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Show THE BEE Oil A Good Tiling. oil, I sot theyve hoon hav- - ing thoir regular annual scan- dal, drawled tho Weak-Minde- d 9 For what pnrii supnosu tlui r lovilih prorod- o DID throw theynung wnincn 4C)h, to keep too foxes n t of into hyMeries.what conclusion tho lien roost," Tin Weak- do you draw? Middl'd Man rrspondrd, with a Well" and ho lost cautious- - ronlidont nonchalance that amazvd himself. A woman who requires Midi protection." sho began. soulotii. tiously Western Coeducation moved Hut ho interrupted her lie tho behind those lie rampart " LTuivers!li s.' ho added, quirk- of a high-badnow was and chair. Well, feeling his oats lie saw the need of giving a my dear," In began, conciliat didnt care what happened. " serious import to his gossipy i nirly, you will admit Yes; I know you are "nine c comment. admit nothin;, "No, .sir: You stated in to denounce ro- And? the Strong-MindeWoman remarked, with discour- education. " aging iutlectimi. he; pardon; I started in This one took place in the only to denounce the invasion of h drooms, the shock of maidenly State University, Weak-nded Man went on, unsophisticaton, the theft of un- tin 1 d 1 that particular inllec- t ion having surrendered its ter- rors to familiar. ty; it was a a very hot alTair, to judge from this newspaper account." And?" the Strong-MindeWoman repented, with an acer- hity that promised trouble. d der garments. Yes, hut you were leading up to co education. You know you were. "Only because the facts in the case hd up to it. They dragged me along, my dear: draped me" And, now that theyve got Why. some of tin male dents broke into the bedrooms of you there?" I tin female students. They sent dont mind saying"- - he was the young women scurry in; into tremendously worked up now has its disad- closets, under the beds, behind that " bookcases- vantages. Yes, madam, its dis- And?" his wife interrupted, advantages," he repeated, seeing Well, hy .Jiminy! they took that nothing happened upon his the linen off tho bods, selected first daring utterance of the . various articles of feminine at- - word. On tin contrary," the Strong- tire- things worn underneath. you know took em away for Minded Woman retorted, decis- ively, as if to end a trophies." it it a good thing." And?" his companion obser- discussing You bet its a good thing," ved, barely raising her eyes from inhe burst out, without thinking ; tho vellum on which she was the softest kind of a thing. I scribing a Memorial to the Widows and Spinsters of New Eng- was educated in one of 'em." And I suppose you hold it land, protesting against the ad- mittance to Congress of the Mor- - responsible for your failure in And? she life your ruin?" mon, Roberts. stu- - co-educati- - one-side- urged. man resum- The Weak-Mindeod his newspaper in quest of fur- ther details of the affair under discussion. Well, the young women got hysterics, and their parents have taken steps to secure revenge and the the -- the return of the girls' underclothes." And?" This time the word was fairly shouted. Man recoil- The ed before the momentum of. the conjunction. Recovering him- -self, he hurled back, with a desperation born of long suffering And and and? Well, and what? Precisely and what?" his That's just wife returned. what Im asking you. Suppose those young men did break into their female colleagues bed- rooms; suppose they did abstract the sheets and pillowcases; sup- pose they did carry away eer- tain articles of intimate attire that you nor any other decent man ought to know anything about and I'd like to know, sir, where you got your information! d Weak-Minde- d : d The girl students never broke into my bedroom nor stole That isnt my underclothes. strikes." where Woman The strong-mindesuspected the drift of the argu- ment. She tried to start a new lead. The doors of the girls dormitories out there in that Wisconsin University should have had bolts strong enough to withstand the attack. she said. Doubtless. That ought to be insti- the rule in all tut ions. Every precaution should be taken against. such an invasion as those young women were subjected to. The doors should be bolted and barred with diilled steel, and fitted with No. co-educati- d n time-locks.- " ' that every young addition, woman who goes to a tion University should be con- stantly attended by some male co-educ- armed with knuckles or a shot gun." relative a- brass Woman calculated to crush tin Minded Man. This time tnnishod her hy chiming even lifting the tune Strong-Minde- d always Weak- ho - as- - in, and a note liiglitM. They are even worst than vile; they are they arts viru-ly- . lent!" lie exclaimed, looking about for the word. -- ay that a woman who re quires all that safe guarding isn't to And?" Unlit nates, event in worth savin;. Hut dont youth, for the sweet, tender agree with you, he snapped, sprays of femiauiity that one or- a-s- o 1 addin; svetly lie my dear," as casionally encounters at noted the color rising inio Man her ear. The always pulled in his horns when lie saw Ids wife's cars rrow red. You dont a;: roe with me, in- deed!" The tone retlected the Well let mo loll you, red ears. I sir, that passed four years in a University, and no one ever thought it necessary to put chilled steel lock's on my Weak-Minde- d a education Cniyersity. And?" She was evidently joying his frank denunciation of his own sex.- She expected him to go further, No woman should he sent to one of ther.o coedueaation schools - " What!" she corrected, hor- rilled. I mean I be; doors." .. pardon -- no woman should be "The angds, proverbially, admitted there unless sho is as guard tin ir own," he said, look- - ugly as mud or well past the age of discretion." ing into space. Hut suppose, as is frequently And repeat," sle went on, that the woman oi girl that tin case in some communities, " that circumstances oiler no other needs such elaborate care May be the most adorable means of educating a daughter?" and desirable of creatures," he Then, hy .Jiminy! shed bet- Tho mere fact that ter go uneducated." persisted. woman was she is worth having prompts pursuit, piques ingennuity, spurs- unwilling to accept tin alter daring and and stilles con- native, Then is nothing in the cur- science. Thats what it does, stilles conscience," ho repeated riculuni," sbo said, that justi- ties this extreme view." pensively. Tho conscience of a tru, No, its the thing outside the pure woman," she droned, is curriculum. There's nothing in the curriculum of a comic opera never stilled." " Perhaps not, but it may bo chorus lulled now and then just lulled. Why, how dare you! she in- What possible conThere was a good many cases of terrupted. it in the University nection, in act, fact or thought,can there be between a comicthat I attended." Cases of what ? opera chorus and a Of lulled conscience. University'?" it Noneat all, none at all," the males who was the Well, Man admitted; did the lulling. Ill stake my " life on it. only I was thinking Indeed! You were thinking?" Yes, and Ill take half the Piaidly she was at the end of her bet," he assented, promptly. It has been so from the he- tether. .In such extremity her ginning of time." she hurried on, irony always took that form, I was Yes," he retorted, pushing the advantage. Invariably," he granted, thinking that if I had a young excepting in that Carden of daughter, and she was vacillat- -Eden mixup I'm not palliating ing between a course of instructhe offense of my brother repro- - lion in the Casino chorus and a I should Untversity, bates, out in that Wisconsin " University, who stole the girls advise her Well?" underclothes. I onl. argue for To jump into the river." the protection of the under- co-educatio- n co-educati- 1 Tin-Strong-minde- d co-educati- Is that all, you wicked, evil- minded man, who judges all clothes and the girls." people by his own vicious nature Is that all ? No; I would recommend, in riioy would uood uouo if twore not that all nun arovilo.' With that generalization the n Weak-Minde- co-educati- d |