Evening star., 1927-11-14
SUB ROSA
ny MIMI.
BY MIMI.
The Right Moment.

Comic strips and funny papers for
years have depicted the quarrels re-
sulting from the fact that no husband
IL willing to be sentimental over the
breakfast table.
This sort Of early-morning scene has
amused thousands of people, ana
formed a basis for at least 25 per cent
of vaudeville jokes. yet every day
there's another sad case recorded or
a dreadful quarrel because the lady in
the picture didn't choose the right
moment to throw bit Of sentiment.
1t sounds funny enough on paper
but it doesn't look very funny to the
young damsel who starts all the trou'
BILE.
She comes to me weeping because
her romance is shattered, and her
heart is bleeding over the cruel in
difference of the hero of the piece.
"If he really loved me-" is the eter-
nal cry, "he'd always be glad to tell
me so. He'd never turn away from
me. He'd be happy to make love TO
me anytime"
That's a. woman's idea, because
woman Is always perfectly ready to
play Juliet to a sufficiently ardent
Romeo. She will leave off washing
the dishes to indulge in a tender love
scene. She adores being made love
to, and she isn't at all fussy about the
hour of day selected for the occasion.
But a man hasn't the same ideas
at all. He loathes mixing things.
When his mind is sternly set on busi-
ness or breakfast or mending car,
he doesn't want the darling Of his
heart to come edging around, plead
ing with him for few loving words.
II he's angry at the taxi-driver who's
taken him to the wrong destination,
it's not up to his gal friend to entwine
her graceful white arms around his
neck and whisper sweet things to him.
Indeed, it's fatal.
AS long as he's angry and deter
mined about the taxi driver business,
he's not likely to pay the slightest at.
tention to his sweetheart, and the
sooner she gets this idea firmly stuck
in her fluffy little head, the better for
her.
Irene and Phil had their first fight
because Irene is one Of those women
who want to be the center of the mans
world, all the time.
Phil Is in the real estate business,
and the other day, just as he and
Irene were starting out for drive.
some prospective buyers Of large
home showed up at his Office
Naturally he took them right out
to the place, adjuring Irene to be a
good girl and sit in the back seat and
not talk too much.
On the way out, he shot the usual
sales talk, devoting his entire time
and attention to the business of i'm
pressing the customers.
The prospective buyer asked many
questions and Phil answered him in an
abrupt, busnesslike way, that star
in any but a careless, happy y-go-lucky
mood.
Arriving at the house for sale, the
party got out, and walked up the long
drive, Phil pouring statistics into his
clients ear, and Irene trotting along,
trying to hear everything he was say
ing.
Phil" she whispered when she got
near him, 1--WE never heard you talk
like that. You don't seem to be the
same person at ALL"
He ignored her-actually ignored
her. Just flung her hasty glance of
dlsapproval and went on with the
tireSome old customer.
, AiSho uuSHeu, DlL ner lip, turned on
her heel and went back to the car.
She was furious. Doesn't a girl like
that make you want to scream?
But she's one of a thousand who
don't know when to pull their love
scenes.
She really wanted Phil to stop his
sales talk, and turn his entire atten-
ton to the personal problem she
Wlsn61 TO discuss with him. @
Any girl who doesn't learn to STAY
out Of the picture entirely at certain
times Is not ready to get married.
She hasn't learned one Of the most
important lessons self -centered young
woman must study before she can
achieve marriage without a quarrel
every morning.
(Copyright. 1927
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