Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-06-17
CONVINCING Her

"I don't see why you're so preju-
diced!" declared the young woman in
dignantly. "You just have taken it
into your head that you don't like him,
and that's all there is to It'll"
II say he hasn't brains," insisted her
father, cor common sense or interest
or attractiveness. Otherwies l pre-
sumo he is all right-if you are fond
of sloping chin and crazy about a
bulging forehead"
you're perfectly horrid!" cried the
young woman. clarence Ropple is
why, he's all right"
81 know he has large automobile"
admitted her pare..t, "and belongs to
a number of clubs and has access to
his fathers bank account. And he
does send bully big boxes of candy
and bushels of flowers, till all the
other girls get jealous-but l merely
wanted to warn you before you absent
mindedly get engaged to him! Think
how bored you'd bel"
~ wouldn't either!" declared his
daughter. "Most parents would be de-
lighted to have their daughter marry
a man like Clarence! I'm always in
terested in him"
"And after all tie money I've spent
on your education!" groaned her
| father. "You had that fve-pound
candy box to fortify you the last time
| he called. l didn't have even smell
| of it to sustain me-and labored hard
with my rusty shorthand taking down
the Olympian conversation that fioated
out to me from the library. thought
maybe you'd like to consider 1t entire
ly apart from the fascinating person.
ality of Clarence himself! This is
how it reads:
"Beastly hot tonight, isn't it? Clar.
ence asked.
"'Oh, terrible!' said you.
az don't know when I've known II
so hot in September he offered bright
ly. Once when we were at the sea
shore in September it got so hot that
we had to have the coffee iced fol
dinner! Fawncy!'
"'Why, how odd!' said you, fervent
ly.
"And still Chicago is cooler thar
most places, he went on, brilliantly
It's the lake suppose. Say, that's ;
jolly gown you've got on tonight!
""Oh, do you like it?' you gurgled
I'm so glad!'
Gripping color said Clarence. 'Yo,
always do look ripping though! Ever
when it's hot, like tonight. So man!
girls wilt in warm weather! / hate ;
wilted girl! Isn't it awful there's tt
be no opera this winter? Whatll WI
do after dinner when there isn't ;
dance? And the dances don't begiI
till ten or eleven, anyhow! How'll VIZ
fill in the time? Nothing to do, abso
lutely!'
Its just terrible you sympathized
just as though you were in the habi
of going every night during the seasol
instead of once or twice If somebod
asks you. Stupid of all the singer
being caught over there!'
'"Ought to be law against it," sal
Clarence, sternly. 'Upsetting people
plans as it does! Hard enough to fl
cup time anyhow! Don't see what tn
world is coming to-
"'Jove!' he went on, but isn't 1t he
tonight? l can't remember its bein
so hot in September-eXcept that tim
l was telling you about! Why l use
up three collars today! And my foe
of a man laid out d red tie fer me-
red on day like This! Sometimes
wonder why the Lord didn't give HoI
kins a little sense-not much, but jus
little! Try one of these cocoanu
bonbons-they're fine. jolly cand
they make, isn't it?'
"Say, / don't know when I've eve
seen you look any better than you
tonight You should never wear an.
thing but that color! Positively
Here, these chocolatey ones are goot
too! / hope the weather cools off b.
fore next week, don't you? Thes
hot days when you don't expet
'em-.'"
/, "Oh, stop!' interrupted the youn
woman, with red cheeks. "It ju:
sounds awful because of the way yo
read it! You needn't look at me lik
that! Well, maybe it is kind of foo
ish!"
"Foolish!" exploded her paren
would you like that at breakfast an
dinner the rest of your natural life
"Well," said the young woman, relu
tantly, II suppose | would get kind I
-er-tired of it! Yes, guess
would"