The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-06-29

and suffrage in December YOU will make
love to m July
Nobody knows why these things are
SO. They merely are, and that's all
there is to it II there were no more
Summers there would be precious few
weddings There is some occult con.
nection between the state Of a mans
affections and the thermometer, which
IS amply proven by the fact that the
farther South YOU go the rarer become
old bachelors, until when YOU reach the
tropic latitude, YOU lind matrimouy a
continuous epidemic.
But be that as II may. what we arc
concerned with now is not the fate OF
those who marry easily and often. but
ot those who desire to defer the bllSSiul
day until such time as thcv have had
a raise m salary and can contemplate
the high cost Of loving without having
cold chllS chase each other up and
down IN their SpineS
"forcwarncd i, iorcatmed,' SAYS the
old proyerh. To know where danger
lies gives a man, at least, 4 chance to
defend himself against IT, Let us, then,
consider some OF the types OF Summer
grls against whom a young man should
be on his guard unless he is anxious
10 qulck-'tcp mp TO the altar to the tune
oi that lohcngrln thing.
First. and most obvious, is the gcnu-
inc. old fashioned. blown in. the bottle
summer g,r1 in white muslin and with
a dropping hat wrealhcd with flowers.
She's Summer annual that has been
blooming ever since the Gatden OF Eden.
but every successive generation OF men,
from Adam down have fallen for her.
because ,he looks exactly like every
man think, the ideal woman ought 10
look
To all outward appearances she /,
a gentle, 'hy lluttrrlng innocent. and
whep she ghnccs demurrb up IN a
man, face from under that Hopping
hat htim, his hear, turns over like a
/ diving fish and he, done Tor II you'd
&c, all the men YOU know who are mar
rled to llahby, wiShy washy. dull, silly
wives ON the witness stand and make
them tell how and when and where they
proposed to the ladies to whom they are
, TIED for lie, YOU would find that nine
tenth, ol them popped the question to
a white muslin dress on starry nigh,
i'm luur
Ware the muslin dress. son. as YOU
value your freedom Reflect that things
ate uo, always what they seem and
that any glrl who hasn't got three chin'
and ,atro,,y hair looks like an angel in
white Also reflect that laundry come,
high and the simpler a dress is the
, more It costs Therefore. when the
maiden m white seek, ia decoy YOU into
stroll, m the moonlight along the beach
say her nay Keen her under the hig
electric light IN the crowded ,crauda
lest YOU become the victim Of her mil.
llnety
/ Twin sister to the White Muslin girI
u the helpless Chneing Girl. who i,
always having thing, happen to her tha,
require masculine assistance She has
| little i,tl and ,he can never learn ,t
tie her shoe latrs 50 they don't com,
lundunc llt takes a woman with a No
foot to tie shoe string IN knot that
a tornado couldn't hudgcl II she gne,
fur a walk she Sptalns her ankle an,
has 10 lean on some strong arm. I
she takes an automobile ride shes al
ways getting frightened and ou,ehinV a
some man for protection
It's all very pretty and appealing son
and Il makes YOU feel sbou, seven ir,
high and az strong a. less Willard
but watch out Some day YOU will pu
tina, protecting arm around her 4
guard her she's such a timid li,tl
thing and YOU will neglect to take !
away in time to save yourself from be
coming human trellis that will hav
to supper, her the balance Of YOU
days Which Is not a, all wha, you in
tended bu, is exactly wha, she intend
ed.
Then there, the Hammock Girl
eSlss's attractive because she-is.so ouie