The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-06-11
Happily Married?
WRITTEN WITH A DUSTCLOTH
BY A BACHELOR GIRL.

ask mo. is tho only clear vision there
Is! Especially when one has an
analytical eye, an opon mind aud n
sympathetic heart that invites con-
fidenCc.
Just yesterday was sitting In my
cramped hachclorlcss--not the foml-
nine gcudcr--qunrtcrs writing home,
when ! was called to the telephone.
"lIi. there" hcllocd,
"Lo. you mcnn." camc Agncs
Drummond's yoico over tho wire.
Pm bored to tc1rs; what YOU do
ing"
"Nothlnr exciting Been trying 20
vritc my mc-wcchlY but I'm not
making such Roadway"
Don't say write 10 mo" rnvcd
Agnes. setting tho wires bu22nR In
my ear. I'm 20 fcd mp on the
Cllckyticlack Of DICKS typewriter ana
thlSIng muffcd-lkc over the tclc-
phone go as not tu switch any OF his
lofty idcus Off the track and order
inE meals and hearing Jcn's spelling
md reading to Junior and sitting
round here with nothing real TO do,
I'm most ready for tho lunatic nsy
lum"
"Comc on in" invited. "and take
look at life with me"
"Ho there in an hour; soon as !
got Jon nff 10 school"
She was. T'llugng herself down In
my undcrstuffcd wlnglcss chnir. shc
tore or her handsome furs az though
they were choking her and called on
heaven to know why Il was some
women woro 80 frcci ErCc' while
she was tied for life. what sho had
ever married Dick Drummond FOR
IN the first place, she couldn't lln-
dcrstand, nor how she had stood him
in tho socond. When he wasn't writ
ing he was reading. and the house
had 10 be Kept like tomb.
why" she walled, "Dick never
wants to do anything want TO do
lie thinks I'm empty headed and
ally because | Ike to dance and
bridge. and when ] suggested join
ing the country club 40 we could
meet congoniaI people and have
little outdoor recreation, It was ike
n match to dynamite. 'Congcnial.
thunder he exploded. can pack
of brainlcss idiots with nothing to
do but chase a pill with "A poker
congcnial, You seem TO forget that
you are mother with n family to
look after. Don't you ever expect
TO grow up2'
"And thcn | get so mad, cry.
And Dick goes on thinking I'm
empty hCCauAc ! can't say
what | feel. Just because people
haven't the same view point he has
Is no reason why they are brain
less!"
The floodgates arc turned on at
this moment. while | sit In a sympa-
theuc huddlc. thanking my lucky
star | am free.
Now. Dick Drummond Is charm
ing man-to talk to. lie and Agnes
are both charming-apart. But
when they are together the air be-
comes surcharGcd with an electric
antagonism.
what was the attraction that drew
them together IN tho first place?
when | ask Dick about this--for
both discuss their incompata with
me--he admits that Agnes was so
cute and popular no couldn't resist
her. College boy and girl stuff. with
all tho other fellows on the campus
trying TO outwit him, Same old
story of not wanting a thing very
much yourself till everybody else
wants Il, and then walking off with
the prize.
And ne Is practlcing this dog-in-
the manger stunt In his matrimonial
holdings. But suggest such a thing
to Dick, and he hoots at the idea.
Agnes Is a mother now" he said
to me tho last time | haZarded n
rub at the matrimonial dust gather
ing on his mirror, "and IL she were
the right kind her interests would
be ceutcred round her home. she
has everything on Gods earth she
needs and much more than many
women have in Il lifetime. But she's
dissatisfied and restless. always
wanting to be going somewhere"
Maybe that's because you keep
her bottled up so tight for your men
tai comfort" ! retoited. that she
cant even bubble at home. II you'd
take her out sometimes, or come
down off your own perch. she
wouldn't want to be going all the
time
Il can't cruelty myself putting on
a dress suit and gallivanting TO silly
parties. Gawd knows said Dick
'Lite's too fleeting,"
but you seem perfectly willing tC
cruelty Agnes" l shot back. "Whei
you married her she loved life and
you know g. What did you expect
her to do, change her skin ms soor
as she married you and be con
tented with a 24-hour dose OF your
august presence TO the end of hei
days."
Dick laughed in his superior way
and went OFF 10 grind out more o
his philosophy OF life, for which tn,
editors pay him highly. when thu
AmaSh-up comes, as II inevitably VIII
In whose favor viii the court de
eide? In favor OF the good pro
WIDER" or the woman who couldn'
be Contented at home?
In striking contrast take the cast
or the Hupewells. Tom is reporter
of an evening paper. and Linda Il
busy all day at her bookkeeping
job. She likes It. she says. becaus,
she can have more and get ava,
from the domestic grind meaning
] suppose tho electric toaster anC
tho vacuum cleaner.
When Tom Hopowcll gets home n
night he rs 30 fed up seeing people
ana the movies ana baseball games
he is ready 10 stay there. But the
martyred Linda. feeling that sh,
needs change from tho drabnes,
Of her workuday world, insists upoT
glimpse of the white lights.
with two such dividing interests
naturally there has been parting OF
the ways.
Linda has just declared her inten,
tion Of living on the Fanny Hurs
installmcnt plan, and has taken
bachelor room across the city from
Tom-in a Piddy apartment hote
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