Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-10-19

produce and buying Of the others what
it doesn't itself produce"
II see"
II thought you didn't like that ex.
preston"
They are not the same. You said
'SeeY' say I see.' There is great
difference"
"My way is more phonetic"
go on.
I'm the family. carrying out this
same principle. the husband does the
providing and the wife takes care OF
the household and the children. When
the husband breaks in on his wife's
prerogutives he's monkeying with the
buzzsuw.'
"Oh. heavens! What horrid way
Of putting IT,
Anyway he's liable to get scratched
Worse and worse. But complete
your argument"
per contra. II the wife breaks In
upon the husbands prerogatives there
is likely to be Il monkey and parrot
business in the family"
Seeing an opportunity to get In n
blow for her sake without inveigbin2
against slang. she said quickly. II don't
admit that politics IL :he exclusive right
Of the husband"
In that case but one Of two courses
Is open to us. Either must give up at
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you or we must both attend to them
The latter course would be violation
Of the economic principle"
This argument resulted in silence be
tween the couple for some minutes
Elsie saw that. pretending to give hel
an argument for her cause. lie was
arguing on the other side. She believed
that there was valid answer to his
statement, but 1t did not occur to her
1T seems to me-" she said ut last
that we each have duties Of citizen
ship to attend to III accordance with
our consciences."
THE proof Of the pudding is In the
eating" was his rejoinder. "Since you
prefer that course. SO shall i! be-"
But you would prefer that one or
the other Of us should attend 10 the
duties Of citizenship for the family"
~ believe IN Il division Of labor or.
If you like another way Of putting II
better. in certain things being attend
ed to by the wife and certain other
things being attended to by the hus
baud. but II we both decide to 20 to
the polls to register our votes | have
no objection to our doing so. At any
rate. we can try 1t. Nevertheless see
no use In trying to cross a bridge till
we come to It, We IRE not married yet.
When we are all such matters will reg.
ulute themselves But reiteratc Sc
rlously that II there is anything objec.
tionable or useless In our both going to
the polls to vote will defer 10 you"
what do you mean by useless?'
Suppose We vote on different sides
We might in that case pair"
Pair? What do you mean by pairT'
We might do what we're going to
do IN marrying II we intend TO vote
on different sides and neither OF us
votes ut all the result Is the same us II
we voted ], Il man. and you. n WON
IN. marry. There's one less bachelor
and one !ess Spinster Ia other words.
we are paired.
Il do tIink. she said. looking M, at
him with Il pair of soft brown eyes.
that you Use the funniest arguments
ever beard
"rhey will be plenty good enough
when we are married"
How Is that
''rhere aro-nnly two arguments which
count for much between man and WON
M. Her best argument Is tears: his Is
kisses"
With that lie drew her toward hin
and kissed her
There Is no record as to Mrs. Win
ston's services in the cause of the
umelioration Of the condition of WON
en-. Winston IL not reliable in his ties
timony. and what lie says should be
:aken with Il grain Of salt. lie declares
that whenever there Is IN election he
and his wife are OH opposite sides and
the result Is pair
However this may be. the WinstOns
IRE very happy couple. and fine
crop Of children are growing up about
them Mr.. Winston's statement that
1t Is better not to try TO cross Il bridge
before reaching it has turned out to be
true. At any rate. the family differ.
ences are settled amicably from day to
day.