The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-29
 ANDREW AND IMOGENE
By ROE FULKERsoN

Some bird!" said Andrew, with enthusiastic disregard for his words Two of Imogenes friends had just left the room after a short call.
 That Thelma is the finest looking thing that has set foot in this house for 10 years!" he went on. "why. by Georgel she is a goddess, a per-woman, fit for the mother of gladiators and soldiers!
 And she is 26 years old and un- married" put in Imogene.S
 Really, Andrew, men make me sick Do you know that all the ad- miration you are wasting on Thelna is the very tragedy of her life?
 "Thelma is goddess, you say. So she is, and like other goddesses, she is 5 feet and 10 inches high. How many men do you know who In physical way resemble a god? It weighing 200 to be proper part ner for Thelma, even at dance. How many such men are there?
 Again, did you ever know man of that type who did not marry some little runt of a woman?
 People in this world are at- tracted by their opposftes. This Is provision of nature to maintain the proper average in size, weight, com plexion and nerves. The result of this attraction of opposltes is that the men who are big enough to look decently with Thelma are attracted by little, pony-built girls, while Thelma is being constantly annoyed by flock of little men that she could take over her knee and spank.
 Why, Andrew, that girl is the most unfortunate woman in this town. You do not know what a tragedy 1t is to be so big and husky that you can take the average man by the back of the neck and shake him like a terrier shakes rat.
 You say she is fit for the mother of gladiators and soldiers. Have you forgotten that gladiators arc out of style and soldiers wear wrist watches and put carnations in the muzzles of their guns now-a- days?
 "Thelma attended Mrs. Winter | fashionable school for girls and when she graduated she not onl, held the captaincy of the basket ball team and the swimming cham, pionship, but she was at the head oi Iher class in her studies and tooR the gold scholarship medal. YceI after year she went to her class re- unions, to find each year one or two more of the 27 girls had married, un, til at the last one she presided sf toastmistress because she was the l only unmarried woman left Of them all To a man that would be fun To a woman 1t Is tragedy! Marriage IS the natural end of all women Ic have a home, a husband tofprotec' her, children, is what she wants, nc matter how much she pretends other wise.
 "Can you imagine man cuddline Thelma? Can you see the fellow wEc would protect her? Why, Andrew Thelma Is even deprived of wom l ans perfectly natural defense IT time of stress. She cannot cry' Ie see Thelma cry, would be like watch I ing a soldier cry. She is too DIE and fine to cry, too big and fine l. marry, too big and fine to 1uss over baby. too big and fine to oo any thing but so on eating her heart ou' longing for all the things "nlc. other women have and which tna' maenificence which you admire st much has deprived her of. Men ad, mire big, handsome women an, marry little, cute ones. Men rhap- sodize over the big, blonde VlKlns queens and marry little dyspeptis brunettes with the temper or fiends
 You see, Andrew, you men ars timid things and are afraid you could not live up to Thelma. mar could not be small-natured wlth ner for she lookA too big ana generous
 A queen isNa good thipg to look at but few men can face a queen al the breakfast table every morning So, if you have any of the MIX o' human Kindness in you. when you meet a woman of Thelma's type, fiir' with her and do not stand off and ad- mire her"