Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1919-03-14

to Cleveland and tell everybody that
you're not going to get married, after
all this trouble?"
mo, I'm not going back to Cleve-
land, and I am going to get married
but later, much !ater.'
81 hate conundrums," said Mrs. Kip.
Better tell me the answer, for won't
guess. What are you going to. dot"
'I'm going to lend hand" said
Daphne. do my share. Get job
and earn my board and keep"
"Heaven help usl You've gone
crazy!" Mrs. Kip exclaimed. 'You get
to bed and you'll feel better in the
morning. I'll finish my letter"
She added, unbeknownst to Daphne,
a postscript as long as the letter, con-
tradicting all she had just written and
urging her husband to come East at
once and take charge Of his unruly
daughter. She dropped it in the mail
chute, and 1t fell into bOttomless pit,
along with her other hopes.
Daphne and her mother were uneasy
at the prospect of the breakfast en-
counter with the bridal couple. There
had been q sense of strain the first
morning. But now a bitter quarrel had
intervened that first ugly quarrel
when the wedge Of finance is driven
between united hearts.
Bayard and Leila. however, arrived
at the table all smiles, more amOrous
than ever. Leila wore triumphant
smile, such as Delilah must have worn
the second time she went out walking
with her big beau.
1t was plain to the anxious eyes OF
Mrs. Kip and Daphne that Leila had
emerged from the quarrel with all the
loot and aggravated power.
She had taken advantage Of her hus-
bands trust and abused his generosity
recklessly, with no more evil motive,
indeed, than the wish to beautify her
self in his honor, and yet with reck-
lessness.
It was not altogether Leila's fault
if the lesson she learned, perhaps I'M
consciously, from the combat was
something like this:
81 ran my husband into debt with
out consulting him. His listless love
woke from it's torpor and enchanted
me with q f1rst-class demonstration of
it's energy. He stormed. wept thrill
ingly. He apologized. begged to be
permitted to bring me some more nice
things. Ergo, when home life grows
dull, / can always stir up the fire by
buying something we can't afford.
When want anything I must get it.
/ shall be scolded, then kissed and
treated with awe. IF hadn't bought
it / wouldn't have had it, nor the
bonus that goes with it. If we had not
quarreled we should have missed the
rapture OF making up =
This is one of the first lessons that
certain sorts of husbands teach to GER
tain sorts of wives.
When the man of the house had de-
parted for his Office, and the waiter
had carried off the breakfast relics,
the three women were left alone in a
completely feminine conclave. They
faced life like three Norns: the old
mother, the new wife. and the deferred
wife, each from her coign Of disadvan-
| tage.
The two married women turned on
the maid, with common resentment.
They were married and dependent and
she had her independence. They were
Tories and she Wing. 1t was their
privilege to rail at things as they were,
but it was their religion to frown on
changing them. Mrs. Kip senior spoke
for Mrs. Kip junior,
SNOW, Daphne, tell us what is this
new foolishness all about?"
Daphne answered, stoutly: "It's not
foolishness. It's the first glimmer of
sense I've ever had. I'm sick of the
idea Of always living on the mercy OF
some man, taking his charity or his
extravaganza. I've always been drag
on poor daddy, and was getting ready
to shift my weight over to poor C1ay's
back. But don't think a woman
ought to be dependent on a man. I
think she ought to bear her share Of
the burden"
.'As if she didn't!'' Mrs. Kip broke
out. GAS if the home weren't just as
much labor as the Office
Leila attacked her from another di-
rection. 'For goodness sake, Daphne,
don't lose your head. Don't you i'm
agine for a moment that husband
will be happier and love his wife bet
ter because she earns wages. The
harder you work for men, the better
they like somebody else. The harder
man works for you the better he
likes you. Best of all, he loves the
woman that tries to break him.
Daphne's answer was q snappy: ST
don't believe it! I'd despise a man
that felt that way"
The three women wrangled with
wise saws and modern instances, and
they were in a perilous state of dis
sension when the telephone rang. Leila
answered it and her outcries Of indig-
nation alarmed Mrs. Kip and Daphne
till they learned the cause.
Bayard had called up to say that
the luncheon party must be postponed.
Outrageous business had made anoth-
er insidious attack on love.
| Leila came from the telephone in a
state of desperation mitigated by the
fact that Bayard had asked her to
take his mother and Daphne shopping
and buy them and herself something
worth while as an atonement for his
/ abandonment.