| Show I Fables o of Everyday F Folks olk THE REAL THING NCE upon a time there was a married married mar mar- O ONCE ried man When you use th the term married man Immediate Immediato visions of ot responsibility and honest hones straight steady to the stone stone conclusions lons that go o with th the married man roan flit tilt through your our mind This man was no exception He Hc married married mar mar- ried very ven much ns as a matter of at course He thought thour-ht he needed a a. fireside companion companion com com- panion to la keep cp up tho dignity of or a ahome ahome home and In short be bo a general party part of at tho the second part as was Intended In inthe 1 tho the beginning now and ever shall b bo be world orld without end Ho lIo looked around him and saw someone someone someone some some- one that he thought though t would mako make him hima a good wife whatever that Is s I Iwas It was a plain EVERYDAY proposition Ho He was to get tho the bread and water an and andall all that goes with It while sho she was to be queen of or the kitchen and antl general genera utility lady In the rooms called home home- sweet Of Ot course courso Cupid peeped In on th the tho Will you OU ho bo m my wife scone scene But not big after atter life liCe a assumed a a. continuous ous groove g as it does in man many man many cases One day dRY the man went to the hornof home horn of ot a friend on business The friend was detained a little and the tho wife wiCe chatted with him hint until her husband returned Now Nou ow this woman belonged to tho the new now womans woman's era movement and had learned a smattering smattering- of ot things thing that go in the world at large Jars So she touched upon this Idea nn and that until the tho man MARVELED at ho her hor fund of or KNOWLEDGE and DELIGHTED DELIGHT DELIGHT- ED El In her easy expression of at things thing which he ho did not dream women were Interested In or knew anything anything- about What hat a n. bright ht woman he thought How he ENVIED the other man What Wha a a. COMFORT CO It would be bo to bo be In CONSTANT CONSTANT CONSTANT CON CON- STANT company of at such a 0 companion After the hu business was over the wife came In and antl Joined In tho the general talk On his wn way home homo he ho reflected Ho He wondered If It It wasn't a MISTAKE to marr marry a woman who did not know things Tho The next day he ho reflected more moro And so for tor several days to come until lie ho began to pity himself every time he thought of at the tho luck lucky man man his his friend Now It came camo to pass that tho man and his wife were being entertained in a largo large company of ot THINKING people peo peo- pic D By a usual circumstance they were separated In the tho party part But the husband husband hus hus- band accidentally found himself near nea his wife who was talking to an old ok diplomat He lie could not bellevo his oars ears earsl She Sho was teas talking on subjects and displayed a n complete knowledge of things o or of which ho had never dreamed she was CAPABLE Hc lie was surprised to find that In the everyday when ho was not about sho she had not been lacking in looking up the life lite about her hor end and had absorbed man many things thing's In HER TIER studious quiet way that tha he had not thought ht she possessed because bo bo- bo cause ho hp had never assumed that she sho was waR capable of ot an any more mote than being the aforesaid wife he hc had looked bolted for Cor MORAL tORAL IN LOOKING OVER TIlE THE REAL THING DONT DON'T OVERLOOK WHAT IS AT YOUR DOOR |
