The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-22
ANDREW AND
 IMOGENE
By ROE FULKERsO

"Andrew," said Imogene ,'you make a lot of fun of women's clubs and all women's organizations of every description. but I am going to join another. and I am perfectly sure you will be pleased with this one. Mrs. Henry and q lot of us were talk ing 1t over at the Wednesday bridge, and we are going to her house to- morrow to organize. It is Anti -
 "Cut it out" parked Andrew. His
 sharp tone surprised her into silence
 with the name of the new club un-
 spoken. If you are goin' to be a
 liner for the love of Mike oin
 something that stands for something,
 not an organization which is against
 something. Don't be an iconoclast.
 don't be a wrecker, be builder. ' he
 prefix anti stamps any organiza ion
 which stands for something. You
 had better stay at home and tend to
 your darnin'."
 But, Andrew" expostulated his
 wife, T tell you that this Anti-any- thing, why don't you try to art
 something instead of stopping sone-
 thing that some other guy has start
 ed? You women make me think of
 the men who have tried for years to
 write a play that some manager with
 more money than brains would pro-
 duce who have at last given up in
 despair. What does he do? Gets a
 job on some paper criticizing the men
 Nho have made good. It's the anti
 sentiment over again. It's the fellow
 who was never able to start any thing trying to throw glass in the street and give a successful man a puncture."
 But. dear" said his wife, "this Is not the usual sort of anti'
 That word irritates me like ca nettle in a bathing suit" again in- terrupted Andrew q know that un- successful painters become art rites with anti-impressionists learnings; I know that men who have fail I'd as authors become literary critics with antf-realistic insanity, and I know |. old fogies knock the whole world with anti-bellum stories, and know that people built pn the gen. eral lines of a tank car ruin heir health with anti-fat remedies, snd the whole thing makes me say things which no regular attendant at Sum day school should listen to. I rate antis of every breed and binding" If you would give me chance to explain" said Imogene, T would tell you that our society IS an antl "Stop." exclaimed 9ndrew. T don't cars what the tail of the animal is. It's sthe head I object to. It's the anti part which I don't like. Why. don't even like to ante in a poker game. There are anti organizations all the way from anti-swear to anti cigarette and I have never known any of them to do anything save read papers and pass resolutions. Instead of trying to pull down. affiliate your self with. something that builds up. Never mind how many sins you gre against. All the world wants to ! know what you are for. If were poisoned tomorrow I would not let them give me an antidote. take me to a hospital with an anteroom, give me antipyrine or even put an anti . phlogestine plaster on me, hate the word anti so much.
 "AlI right then" said Imogene, Y won't join. It was to be called the i-Scrap society. and each woman
 was to promise not to have quarrel with her husband for the whole year. ! but If you Insist on launching a ti-
 rade of stuff like you have lust
 voiced whenever you please. refuse
 to be handicapped with any such
 promise"
 "Oh," said Andrew meekly.