The herald., 1917-06-14
Marbles EFFICIENCY
BY JANE OSBORNE.

win strange lhe1rrcSSlhle lonEinES,
1heFe was Jus: enough "i the house
WHEY IN his thoroughly masculine
makeup 10 make hlm feel conHIn',d
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p''l'r' Se'IIl'u less Sui.-CleHI "EC less
satisfying IMAM ever.
That night as Marble was sitting
reading OF course-one H
lbSen'S plays Martin, as usual. was
buried in the evening paper. Fut his
longIhSS pursued MIN even there. For
there, spread over Il half raE" Of the
evening paper was an advertisement If
those tan'aiiZ,ag kitchen cabinets with
cuts almost as tempting as the cahi-
nets themselves ana column oi &c
Scripti"n Of all their virtues.
He felt Marbles eyes on him and,
he heard just the suggestion of Il sob.
"WhatS the matter! Aren't You
happy Martin Soothcd. After Mar
dies sobS there had been the tempest
Of Marbles tears and then came the
soothing Of them. I'm 50 glad you
asked that" Marble frightened, DE
cause. I'm not just exactly happy and
l didn't want to have TO tell you. I've
been making plans-and you are al
ways so busy with that hOrrid old pa
per and the stock quotations and the
real estate reports saw you reading
those reports this very minutc-that i
never get time to tell you. Even II
/ am a woman She went On, there IS
no reason why L should not be an in
duStrial factor. There Is no reason
Why l should not become efficient;
there is no reason why | should be
parasite To Martin all this sound
cd deadly familiar. lie had heard 1t
lots or times before ana he could en-
dure no more.
Il know" he murmured. i've heard
that dope before
But not just this" Marble persist
ed. You see Industrial conditions
have changed womanS position
Martin dropped his head in his
hands pcevlshly. "Oh, don't" he was
almost fierce as lie spoke. Don't 60
into details. What put that sort Of
thing into your head. anyway"
Yesterday l went to a conference
Of the Woman's College club"
Lord" Martin was one of the men
who believed that he dislIEed all col
lege women on principle. cut that
out. | don't want to hear IT,"
Marbles tears were dry. well,
Since you won't listen TO explanations,
she said with hauteur, there won't be
any. l want TO take a course at col
lege. 1 feel that my education has
been neglected. l want to become eff
ficient. | want to" She was trying
TO explain again.
Not with my money you can't take
a college course was Martins YER
dict. You know my prejudice"
Nobody said anything about your
money snapped the wife. The fact
that she had never spoken in that tone
before made 1t all the more cutting,
now that it came. Il may be poor,
but I'm not pauper. I've got Few
hundred dollars in the bank and III
use that ana ask no questions. was
going to explain-but you WOULDN'T
understand.
This took place one evening IN Sep
TEMPER just "hen me law CLASSES at
the university were forming And De-
cause Marble was gone from nome nVe
or SIX hours every day. Martin knew