The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-12

You can't drill that into my head"
 said Brown Eyes. T know! Hes just
 plain tired talking to her." Granted that he is," I answered. but
 perhaps that's not his fault. A little French proverb occurs to me about noth- Ing less than the feminine mind which I ish aiways shaken before taken It goes like this:
 For breakfast thought and steadfast mind;
 The days to come, it's duties clear:
 The midday meal leaves care behind, And lifts the heart to lighter cheer: And dinner, An, the god is blind l Which doth with wit and charm draw near!'
 Which 1 suppose means that woman should be practical in the morning, cheer ful at noon, and charming in the even- ing.' she snapped. Well, I can tell you
 that's not so easy to do.' But l pointed to the picture of the pale blue view of things as taken by the lady in the picture. That young person. I said, designat- ing the pretty picture creature lis ex- posing, not only to her husband but to the world. the fact that she knows noth- ing whatever about her Lord and Mas ter's tastes and needs. She's not even being a congenial companion; a good fellow; she is too busy pitying herself and posing because her husband wants to read his paper before going down-to town. Business men-most of them have their duties to attend to as soon as they reach their office Often they don't have time to read the paper except at the break fast table. Had you ever thought of that? Now for the life of me 1 cannot see why Mrs. Young-Husband isn't de- Lighted that the poor man has a chance to read his paper in peace and comfort and she must be exceptionally selfish or idle or lazy, else she'd be reading half of 1t. or planning out her duties for the day
 Fancy both of them sitting in silence"
 pouted Brown Eyes Its rare I know-a little silence" I observed, 'but q little silence now and
 then is relished by the best of husbands
 and wives. Nothing so bespeaks under-
 standing between people as a bit of oc- casional silence" Well, I'm not considered either lazy or
 idle" observed Brown Eyes, "and 1 know how that wife must feel. I've been through With it all, and I suppose that's why the picture makes such an appeal to me-"
 'I made an abrupt change and said quickly:
 "1 saw hour husband yesterday. How interesting and thoughtful he is always" Yes. isn't he?" she smiled rather sar- castically.
 And so clever and well informed" I suggested. T know you could never be idle or lazy if you keep up with him as you should. Fortunately you have
 plenty of time for reading and current events and everything that would make
 you attractive and agreeable to him. T don't know about that she said in- differently. ''I am not especially intellec- tual. In fact, my husband and l are terrible uncongenial on many points. Oh, l know you didn't know that; lots of peo- pie don't, but it's true nevertheless He adores serious books and music and good plays while I just love dancing and comic opera and silly books. don't read anything he likes.'' M Why don't you surprise him by dofng so once in a while?" I suggested. She sat gazing at the picture in the magazine with brand-new expression on her face, and then she said: "I see what you mean.' "Oh, I'm so glad" I said quickly. That shows that you won't acquire the pale blue point of view of the lady in the picture-doesn't it?' A week later Brown Eyes met mo in the street and rushed up to me ef- fusively and said: Well I've done it. "Done what?" I asked curiously. I've taken your advice and I've begun to read all the things in the papers that my husband likes, and all the books he loves, and really when I went down to the breakfast table the other morning and made sensible comment upon the Approaching election of Mir. Underwood for the Senate, he actually grnned with sheer delight. I'm reading some dreadful old books, prosy and tiresome. but I've made up my mind and I'm not nearly so unhappy and bored over them as I would have been week ago." There's nothing effectual for the pale blue point of view as just square look in the face I observed I left her.