The Snowflake herald., 1920-11-26
A NoN-PARTIsAN NEWSPAPER
GEOMETRY
BY BETTE n. M'DONALD.

90. 1920. by Mcclure Newspaper syndicate.)
He applied the symbols of geometry
to all things. He pronounced the cat
and collie parallel. meaning, of course.
they would never come together.
All on account of this his country
upon him the nickname "Arc." Also,
in spite of his neatneSS, he drew angles
and figures on her white tablecloth at
every meal. She concluded that the
woman he picked for his wife couldn't
know any too much about geometry as
he would draw one along those lines.
"Come and get your parcels. sis, I'm
not going to leave this old nag for a
minute No telling what he might do.
The next time you send me to the vii
lage walk Do you hear me, walk
l always hated walking. Wish | had
my car"
Arc was standing in the one-seated
buggy waiting for his sister. He
wiped the perspiration from the edge
of his curly, blond hair.
'Well," she came out laughing. you
needn't be so alarmed. You are in
no immediate danger. Old Meteor new
er ran away yet" she said, knowing
something unusual must have hap
pened.
"Just the same your dependable old
racer ran me into flock of geese"
"Where did you see geese?"
"Just outside the village"
(which way were they flying"
"Flying?" he echoed disdanfully.
handing over the parcels to her.
"Yes. Flying southwark indicates
an early winter" she replied eagerly.
Suppose they are riding?" He
posed.
"Arc, if l didn't know you are a
total abstainer I'd suspect you of re-
cent association with wood alcohol"
your horse did all the flying, | tell
YOU"
He reeled, laughing hard and long
until she made him explain.
"Geometrically speaking" he laugh
ed, 1.-The plain and solid goose had on
white silk shirtwaist and black
skirt"
81 suppose she is square," coughed
Miss Brill.
Coming back from the village, /
met big touring car. She was driv-
ing it. About six others were in it
chattering and cackling like they were
on their way to save Rome. | admit
that l couldn't keep my eyes on Me
teor. Belief doesn't always make a
matter true and he shattered mine.
"The cackling ceased. She stopped
the car, jumping down quickly. Twas
then / viewed the symmetrical form
Of the prettiest proposition.
'She ran in front of Meteor, grabbed
his bride and held him, swaying and
twisting. l was saved he concluded,
gayly. After a moment: Now I've
given you the synopsis" He looked at
his sister as he gathered up the reins.
He dropped the reins again and
Meteor stopped.
isis, for once our minds converge ~
He paused then added, (which was to
be proved"
"Then | gave Miss Rogers my card"
he confessed.
1T was May Rogers I" exclaimed
Miss Brill, who had thought as much
all along.
"YOu said | might invite someone to
dine with us tonight, and she thought
it would be perfectly proper to come.
1t was staggering. She reached quod
erat faciendum almost instantly" he
rejOiced.
Il know we haven't been intro
duced," she said, but Miss Brill is a
very dear friend Of mine. Call for me
at six. You needn't drive over, we can
walk it in twenty minutes.
"And guess what she said about the
runaway? She said: so you worked
yourself out of the wreck tangle.' Rec.
tangle,' she said, just like that. The
girl is perfect"
At the dinner table Miss Rogers did
not admire his application of geomet.
ricaI terms to the food and dishes.
She had just finished college, and
told him he was slow. She said she
didn't like geometry, that she pre-
ferred to study silk.
"Silk finds its own expression" she
said, land is vastly more popular than
geometry. My conclusion is: Silk is
similar to geometry in dealing with
FORMS
"And the designs can be illustrated"
conceded Arc. .'Some skirts hang at
right angles, some at most every angle,