me. Why, they didn't even notice
the hollandaise which I'd spent the whole
morning making myself. They didn't say
a word about it,
Another tragedy of married life," said
Cousin Sally You'll get used to 1t after
a while, but 1t goes hard at first"
Choosing ones guests, especially for a
little party of six,' Cousin Sally said pres
emily, 'is an art that the young house
keeper doesn't understand. She is bound
to have evenings just like the one you've
described when she is making her circle
of friends. It's like trying combinations
of other things. Six people around q
small table, spending an entire evening
without single jar is a thing that re-
quires practice and experience to arrange
successfully"
mo doubt the rudeness on the part of
each of those women was unintentional,
said Mrs. Bride, but theirs was 4 spe-
cies of bad manners that is too often en-
countered among our friends these days.
| suppose It's an aggravated form of sell
fishnesS to insist upon our opinion about
things that really doesn't matter much to
other people. and ought not to ourselves,
either. Perhaps that's the price that
women are paying for their voice in these
modern movements"
Yes. they lose their sense of propor-
tion," said Cousin Sally.
PERHAPS said Mrs. Bride, with GER
tain softness, "but they do not need to.
II they would only watch each other as
solemn warnings. II two women could
just get off in a corner and see them
selves arguing about thinks they don't
know anything about believe 1t would
cure them instantly. And know they'd
never spoil anybodv's perfectly good din
ner party by indulging in silly foolish.
petty quarreling and squabbling over mere
trivolities."