Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-05

for one thing, and it tends to detract
from marital happiness. | want our
married lif to be on practical,
commonsense basis. do not believe
that have told you one thing that |
did not mean. / told you that ! loved
YOU, and / meant it. l have never
told you that you are the most beau
tiful woman in all of the wide world,
because | am frank to say that ! haye
seen women who were more beauti-
full. Judged by the standards of artis-
tic beauty. For instance, have seen
women with more beautiful curve
lines from chin to neck" Howard re-
piled, his complacency being almost
disquieting. ,, -.
Helen quivered just a little bit.
What did all of this mean? she
thought
The Plays the Thing.
"Didn't you think that the woman
in the play had beautiful neckH
she asked, note of irony in her voice.
II am not making comparisons" he
replied.
Howard drew closer to Helen and
offered a reassuring glance, pressing
her hand the while. ~,
Continuing, he philosophical: Now
that we are to be married IN a few
days, | want to tell you Of some OF
the things ! expect to do, or will not
do, after we begin life as MIR. and
Mrs. Livingstone. l want to be. quite
frank. My father taught me frank
ness, and I have found that it pays IN
business. When we shall have been
married, it may seem that l am not
as attentive to you as | have been
during our engagement days. There is
more interest in pursuit than in actual
possession; that is human nature and
there is no use trying to reason
otherwise. Asa matter of fact, | will
be Just as attentive, but my attentions
will be more practical and varied. l
may not feel like sitting up until IL
o'clock quite $50 often. will always
think Of your comfort and happiness,
but there will be times when / will
prefer book to your company. l
will have my dogs and my pipe and
you may not like my pipe. shall ex-
pevt that you will have your little
advertisements, which may not always
arouse my interest. In most things
l am sure we will agree, and ! am
confident that most of our pleasures
will be shared. l will expect you to
be attractive on occasions. / will want
to point with pride to my wife when
we attend public occasions; it may
help me in my business"
Then New Understanding.
Then brief silence. They looked
at each other with new understand
ing. Helen could not resist feeling
that she had stronger admiration
for Howard, although she wanted to
appear a little piqued. She was a
woman and, womanlike, she was not
without the clinging-ivy instinct. She
accepted the logic of Howard's philo-
sophy. :
"But you always insisted that | had
beautiful neck she said, with a
touch of coquetry.
$50 / did, and Still maintain that
you have a pretty neck. but / never
said that you had the most beautiful
neck in the world. Taking in the
whole world is including vast area,
and you know that ] have not seen
the whole world. / maintain that
your neck is beautiful and that of all
the women I have met, l verify be-
lieve that you are the one to make
me happy for the rest of my life. I
never called you my turtle dove, for
the very good reason that you are not
a turtle dove. A man should be very
careful what he says to the woman
he expects to be his wife. once
heard man lapse into such state
of mental responsibility that he told
a woman he loved her so much that
he could worship the very ground on
which she walked. I like your dis