The Monmouth inquirer., 1924-01-31
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Other Girls Husbands
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.Tt's very sweet Of you to ask me.
and, of course, Pm awfully honored."
murmured the pretty girl with auburn
hair, but I've decided never to marry
ct all"
.Huhi" snorted the young man with
the aggressive jaw. 7 see you being
an old maid-not! Besides, that isn't
the way you were talking the other
evening. What's come over you, any
how, Felicia? Out with it,"
'svinegar never catches flies" muir
INJURED Felicia. IF you'd be potter
about it"
"All right, then pleased"
'Well, then, began Felicia, T'ye
been visiting all my married friends
and asking questions and learning
things. Of course, / had no idea that
you cared a bit for me, that way,
but"
But you believe in preparedness. i
understand"
Anyhow, learned an awful lot"
Felicia hurried on. about husbands.
mean. And I'VE decided / don't want
one of my own. I'm going to be q
bachelor girl, and carve out career
for myself"
MAY | ask what kind of career you
expect to follow?" inquired her caller,
with somewhat chilly politeness.
well, haven't decided that def
nitely yet loftily. What was talk
ing about? Oh, yes, husbands! There's
Mary Moye's, for instance. He's the
stingiest thing! When Mary buys
something for herself-which isn't
very often, poor girl!-she has to tell
him that she paid only about half what
she really did, because if she told the
truth he'd raise the roof. Where does
she get the money? Why, she sneaks
it out of tho house allowance. You see,
she pays cash for the groceries and
things, and when he asks how much
the steak cost she tells him fifty
cents if it was really only forty cents,
and pretends the butter is forty-nine
cents, when it's only forty-four, and
SO on. Then she keeps the difference
for herself, you see.
''Then there's Persis Browns hus-
band. He hardly ever comes home
for dinner any two nights in one week,
and he won't even trouble to phone
that he's staying downtown. Persis
puts dinner on the table and waits and
waits, and by the time eyerything's
cold she knows he isn't coming.
and George Brewster, who married
Bertha Clay, is the modest creature!
Bertha says that often he hardly
speaks at all for days at time.
When she asks why he says he's
thinkingl And Mabel Whites hus-
band is so jealous he doesn't even
want Mabel to have girl friends, and
when any Of them go there he sits
around and simply glares! And Milly
Kings William, who seems perfect
gentleman, is really just the opposite.
Why, he kicks the dog!'
There was silence for a moment
after these startling revelations. Then
the young man reached for his hat.
well, good-by, Felicia" he said sad
iy. @Of course, my dream is shattered
and my future seems poor thing to
me now; but | understand just how
you feel after hearing those dreadful
things from your friends, and l don't
blame you at ALL Good luck to you
in your career, my DEAR"
"Wait!" cried Felicia. The young
man paused at the door.
you w-wouldn't be stingy or jjeal-
GUS or moody, would your" she asked
him.
well, should say not" denied the
young man. whats more, I'll be
home to dinner every single night ex-
cept when we go out together And
never kicked dog in my whole life!"
he ended in a burst of confidence.
Haven't you really?" asked Felicia.
"No," said the young man with the
aggressive jaw. mot reallyi"
That's funny" said Felicia. "And
all those other things
Dear" said the young man, your
friends merely used poor judgement in
picking out their partners. They are
unfortunately limited. They did not
have the splendid powers of discrimi-
nation that you are going to show in
taking me-"
'fOhl" said the pretty girl. you put
everything SO clearIyl please hang up
your hat again and your coat and let's
talk it aNsdKeriH
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