The Arvada enterprise., 1913-01-02

81 never had any desire to tell" con
tinued Mrs. Wack, with a mischievous
! twinkle in her blue eyes. 1T always
seemed to me that it was nobody's
business"
The remark was not meant to be
rude. 1t was merely expressive. Mrs.
Wack said SO.
THE longer we kept the secret"
| she observed, the easier it was. It's
really just a matter of practice. At
| first l had to be a little careful how |
referred to our trip to Elizabeth"
You know we were married over at
| Elizabeth" interrupted Mr.. Wack. ra-
diant with happiness and quite ready
to tell all he knew. His wife resumed
the theme.
Il told my mother | was going to a
little social affair. l had to give some
reason for dressing up, you know
OF course this was the truth. How
could a wedding be anything else
than "a social AFFAIR."" Besides that
Mabel had on her very prettiest dress
1 Diut oIih Will a 1ol SaSt bouiutN
of lilies of the valley and bride roses.
To see her no one would ever have
dreamed that she was going into
training as long-distance secret
| keeper. Certainly there was no indi-
cation of poverty.
1t was the poverty fairy tale fol
lowed by one of great wealth suddenly
acquired that made Mrs. Wack almost
| decide never to reveal to the world
whether or not it really hurt to keep
a secret.
Refutes Gossips' Tales.
THE gossips said we kept our mar
riage a secret because Will was not
over rich just at that time" she ex-
claimed almost tragically. and William
| Joined vigorously in denouncing as
untrue all the many statements to
that effect
Il was in Just as good a position
to marry four years ago as | am to-
day" he announced 1T wasn't pow
erty but desire to please Mabe's
parents that made US keep the secret
They wanted her to teach school, and
she wanted to teach ! didn't want
her to teach, and so we decided to
wait until she was willing to give
up"
That was enough. 1t brought the
young wife again out from the realms
of silence.
Until VIII was willing to let me
keep on teaching" she observed
Now that he says I may. rather
think I'll not teach longer than next
June"
Suffragettes should not lose the
moral of this tale. The woman who
can keep a secret is sure of victory.
know, for Mrs. Wack said So
1T is natural for me to be reticent."
she explained. That's why it WAS
easy for me to keep a secret can
not recall an instance when ! felt the
least inclined to tell"
Think of it, o daughters of Eve,
What heroism to conquer even the in
clination to embroidcr 'W' on an in
conspicuous wash cloth What self
sacrificing devotion to principle that.
for four years could undergo the priv
ileges OF Ruth and resist proclaiming
from the housetops, His people are
my people and my mother is his moth
er-in-law!"
All honor to the Newark woman
who so tactfully OWNED the time to
keep silent and the time to speak
! So far as it Is known. only one 9th.
er pioneer has preceded her into the
realms of secrecy. That one is the
immortal bard who wrote the pathetic
o. stanza beginning with the soulful line,
I 81 know something won't tell"
1t was just that way with Mrs.
/ Wack With William it was different.
He couldn't keep a secret.
q 81 haven't told Mabel yet" he whis,
s pered. but the boys at the bank pre-,
. sented me with a purse this after.
n noon"
1 Mabel reappeared and the whisper
Il ceased
Mr.. and Mrs. William Wack OF
, Ncwark, n j., are not living in the
- lordly splendor that the alleged for
mpe made in Wall street would indi
a rote Neither have they ever been
much impoverished They are Just
two very agreeable and unaffected
=. Young people, housekeeping for the
:, r,e, few weeks in a commodious
apartmcnt in an old.fashioned house