The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1921-07-28

have supposed a Sunday School Sup
erintendent capable Of such an ex-
IRENE exaggeration? Or were you
quoting Mr.. Lowrey? From your
description Of him ] am sure he must
know everything" and will not mis-
understand my defense Of my sis
ter in overalls" | am "still yet
A READER OF THE AVALANCHE.
The woman in overalls," comes
back at US this week with a
conglomeration Of quotations and
authorizations, accusations, explana-
tions, and other Nations" attacking
our disposition, our position, our
reputation and denunciations. She
justifes her use Of slang by stating
that she said nothing worse than
darn" and that her mother, and our
mother, used the word darn in con-
nection with mending pas sox, and
evades the subject with a lot Of so
called justifable adjectives, adverbs,
and propositions. We are sure this
lady is right by, the way she goes
ahead and lambasts We editor, two
man never talks till she knows she's
right and as we have long since
learned not to talk back TO a woman
more than once, we are going to
agree with her in everything and let
her have her way. This is the way
we evade any trouble with our wife,
and we find il is the only safe way
for a man TO do A woman will have
the last word regardless, and no argu-
ment, no matter how sound, or where
il comes from, is strong enough TO
convince them they are wrong. We
might risk our life and our ability TO
argue the point If the writer was not
an unknown quantity. We are not
good at guessing riddles, and so IN
order TO get out Of this controversy,
are even going 10 say that overalls
are pretty, (but not on women or
mem something that we never
thought we would say. That every
style that the women adopt is be-
yond criticism; 1--WE doubt that their
language is always proper; 1--WE don't
think that when they say darn, they
mean 10 darn sox. CD That when
they say dam they mean a pile OF
dirt across the canyon or stream.
That when they go stronger, or they
ever dol prefix il with the deity they
are merely in devotion, and mean no
harm and hence no condemnation
can possibly be brought against Il.
The fair sex are angels, without
wings. and we imagined we saw one
Of them sprouting wings at the swim
ming pool a few days ago, but II
might only have been one Of those
things they place around their bodies
under their arms 10 keep from sink
ing. We are mistaken 80 often that
this might be just one more OF our
hlunders. ANY way we apologize for
ever saying anything about this good
woman's language, she said we owed
her an apology and we always try
TO nav our debts, both morally and .
and we hope she will send /
US q receipt in full and sign her
name. When we borrow money we
sign our own name % the note and
We are not ashamed for the people 20
know who wrote h. document
could never be Of any value what
ever II II Is not signed hy someone,
and we place about the same worth 70
an article that is unsigned. II this
woman Is not ashamed Of her posi-
ton she takes she should certainly
be willing TO show the world that
she is not by signing her name and
her statements above board
instead Of concealing her identity
under five thousand others who
could sign themselves as "a reader
" the Avalanche" Come out in the
open and show yourself in overalls
cutting weeds and doing the numer-
Gus other duties about the home.
Finisl