The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-02-27

tCopyrfght, 1914, by Newspaper
Enterprise Associationl
After what Dick had said I was
very nervous for fear he would
be sulky In the morning. Much
to my surprise, however, when
Kitty came to the breakfast table
after dressing in Aunt Mary's
room, he rose and placed a chair
for her with the utmost cor
diality.
MY dear Kitty" he said, "you
are certainly as sweet as q June
morning."
Kitty rose to the occasion
beautifully and ignored g.. the fact
that she had seen him the night
before: 81 can't help resembling
O June morning, Dick, when
bask in the sunshine of your
presence, and then she muir
INJURED In an aside to me, after
this interchange of bunk We will
proceed to enjoy our early morn
ing meal"
During the entire breakfast
Dick was so attentive to Kitty
that ! was really afraid. she
would suspect he was making
game of her. In fact l know she
did suspect something was wrong
for she asked me about 1t after
he left for the office.
Do you know, little book, !
think men are just as hypocritic-
al as are women. Here was Dick
telling me the night before that
! must not be seen out with Kitty
and making her feel like his
long lost sister the next morning,
and | venture he will joke with
Jim about last evening the next
time he sees him.
believe that much of the op-
probrium which women have had
TO suffer on account of their
heartless treatment of members
of their sex, who for some reason
have been sent to coventry by
Mrs. Grundy, is because their
men have said to them: you
must not treat such and such a
woman decently. l won't have
you seen with her, while all
the while they themselves were
making the poor thing think that
in their eyes her little indiscre-
lions were greatest of charms.
Here was Dick almost making
love to Kitty in his frantic at
tempt to be agreeable but expect
ing me to find some excuse to
break with her.
! may as we'll confess to you,
little book, that | shall do moth
ing of the kind. l am fonder of
Kitty since she married then
was before. l know she is a
woman capable of great good and
by the same token of great evil.
] have always believed that the
greatest sinners are capable of
being the greatest saints and
that virtue is ofttimes only prod
uct of circumstance.
The interrupted woman Is not
virtuous. only ignorant, and that
Kitty did not succumb to tempta-
ton makes her a much bigger
and perhaps better woman than
] am. have really never been
tempted and / do not know II l
would be strong enough to resist
II l were.
I am glad / am saying this to
you, little book, and to no one
else, for you will not misunder-
stand me and almost every other
man or woman would. What
mean is that something that
might tempt another woman
greatly would not appeal to me
at all, but something else or
some other combination of cir
cumstances might be my I'M
doing.
Gautier says in one of his ad-
mirable stories: "The temptation
that does not appeal to me is the
least temptation of all"
Personally, l care very little
for the restaurant and modern
night life that fascinates so many
women. II Dick would stay with
me I'd be very glad to stay at
home most Of the time. l love
to dance; | love to talk with
people who have something to
talk about; love to go to the
theater, occasionally, and l love
good music-but most of all /
love my home. And yet after
going with Kitty and Jim to that
supper more because Dick was
supposed to be staying out and
having a good time than any
thing else | am not at all sure
what l would do II Dick system
atically neglected me.
Dick and | have said nothing
more about what happened that
night, but he will certainly say
something to me IL / take him
to task the next time he stays
away from home.
wonder IL Kitty will tell Her.
bert that she went to supper with
Jim and me?
CONTINUED Monday