South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-05-02
4 Change of Viewpoint
By A. NJ. Crawford

ard pace the dishes before the
doctor" she ordered.
That's more like it," DIR. Kincaid
flung from behind the paper.
Margaret poured a cup Of coffee
and drank it. John" she ventured
timidlv shall accept the Richards
dinner invitation for tomorrow
, night2"
Better not don't know what
I'll be doing tomorrow night l wish
that you would allow me the priv
ilege of reading this paper in peace.
Here. take the society Sheet" He
tossed a page carrying the social
items over 10 her with the air Of a
man who was giving what he cOnsid
cred an adequate amount for her
mental consumption. That's what
you like 10 read. 1t would be ter
rible if you women did not have
some means of finding out what
color scheme old Van Duzen's wife
employed at her party yesterday.
She gives teas now that the old
man had the grave 10 die after &C
cumulating enough to pay for her
extravaganza He was a carpenter
and pushed his tools in a wheelbar-
row into this town. Now. Mrs. Van
Duzen is breaking into society and
print. which amounts TO the same
thing"
Margaret Kincaid cared as little
for the society news as her husband
did but she picked it up and looked
/ over il abSently She recalled the
times before her marriage when the
man across the table from her had
complimcnted her on her eXtraOr-
dina fUfaTIacfraIfft ssXorr a
clever woman, way above the aver
age" he had often told her That
why l want TO marry you. III have
an equal. "A pal as well as a sweet
heart. All men are not 50 lucky"
Now after five or six years OF we'd
ded life, he accepted her as he ac-
cepted everything with which life
had blessed him. He deserved them.
4 She was reckOned among her friends
as a gifted woman but her rating,
mentally. at home by her husband,
was so low that she was supposed
TO be able To digest only the con
tents of the society columns i'm an
| average newspaper. True she was
/ able to discuss war news and cur
rent topics in a very credila3le. man
! ner with the men friends OF her hus-
/ band, but she had heard him remark
| OH more than one occasion. Il am
\ glad that you can correctly repeat
! what 1 say about the war and that
you don't make the silly, insane
statements of most women. You are
/ quick TO grasp my ideas and quote
| them exactly" Margaret knew that
/ she read and digested all news with
as much ease as her worthy, some
what egotistical husband, but she
also realized that she was not cred
I 81 I'll
/ forming opinions for herself.
DR.. Kincaid dropped the paper
and attacked his breakfast vigorous
! ly just as Margarets eyes were rest
| ed on an important article on
/ suffrage.
The psychology Of d case I had
| yesterday was very interesting" be-
gan the doctor genially. You know
the girls who are cashiers in cigar
1 stores and place Of that kind have
/ habit of blaming the idle sons of
rich men when they get into trouble.
/ Well, yesterday, 1 told a girl like
that to have the man in the case
send me a check and 1 would treat
, her until she was well. Then the
poor thing broke down and con-
| fessed that the man was not an idle
/ son of the rich. but a soda water
\ boy in a drug store"
II wish that you would allow me
the privilege Of reading this paper
in peace" said Margaret clearly. Dr.
Kincaid looked at her as amazed as
II she had thrown a hand grenade
across the table.
! Well" he said. CURLY, lit seems
10 me that If you loved me, you
would rather listen to what I have
TO say than to read a paper"
Perhaps that's what 1 think
about you sometimes"
why, what's the matter. honey?"
he said with one OF his sudden
{ changes OF humor.
There's a good deal the matter"
said Margaret. laying down the So
I ciety page and facing him. Her
/ color was high and there was an un-
wonted flush in her blue eyes.
What's sauce for the goose is sauce
I for the gander. You are older than
I l am, by 10 years. but that does
\ not mean that you know n great deal
more than I do. Women are quick
/ TO learn. We are no longer slaves,
/ sitting at the feet OF masters 10
learn. am clever enough 10 be
able TO teach you many things.
have Deen turning my eyes inward
/ this morning and find that I am
like a trained animal In a circus.
You crack your whip and I sit up
on my hind legs and am supposed
20 cape in admiring establishment at
everything you say. whether IL is
worth listening 70 or not. Some
times what you say sounds just as
silly TO me as the things I tell you
| You are r clever man. especially on
the subject of medicine, but you
need a new viewpoint.
Try looking at yourself from my
side Of the table! You will make
startling discoveries. I have stood
II for years because / hate quarrels
and because / kept on loving you
IN spite OF the fact that you are
narrow-minded. Again, I have been
afraid not 70 cater 20 your egotisu
for fear 1 would lose your love. But
l am not going 10 sit up on my hind
! legs and cape at your words OF wis