The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1922-04-13
Miss Mayhew's
Column
BY CALVIN HENDRICKS.

newspaper woman on any Of the the
rop0lifan dailies. Everybody admi
ted that. and besides. Mclaughlin. VT
was on rbe copy desk. told her rhs
he had heard the city editor say -
Perhaps he was preJudiced 10 her +,
yor. but his words came TO her spir
as balm aud nectar sf d period whe
life seemed Ike a black tunnel strefcl
Ing away until Miss Mayhem cam
back
II was not that Miss Kent had b.
come distrusrfnl Of her powers, O
biase. No. there was a deeper red
son. Miss Agnes Mayhem, who CAV
advice 10 distracted lovers 10 NV
half-colunns every afternoon. LA
been called home TO Ohio on accoun
Of her mothers Illness. and the wors
OF II was that she had just got 10 tn
botr0m Of her basket Those lover
who had. presumably, been waitinl
through many dreary days TO md III,
answers which should solve their owl
peculiar ond unparalleled problems
had all been answered.
Miss Mayhem took her work 70
fonsly.
THAT was why Miss Kent felt dis
consulate. She had been taken OF
hsr reporters Job and set TO answer
Ing the imbecilities OF Cupid's vic
tins. She let the letters accumulate
and by the third day she had quite q
batch Of them. The first that che
took In hand ran as follows:
MY Dear Miss Mayhew:
"You have given so much good adj
vice 10 others that perhaps you will
help me. A young gentleman Is very
fond of me. like | am OF him. We
love each other dearly. There Is only
one vice he has After he takes me
TO the theater he wants me 10 kiss
him good-by after he takes me home.
Ny friends tell me that l ought not
TO let him kiss me as we are not en-
gagged. What ought to dor
This time Miss Kent could not 20
wrong, for one Of her predecessor
forms exactly covered this common
situation. Miss Mayhem was adaman-
tine where propriety was concerned.
mo lady" she wrote. will ever
OFFER her lips to q man under any cir
cumstances, unless she Is engaged to
him. You must tell your friend hrm-
ly but politely that you cannot per-
init such conduct"
After she had put this letter aside
Miss Kent was quite thoughtful for
q long time. The paper was crowded
thar day and there was only room for
one more answer. II was as follows:
Dear Miss Mayhew:
IL am a blonde and have been 60
Ing with q young gentleman for
year. We love each other dearly. He
has never asked me TO marry him.
Would II be wrong for me TO tell him
love himf | am nineteen and am
rather good-looking
Something OF Miss Mayhew's
ldamantine resolution nerved Miss
xent's right hand.
mo woman ever tells a man that
he loves him until he has asked her
o marry him. she wrote.
II wonder" she reflected, as she
aid her pen aside. whether Miss
fsyhew was writing from experience
ghen she penned Form T."
Her task was over at last and she
ose up and went to the wardrobe for
or hat.
1T II good discipline 10 be sponsor
or all the love-struck idiots In town."
he reflected.
II beg your psrdonf" inquired Mr..
fcLsughlln. He was passing out
,ward the corridor and had stopped
, watch her pinning her hat to her
air. II was q nice hat and nice
air.
II beg your psrdonr' he repeated.
Did you say something. Miss Ksntr
20. dear no. I was Just soliloquir-
49," she answered. giving her hat q
nal pat TO ntrsighten II.
Mclaughlin paused irresolutely.
You look quite fagEed." he said
Say. Mise Kent. won't you-I mean
ould you mind having dinner with .
e tonight. somewhsref And theo '
aybe we can take IN a show after. {
ard-yesT"
'T don't know that ought to-" Misc I
ent answered. bur her smile was dis
nctly Affirmative. so they set out for
Scandinavian restaurant. They
4 down At table which had been
ade for two exclusively. and there c
. lights and the music and the {
erry conversation OF the other diner7 a
ade Miss Kent forget all about Miss
syhew and her miserable CORE
ondents a
And then they fell TO chatting and q
,s~red over the meal ~ leoS that e
'ithsr knew whether the fsh had n
en- served or whether II was the
lad they were waiting for.
When at hast Mclaughlin left Miss
sut At the door OF her apartment he
STATED. and. as he looked bach
er his shoulder At her. fumblins