South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-07-25

There's young Gayboy having
his last fiing--poor fellow" re-
marked the Bachelor, as he nodded
genially toward young man who
sat at coy little corner table regal
ing a remarkably pretty girl, with
special dishes and highly
battery.
His last fing?" repeated the
Widow wonderingly. Us he going
10 be marEied?"
Going to be? He is married."
elucidated the Bachelor His wife
comes home tomorrow"
The Widow smiled, as she dotted
her dust-coat and unfastened the
chiffon strings Of her becoming lit
tie motor-hat
What a foolish woman" she ex-
claimed, Ito go away for two long
months and leave such a decorative
husband unleashed. 1t serves such
wives perfectly right, when their
husbands come-er-mislaid No
woman would go away for a whole
summer and leave her Pom or her
Pekinese to go his own wild sweet
way, and to forage for his food, and
then expect to find him. waiting pa
tiently right there on the front steps,
when she came back"
"Ah we'll" returned the Bachelor,
with a shrug Of resignation, What's
one husband more or less in these
days Of progressive matrimony? A
Pom or a Pekinese is valuable
animal-but a husband can always
be easily duplicated"
Perhaps" agreed the Widow
without conviction. But, there's
What l can't understand. is why any
girl should waste her powder and
her lipstick and the best days Of
the husband-ha harvest season on a
married mani"
The Bachelor sighed. and at
tackled his claim with relish.
It's going 10 be a positive fad"'
he complained, bitterly I'VE poor
! bachelors don't stand a chance, be-
side the 'man-on- the-leash,' nova
days Even in the Broadway COM
edieS and the moviedramas. Dolly
the debutante and Flora the-flap-
per. and Tessie- the beautiful-typist
are lured from US by the subtle
Vaccinations OF the william"
But I'm not talking about vii
| lains'l" interrupted the Widow,
and I'm not speaking OF the Broad
way fapper. nor Of 'Bertha-the-
notwithstanding maChine- girl, and
all that sort OF thing I'm thinking
OF nice girls-and nice men. Why
does a nice girl. who would rather
| break an arm than a convention.
| consider II smart. chic. even a
feather in her cap. 10 be seen lunch
ing with some other woman's hus-
band? I should think that she
-
rather hard up TO say the least
TO have 10 BORROW a husband"
Exactly" agreed the Bachelor.
Like having 10 borrow a pair OF
evening gloves, or an umbrella. or a
lift in somebody's motor-car. Going
about with a borrowed husband is
a sign OF sentimental poverty"
still" unused the Widow,
thoughtfully regarding her ice-con-
| somme. 4 suppose that there is
something in the fact. that they're
so much EASIER and more respon-
sive"
WHAT"
"Oh. more impressionable." ex-
| planned the Widow. They've been
broken 10 harness you know. and
are bridle-wise and much less rest
i've and spirited. It's like pulling a
tooth. 10 get any sentiment. or even
little enthusiastic and convincing
flattery out OF a bachelor"
Nonsense" protested the Bach
elor. I'm overflowing with senti-
menti And. as for flattery, nothing
I could say about that ravishing
motor bonnet you are wearing would
/ do Il justice. much less flatter--"
The average bachelor" inter
| rupted the Widow. ignoring the
| Bachelors belated attempts 70 mend
! things doesn't even TRY 10 make
n filtration interesting. he thinks
he is doing his bit by bestowing his
| society upon you. But the poor
married things are simply yearninG
] for some crumbs OF sentiment and a
few purple moments OF romance"