New Britain herald., 1921-06-25

marked MT. HappypS m 0iS U6u lpleasaft manner.
 "rve seen better.'' srowied thl ICynic.
 Rather piqued by the attitude . his new acquaintance. MT. Happyk decided to force the Cyaic's hand.s ! ''So you've seen better2> he k( quired. May I ask where ?"
 "In an art gallery" was the sponse. Seen plenty of thefrl 1 Paintings, sketchings. everythin9 Artists make them better than M ture."
 Impossible" calculated Mir. Haps pybe. Tt is impossible to improv6 on nature"
 Its done every day" was ind | Cynic's quick retort. l How and where?" | Women doing it. Get up in tho morning and look like the last thorn ! on the last rose of summer. Com out in the afternoon and go to thu l movies all dolled up, with facea painted and noses powdered. Look lot better at 2 p. m. than at a. m. 's But that's because they do not | live right" argued MT. Happybe. 'If they ate proper food and had plentyJ of sleep and dressed as nature igD tended they should dress, they would have no need of artificial com- plexions."
 Nothing to that" responded the Cynic.
 1T insist that I am correct MT. Happybe replied.
 well how about the country girls?"
 "Yes, how about them. T cheeks are always rosy. and tN eyes always sparkling" Sure, but look at their feet"
 Well. what's the matter with their feet?"
 .'roo big. Country girls fine up| top, bad on the lower end" But we can't expect everythinSt] in this world to be perfect" retorted1 MT. Happybe, retreating a bit ''No, nothing's perfect, nothing's half perfect, nothing's right in this world" responded tho Cynic bitter ly. l Then you don't believe there isf] such a thing as happiness?'
 You're right. There isn't such al thing as happiness. What we call happiness is a form of insanity" 1 But you can't mean that. Why. only today was reading in th Herald that the number of marriageel performed is greatly in excess of ! what business conditions in New Britain would seem to warrant. The young people are simply looking right through the cloud and seeing the silver lining" 1 Marriage? Huh. Fools rush " where angels fear to tread know"
 "Oh, come now. That isn't any way to look at it. Love is the tend- crest and sweetest emotion of which the human heart is capable. It com pines all the music in the world, all the poetry, all the warm colors in the spectrum, all the golden sum- beams, all the ' *.'' 1 Who is she?" slyly interrupted the Cynic.
 "who is who? don't under(
 This fair female you're ravtns about" ! "Im not talkinz about any person in particular, simply about love. Think of the splerldid courage of the young man and his sweetheart asn they stand at the altar and pledgf themselves to ea{h other until death do them part T,ey know nothing of i the future, but they face it with hearts strong and chins high" '
 Very nice. Very sweet" replied the Cynlc. but wait untll the par rage starts.'' .. What barrage?" "Oh, bills from the butcher, the baLer, the landlord and few others.'' But we all stood it and we alive"
 "Yes, yes, I know all about it. But that doesn't change my opinion , that happiness is a form of insanity.r "Is there anything that you will agree on?" asked Mir. Happybe ex- asperated.\
 Sure, answered the Cynic. well, what is it?" patiently in- quired Mir. Happybe. keeping firm grip on himself. That's the worlds all wrong" replied the modern Scrooge. Every things upside down."
 "Not yet-but almost" exploded Mr. Happybe. Whereupon he grabbed the Cynic, grabbed him by the heels. stuck his head into the ground and left him with the parting shot that. since everything above ground dis pleased him he might try the other side of the sod for a change.
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