The Washington times., 1918-05-21

| that enabled him to distinguish be
tween the mote in his own eye and
the beam in Miss Lusk's.
The picture that he tries to nash on the
screen Of public opinion Is that OF the
model husband who fell victim to a Wo-
man on a long quest for pure English.
Today we had more Of his book. Cattle
Breeds and Origin"
The ex-State veterinarian Is certainly
a forcible warning to little boys never
TO neglect their parts OF speech. Had
David Roberts known his English gram
mar. that long. long weary guest for sen
| tences that would parse might never
have led him into the siren tolls OF Grace
l,usk.
At least that's what he would have one
believe He had no intention Of treadinE
the primrose path-he was a devoted
husband and looking for nouns anO
verbs when he fell
He u a warning TO others besides little
boys who nod over the grammars-he
furnishes an object lesson to husbands
approaching the foolish age," which a
noted Psychologist Eays is somewhere
about nifty.
Apparently It isn't ali fun in the
foolish age" even when home ties and
responsibilities are utterly disre-
garded. Dr. Roberts told how Miss
Lusk punched his eye on one OF the
English trips that went no further
than the county line this time. They
were gathering flowers. as happy as
happy could be when Miss Lusk again
put her eternal question.
do you love me better than any
woman in the world. and are you
going to tell your wife so?" And, as
usual. the model husband was shock
ed. ana said. NO: that Is impossible" {"
Then, according to DR.. Roberts.
Miss Lusk punched him in the right
eye. Did you look al her them"
NO, sir, not with my right eye"
What happene1 them" II suf-
fCred.' The spectators laughed. per
haps "guhawed" is not too strong a
word TO use in some cases. and Judge
Lueck threatened to clear the court
room
The sufferinEs Of the model hus-
band on his various English trips
evoke no sympathy. Tattling in man
is not a heroic virtue: Adams lack
Of chivalry in regard to the apple
never won him any popularity with
his descendants, and the Waukesha
veterinarian is not faring any better
or course. Grace Lusk was a fool
to throw away her enviable position
as an instructor in the high school
for the love of a married man, but
she has never seemed the contempti-
BILE figure of the man who tries at
every turn to denounce her.
He tells how he suffered when his
eye got punched, and how uncomfort-
able he felt when she pointed a gun
at him while trying to make him
swear on q Gideon Bible that he
loved her and her alone, and he
doesn't seem to grasp the cause for
merriment among the spectators
The way the women have stood
BY Grace Lusk during the trial is
significant OF the new order" among
the sex. For ages they have been
the FIRST ito cast a stone at a wom-
an who had transgressed. but a
broader and more Christian toler-
ance marks the dRWning OF a new
era among them.
They sit beside her at the trial.
press her hand when the testimony
is hard for her to bear and keep her
we'll supplied with flowers and green
growing things. and one of these
women works all day long, holding
a pos tion Of trust in a mercantile
establishment. yet she has never
missed neT udllg WISH 10 lne jail
since Miss Lusk's Incarceration.
Remember that she was onta stretch
er bleeding profuseIy and expecting
TO die. Even at that Crucial moment
she did not forget that her pistol had
damaged Miss Mills home and appar-
entity dying she wrote. Blanca must
be paid for all the damage. there will
be money enough for that, after my
funeral expense"
Now. in spite Of all the folly and
madness and the crime IL has led he
10 commit. there is something fine in
a woman's remembering at such
time that another woman must not
pay for something she-Grace Lusk-
did.
Certainly there Is no rallyins
around Little. David