The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-03-01
WhereDid She
Get 1t?
By ALAN HINSDALE

college, and Jim invited me to spen'
the holidays with him. We arrived lat
at night. The. next morning ! aros
early and went downstairs.
In the library warming her hands be
fore an open fire was a little girl abou
nine years of age. Her young face wa
the very antipodes Of the familia
witch warming her hands, but Their,
was in 1t an intelligence beyond tn,
child's years.
You're Jim's chum, aren't your sh,
said.
"Yes."
'In your college are they all menu"
They are"
MEN think they know a lot. don,
they?"
AHA! | perceive that you are one
of the votes for women party, or youl
mother is. Since you are too young
to hit upon this reform yourself
presume you get it from mamma.
She neither affirmed nor denied This,
but continued her anathemas upon
men.
Don't you think that when a wo-
man marries its mighty mean that she
should give W her name and be tagged
on to her husband:' she asked
IF that were not done, what would
be the names of the children? What's
your first name?'
"Imogen"
"Well. suppose you grow up and are
married. But perhaps since you don't
like men you won't ever be married"
"Yes, | will. DO you think | want to
be an old maid? But | won't take my
husbands name, though"
You'll be Imogen Warfield. Now,
suppose you marry man of the name
OF Brown. What will your daughters
name bef'
She'll be Imogen Brown arfield."
And suppose she marries Mr.. Jones.
What will their daughters name be?"
why, 1t can be Imogen Brown
Warfield."
And suppose this girl marries Mr..
Smith. What will be their daughters
name?"
"Imogen Brow n Jones Smith War.
field. But she needn't keep them all
She can be the same as I am-Imogen
Warfeld."
l smiled. She had been too smart
for me. Why not retain the name Of
Warfeld instead Of the names Of the
successive husbands?
is your mother president of a wo-
mans organization for propa cation of
the votes for womans cause?"
mo. Mamma doesn't take any inter-
est in that"
well, I'm sorry that you have i'm
bibed such notions"
"Why, don't you think women ought
to vote?'
NO. I'm an anti. / don't like that
sort of women. I'll never marry one
Of them"
The child's attention was attracted
from me to some one who entered the
room at the moment Turning, l faced
n young lady.
Good morning, Mr.. Ellis" she said,
putting out her hand. I'm Jims Sis
ter Alice We've heard lot about you
from Jim and have wished to see you
for some time. Run away, Imogen."
lmogen went out of the room, leav.
ing me alone with her older sister.
After few general remarks | asked:
From whom does the little girl i'm
bibe her prejudice against men?"
Has she such prejudice? She GER
tainly cannot have imbibed 1t from me.
have no such prejudice myself"
Other members of the family came
l3to the room, and the matter of wom-
ans aspirations was not again men
toned. We all went in to breakfast
together, and my visit had begun.
If Jim had invited me down for nv
company he must have been disap.
pointed. | spent most of my time with
his sister. who was very pretty and
otherwise attractive girl saw moth
Ing more of Imogen, but became so
wrapped up in Alice that forgot to
pursue by inquiries as to whom the
child had drawn her ideas from with
regard TO men. Her mother was
very feminine woman, and, as for Alice.
she was gentle as dove At any rate.
II she regarded men as tyrants she
surely excepted me. for she accepted
every attention gave her. and when l
left the house the day before the open.
Ing OF the new year | certainly had
made myself an object of interest to
the rest of the family as a possible
party for the oldest daughter.
When the spring recess occurred I
availed myself of 1t to go down and
see Alice again and proposed to her.
was duly accepted and rejoiced in
The prospect Of possessing one Of
he most unobtrusive, self abnegating
young women | had ever met.
l was graduated In June and went
% the city. There | encountered con-
Tention of suffragists. On the day fol-
owing my arrival there was a large
parade. Curiosity led me to
stand on a curb and view the process.
sion. What was my surprise to see AT
he head of one of the divisions
mounted astride, in mans riding cos