Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-01

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"As matter of history" he con-
cludes. you will find these primi-
tive women were healthier in every
way than their molluse sisters who
dawdle all day in drawing rooms
and consider children a visitation.
There were fewer neurotics among
them, and fewer slackers. The
primitive medicine man was seldom,
if ever, called upon to treat one of
his women patients for hysteria."
HNF COURSE a man should
marry on SIPS a month";"
~ said a curly-headed, light
complexioned young man who works
on the eighth floor of the highest Of
flee building in town. "That is if he
likes girls at all,' he added, "for
he certainly can't beau one around
on that salary, or resort to any of
the little bluffs and extravagances
which fellows indulge in>during the
romantic period OF courtship. Yes,
Gabby, he just has to marry his
girl, and do it quickly, so they can
get on a plain, economical basis"
1t seems to Gabby that the young
man is right Have you stopped to
think what courtship costs a young
man, and how much more expensive
it may be than marriage itself. Con-
slider, for instance, that little iced
expression of affection dispensed at
soda fountains. As one writer says,
the slender sum of 10 cents used to
be sufficient to purchase the use of
two thick glasses from which the
lovers could imbibe thicker syrup,
generously studded with fruit and
satisfying portion of ice cream. The
same concoction now, served IN
shrunken glasses or sanitary parafy
fine containers, costs from 33 to a.
cents, depending on the neighbor-
hood. According to this writer, the
high cost of courting has won in
Vulnerable adherents to the two-can-
live more -cheaply- -than-one doctrine;
it has curtailed courtships and cut
down the period Of doubt consider
ably.
Gabby's Omaha office man friend
has estimated that it costs approx
imately $6.25 an hour to court on the
theater or club plan in Omaha, in
this year of grace, 1920. Back in
1909 there was nothing momentous
in a proposal from young man to
take young woman out for the
evening, but now the youth who
makes so rash proposal faces a
filtration with high finance. Just
movie, with modest invitation
yfnto an adjoining drug store, costs
$1.25-and suppose 4 fellow has
more than one girl to take out each
week. Every cloud has a silver lin
ing, girls. It will keep our boy
friends more true to US than ever.
We may be sure that if one of
them is stepping out with US for a
very pleasant evening or two week,
that he is not going with very many
other girls at the same time-not un-
less he is a shipbuilder or . similar
laborer with plutoeratic income.
lNNE Omaha student at the Uni
II versity of Nebraska caused
~ more than . few gasps in his
fraternity a week ago. This blonde
young man, when at home, resides
in the neighborhood of Hanscom
park. When in Lincoln, he stays
at his "frat" house, which is quite
close to that. of the D. u. men.
Gabby would not want to tell just
what fraternity it is to which he
belongs; first, because she still de-
sires to live peaceable existence,
and secondly, because she-well-
just because.
One of the peculiarities OF this
junior of the university is that he
never has aspired toward the ex-
ample Of Lochinvar in any respect.
In his several years at school
he has never Ito the knowledge of
any Of his acquaintances) asked 4
coed to a dance or been seen in
company Of cne at any social affair.
He attends house dances and for
mails in = state Of blessed singleness.
According to the girls. his heart
is as adamant and his pulse as reg
ular as the ticking of a clock.
CONSERVATION reigned one even
ing when into the dining room Of
this house came this never-to-be-
benedict with two guests. Long
drawn-out Ah-h'h's, astonished
Oh-h-h's, and .sundry other excla-
nations came from the diners. On
either side Of him stood young
woman-show girls, they were, It
developed while introductions were
being made. Judging frow the COM
ments being made, gay Romeo de-
termined to make explanations.
"You see, it's this way fellows. I
met them last summer when I was
working for a chautauqua circuit as
an advertiser" he began. They
were acting on the circuit"
Sounds like the TRUTH" remarked
one frat brother to another, but
10 itr
lnON'T hirt with floor-walkers
H. Gabby recently heard a story
which explains to her what
she had thought in the past were ad-
vances on the part of floor walkers.
But she is now thanking her lucky
stars that she was not arrested. This
liza the tale which Ia oassed an ne