The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1914-02-25

have no sense OF " VIM
course. letting OF
h 9 inevitable
platitude.
Mrs. Airlie's eyes sparkled with -.
isfaction ~ she leaned back IN hss
chair.
I've long wanted to talk upon that
subject" she remarked. TT was nice
Of you to lead up to 1t so soon"
80 soonf" echoed her companies
blankly.
Yes. II was bound to come Sooner
or later. Of course"
Why" demanded the major. hope
lessly puzzled.
Because it's a stock masculine ~
mark.
Come now. think its generally
admitted" he returned with . tolerant
anile.
You mean IT'S generally asssrtsd.
and that's . WY different thing -
TUNED Mrs.. Airlie. with spirit.
Mr.. AtriisS expression ~ she gian-
osd at him was inscrutabls. She was
Q charming woman. even II shs did
intend for her own satisfaction 70 CO..
tfnns The train Of thoaSht wh3eA HI
guila1ass remark had started. "Yoa
must Vt me talk about II" shs urged.
Win hsr pssttaest snlA. '1seanss
you-vs really Interested - h ~ ssb-
5sct now"
And ths major suocumAsd pak3sa42y.
and assumed IN attentive att1tudA
-Lst me 80. whers was r. 60
ttuosd Mrs.. AiYiie. ''Oh. yesI Wen.
now that . sense Of humor ISN'T con
sidsrsd unfsminine. women havs gone
a. usual to the other extreme. lust -
they tear themselves to pieoss ovse
hockey and football. and An he okAR
horrid games they play.
Surely q sense Of humor = lsss
dangerous than hocksyf" inquired her
guest, whose views were oonserva-
ttve.
In moderation-yss. But vomsa
are never moderate. They are taking
to humor madly. savagely. inhuman-
ly. It's becoming with them q sort Of
dry-rot. that's eating up their brains
and their hearts. It's q fashion, Q
craze. . pose-and a very bad one"
What q horrible state Of things"
murmured the major.
Mrs. Airlie laughed. please let me
exaggerate." she exclaimed. IF I
must be q women. It's hard that I
mayn't do a simple thing like that!
I'm not talking about the ordinary ev-
ery-day woman, of course. She has no
sense Of humor. and never had But
then. neither has the ordinary every.
day man
You see. in q scheme of serious
ness. men find place. They. too. arc
taken seriously. and that from every
point Of view 10 30 advisable. Mon
don't like to be taken humorously. It
annoys them. Their sense of humor
very wisely stops short at them
selves"
Major Burke looked at her suspi-
ciously. II believe you've got III" he
exclaimed, abiding thus fearfully to
the new disease.
How can you be 20 unkindf" she
protested meekly. I'm speaking about
clever women"
Again he gave her an uneasy
glance. but before he could collect hfs
thoughts he discovered that she vas
talking about Jane Austen.
TITS the Jane Austen type Of mind
that's being cultivated by the clever
women nowadays." she said. "A dry,
witty. Unconditional way Of looking 1t
life is the correct thing. Ideals are
childish, enthusiasms absurd, love q
folly at which to sneer. Why, it's Gre.
ating a new type Of face" she do.
clared. Look round; look at SONS
Of the women In this, very room-the
women who have passed their nrst
youth. There's q new sort of mouth
q hooking. ironical mouth. There ara
new eyss-hard. bright. amused eyes
The very way they walk. the vsry
way they carry their heads"
~ know what you mean" inter
posed the major. intelligently. land ]
quite agree. hate that kind Of thing
Give me a gentle, sympathetic woman
I don't care twopenos abeut IN
brains"