The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-11-07
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BY MARJORIE CLoUCH


old enough to think of marriage look
ed upon 1t In feminine way. | didn't
say when was grown I'd be a teach,
er or a lawyer or anything like that
| said l was going to be married and
live In nice. cozy house and thought
Of my dolls as real children.
When | was eighteen years old my
! father died and left me little or moth,
Ing. 1t looked very much like my be-
Ing forced from the domestic life | had
laid out for myself when child, VIII
Isham and | were spoons, but VIII
was such an easy going fellow that he
didn't ill my ideas of husband at
all. What | wanted was strong
character, who would make up my
mind for me, relieving me of forming
decisions, which l always disliked
VIII was an amiable chap, and | was
very fond of him. but 1t seemed to me
that we were too much alike
| was hesitating between viii and
stenography- was perfectly able
to take care of me-when Warren Rob-
bins came along. 1t seemed to me
that Mr.. Robbins was just the man !
wanted. 1t was not long before he
proposed to me, and / accepted him at
once.
| confess it seemed very nice to have
some one to obey. There are two di.
visions of mankind and womankind in
these days. / may call them pleasure
ties and nonpleasureites. Formerly
the pIeasureites played cards and the
nonpleasureites didn't. Now the pleas,
ureites dance the modern dances and
the nonpleasureites are shocked there
at. / found very soon that | was a
pleasureite and Warren was a non.
pleasurelte. | became infatuated with
the tango. Warren declared that any
woman who danced the tango was not
the wife he should like to marry.
We hadn't been long engaged before
Warren made this known to me. and /
| felt called upon to defer to his |
wishes. Somehow this particular def
erence was not pleasant / didn't see
why | shouldn't dance the tango so
long as danced it properly. Warren
argued that could not always rely
on finding a partner who would dance
1t properly with me and that, the tend
ency Of such dances being bad, by
dancing it | was encouraging vice.
told him that | didn't agree with him
and should dance the tango
Warren was somewhat surprised at
this and reminded me that wished to
follow leader. To this replied that
In the tango the man guided the wo
mans steps.
You should have seen the look he
gave me- That's the most brilliant
bit OF logic ever heard" he said. ITS
worthy OF Archbishop Whately, who
wrote book on categorical syllogisms
md other points pertaining to the sub
ect If he heard 1t he would turn over
n his grave"
Il don't see anything the matter with
t or the tango either" | replied with
ONE curtness.
"It's about like the clinging vine and ,
he sturdy oak. A flagpole set up near
be oak. the vine unclings from the $
ak and cllngs to the iagpole.' $
The vine wouldn't do that unless {
be ants had got in under the oaks
ark and rotted the trunk" 4
"Percelving that your logic and your q
miles are altogether beyond my poor !
bid you good evening" 6
didn't feel very good over this C
Dmehow | felt that, irrespective OF
le morality or immortality OF the tan
}. In dancing IL despite my fance's '
lshes | was not following out that v
II which had agreed TO marry him.
bile was thinking about ii was Il
lied to the phone. VIII Isham was d
the other end. win and were
,od friends We had simply not mat 81
!. that was all "
do you so TO the - BAH tonightT' p
asked
NO. Warren doesn't approve OF
csc modern dances. and just now
e old ones are not danced. He won't
Ike me-" =
DO you suppose be would let you
with mey"
Let megr
Yes. Haven't You said you were
ing 70 marry for the purpose OF hay-
: n mastery"
TN 20 with you" =
Thanks awfully! IN call for you Il
o." ~
When Q O'Clock came I was dressed q