Show w WOMANS MA ODD LITTLE l WAyS WAYS v I BY TABITHA rT A A 18 S l Is the most M charming creature Imaginable il She Is pretty vivacious and sweet tempered When Shen she ap appears appears appears pears with a 11 swish and a flash dash of ot laces lacet silks and ribbons she may be said raid to shed shell perfume and light Men Ien envy en 1 lIb t and say any a what a 11 fortu fortunate fortunate fortunato nate nato man he ho In Is Mrs has haa only ani one fault tault she was wa never neer known to be e on urns or orto orto to Veep husep engagement nn en Whon When her husband Invites her to meet him down don downtown downtown It town and go to luncheon he tells her herdie nile elmS must be nt at the trysting place lac at K J 3 sharp Ills 1111 luncheon time Ume Is II really 2 o clock but he hI calculates If It he Im in Impresses presses It emphatically on his hla mind that list she clue must meet him exactly a n at 1 I 12 or do without luncheon that not Inter later than half post past ut 2 she ahe will glide Ino into the restaurant Mr had a brief brier vacation this summer He ne Improved Im roved It by b tak bk taking takIng ing lag his charming wife to Europe and back bark in III three thru weeks On shipboard MM Mrs It et wore u Ii sailor lallor suit ault that was There was U a 11 mingling of ot respect rup t In the envy eny wherewith women regarded It and even old men kowtowed to it Mr Ir told his hll hi wife that the sailing hour of ot the vessel essel was VAl 9 V A As a matter of fact tact it was wu It hZ The Tho carriage called at 10 Mrs Mr F P was wad WA not ready read The ship will Ill leave leae us Miralda said raid Oh she replied the ship chip can walt wait for u us Eleven Uy Dy U Jove Jo Ill 11 give ghe her ft a 1 scare anyhow I I lIbbet re resolved reo resolved solved to himself he be re 11 remarked remarked marked severely Im going to leave leue you OU I will not nol miss ml my vacation trip Just because you rou are not ready read He lie H jumped Into a n cab was driven to the he steamer r and took his hi post at atthe atthe the th gangplank rani to ci watch for his hll wife The lest last gong 8 the last lait per person son sou who came tame to see friends friend ort off of step stepped stepped ped pod ashore said saM to himself elt things unmentionable They began bean to towIng wIng the plunk plank off ort from the ship tore hit hi hair hall Drops Drop of per stood upon his hi forehead At that a carriage clattered clatter upon liven the dock at a furious rat rate Mrs Mr sprang out of It with A 1 graceful bound and was fAl just able to tomake tomake make the plank before the tho steamer was Will pulled out She Bhe wa was II radiant In tho the mot most fetching etching sailor costume every ry hair In curl her cheeks loom In lag InK She Bhe was such a fair tall Ision that everybody turned to look at her Pub bety bet hardly knew whether to kiss hiss kl or kill her herI I told you Ou there was Will plenty lenty of time ahe ho said She Bhe had waited three hours houra and risked eIl being left behind to have han that costume cORtume finished hed Mrs had a friend Miss Promptly a reu Mrs Mr tra promised to meet Misa lIaa Promptly at the tIme trolley station whence the two to would proceed together to eth ether er to coil call on a mutual friend MIss MI e Promptly waited lIed an hour then went wenton wenton wenton on alone the he found Mrs All sweet tempered and smiling as All al 41 always 1 4 ways way just Ju t entering the ladys house hou e having hang come from tram another direction I thought you ou would know linow I 1 4 be there when I right to tho the minute she said No argument argument ment mont could convince her she had done anything wrong and now no MM Miss Iu Promptly coldly nods nodi when they meet Mrs 1111 feels Injured It If a n lady tells you OU she will meet you youat youat youat at 3 dont look for tot her till halt half past palt at the least If Jt she sho Ih Is III an hour late she he generally smiles and says la Oh two or three minutes dont matter alter ni It If the she he has a business engagement enra ement on OD Monday she ehe cannot understand why wh TuesdAY or even Wednesday will wilt not dons do nl ma well Women ar are certainly lovely No Nobody o 0 body hody will iIi deny that nut Hut except t and a n few theu women omen have ha no sense of ot time or of the n D of ot keeping engagements engagement Procrastination Is I th the thief of time to tobo tobo tobe bo be sure ure but It Is always alas the prompt people who bo are robbed and they are men rather than women |