El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-06-14
A SuhTaget Defeat
A short story.

\ suffragets and -suffragets Of
fat and lean proportions, each cycling (
the other with a hatred born Of long /
years Of rivalry and each keyed to /
a high pitch of excitement
At last the chairman OF the arrange !
ments committee arose to announce /
the subject Of the meeting
Today" she said. 1--WE viii discuss /
the training of husbands
Mild applause followed, which burst !
into a storm Of hand claps as Nine /
NyOnne, leader of the suffragets o. J
the valley of the Seine, arose at the !
chairman's beckOnnig.
Il present to you" continued the I
mistress of the ceremonies, Nine ]
YvOnne whose home is q model de-
corum. She viii lead the debate for /
the equal Fighters"
CONSERVATION reigned in the ranks
of the ants. Nine. GyOnne, house
hold was known from one end u
France to the other. They had not eX-
pected her as the champion of tha
Suffrage Husband Training league A
council of war was hurriedly called BY
the determined leaders of the Opposl-
ton.
MY friends" began Nine. Yvonne.
when a stir among the ranks Of her
enemies had subsidized, I come to tell
you of a model husband, my CASTOR
and I come also to tell you Of his train
Illustrated 1 am about 10 start at the
very beginning Of our cOurtship.
My mastery over him began one
day when he was visiting at the home
OF my mother.
Monsieur CASTOR. would you do me
4 great pleasure I asked
90 'lIademOiselle YVonue / have NJ
greater desire than that he answered
If that is son Monsieur CASTOR,
then let me blindfold YOU, 1 suggested
He made no objection whatever.
'Blindfold me, NademOisele NyOnue
and 1 shall do anything you say said
But. he added cautiously, do not
take advantage Of my blindness TO
play a trick on me-
Il assured him that I could never
stoOp TO the meannes Of doing sucn
a thing and, like the fool he is, ne
believed me. he is such a nice fel-
low.
over his eyes took my scissors and
in four or five minutes cut off MS
mustache. I cut il so close TO the lip
that I took off some Of the skin, TOO
on. hOrrOri Ny sweetheart gave a cry
of anguish. I had wounded him and
he was bleeding. But you must not
imagine that he got angry.
It's nothing at all he simply said
as he took off the handkerchief that
I had tied around his head; but
must say that you rather scared me at
first
Confused and ashamed Of what
had done. / threw myself into cnalr-
( I tried 10 find words 10 apologize, DuI
I could not find any. and while stiil
trying to stop the flow Of blood, Gas
ton came over TO cheer me up
Don't think Of it, MademOlsella
YvOnne. OF course 1 did not know,
did not have the slightest idea that my
mustache displeGsed YOU. You should
only have told me, and i would have
had il taken off immediately
There was never more good ma
I tured man than my CASTOR.
His kindEess touched me Ielt
! the tears coming into my eyes de
[ noticed it.
has happened is entirely my fault. L
I ought TO have been able to anticipate
: your taste. You love smooth shaver
/ men. and from now on / shall shave
'0h. no, I cried. don't do that
And as he did not understand, 1 ex-
7 do want YOU to keep your mus
I tache. You would look awful II you
| were smooth shaver,
He did not get angry at all. BE
/ is far too good natured for that he
| only said very tlmidly:
| Then it was hardly necessary 10
I cut il off, was it2
THE justice Of this remark made M
I a little angry
( - 1t is lust like you 7 said. to make
.
1 He realized that 10 was wrong OF
I him TO complain. so, of course. L for
4 gave him. What else could / dOZ You
/ can't really get angry with him Gas
/ ton is so good
] when we were married he liked
! our cook ROSalie's food so well that ne
I remained a whole hour at the table
/ I was really ashamed Of him he
/ grew fat as an elephant His collars
/ strangled him. and his vest burst al
/ the seams. I realized I must do some
I thing. I did not want to go through
I lift with a short and fat husband that
/ looked like turkey gObhler. So i
/ said to myself that il should not take
long to reduce him TO his normal pro-
Il knew lust what to do. I dis
/ charged Resale and engaged an Eng
/ lish cook whom 1 told never to let
{ Monsieur have anything but grllleC
I steak, three times day To Waucn
Z the result Of my cure bought palr
Of scales and weighed CASTOR twice q
I day keeping an exact record OF MS
/ pOundage.
at first he lost regularly every day
[ and 1 began to congratulate myself
I but two weeks later his weight grew
I absolutely stationary He had become
( used to the diet but he was still too
I stout I reprOached him bitterly and
! he never said a word in return. Gas
! ton is so good
Shortly afterwards found out that
! CASTOR had begun TO drink tea instead
I Of wine and even dOsed himself with
] vinegar and water twice a day.
In this way he actually lost about
30 pounds and completely ruined his
stomach His character, however, re-
manned as gentle as ever CASTOR is
so good"
Then an unlocked for disturbance
/ overawed the whole audience. A wOm-
an rushed down the aisle and before
the amazed spectators realized the sit
uation grappIed with the speaker and
/ carried her from the platform
"Au that she has told you is a base
/ lie" shouted the newcomer. Il am
I CASTOR, her husband" and with this
declaration the speaker tore off his
wig and dress in which he had dis
guised himself to attend the meeting.
From that time on the advocates OF
{ anti-suffragism were the respected
women Of the community. and loyal
suffragets left the town slOwly-thelr
cause having been disgraced.