The daily Alaskan., 1918-05-10
TOO MUCH FOR HER
Woman Could Stand a Lot From
 Mere Man, Rut-
When She Was Told That She Didn't
 Know Enough to Wind a Watch . She Was Ready 10 Fight .- .- tA& at Once.

''T feel exactly like an alarm clock all wound up and ready to strike" she : announced. :"tS -0-a
 rs"Whst in the world has happeped?" said I. V rs .t-,... ..
 Nothing" said she, except that a mere man has,inslnuated that I haven't
 sufficient intelligence to wind watch"
 "Who Is the bruteT I demanded, [
 "Oh, a man downtown in a jewelry
 store. You know she went on, 'that Peggy has to, have watch or she'd
 never come in from play on time and
 she has to have one that doesn't ob- feet to being stepped on. occasionally, or dropped on the sidewalk or left In the bathtub., So l buy her a cheap 1. and hardy, variety, that lasts about a year and when that Is used up I get her another. It's, more economical than paying to keep a higher bred article in repair. ' "'--~. .''' ". ... .'a 'Well; I bought her a new one last week. The thing acted queer from the start. Sometimes 1t would plunge furiously ahead as though 1t were bent on beating all the rest of, the time pkecesc ~Sometimes 1t would lag hours behind and sometimes, 1t baked alto gsther. It performed more antics than you would think possible for creature with only two hands. And all this time was winding It faithfully.
 After several days of such acro- battles, gave up winding 1t and intern ed the thing In bureau drawer to await time when could take It back to the jewellers. .-....E ..
 'I took iteback yesterday. laid the watch and my troubles before that jeweler. He said If I'd leave 1t half an hour he'd look into the matter.
 Half an hour later, when return ed. dozen other folks, more or less, had collected around the watch coun- ter, all apparently waiting for their watches, too. I asked for mine. And in the presence of all those attentive ears and eyes he handed back that crazy little rattletrap, and remarked in a clear voice that 1t was run down and couldn't expect any watch to go if I didn't wind it.
 Now, I've been stuck on the road insa auto that refused to budge an other inch. And I've sent to the serv- ice man who has rushed to my rescue for the purpose. of telling me that there wasn't any gasoline in the tank. But that didn't Irritate me-, Any bOdy's liable 10 run short of gasoline.
 And once, a long time ago, when l lived In house that had Cistern and a pump in 1t, paid plumber to come up and tell me that the ciStern was empty. I did not mind that either. l hadn't been down In the cistern-how should I know 1t was empty?
 But for any man to presume to in- form me that a watch hal, to be wound well, I suspect that when Kipling wrote that stun about the female or the species being more deadly than the male, he had just seen some woman who had been told that her watch wouldn't run unless she wound It."
 ,,,"Howeyer," said in my best Peace Palace style, ito my certain knowledge there are a number of jewelry stores ln this town where they listen to ones troubles with all the patience and at' tentlon of family doctor. suggest that you erase this painful episode from the tablets of your memory and buy your annual watch at one Of these other places"
 D 'Tts good suggestion" said she, land so be it."-DetroIt Free Press.