Show b B ar Who Wasa Wl r rBy By DiN I r i iS S Copyright C 11 1 by W R Hearst N CE up upOn n a time there wa waS aa a Bear sar 1 whose Wife after alter a Virtuous and O W Well U Spent Life Lite threw up her har Earthly Job 3 and aad signed a Permanent BD Ena ment ent with th toe the Angst Angel Ao el Choir At first Mr Bear wa wan greatly Afflicted for they the had bad ha boost ina mart marl 1 l n r ny II years and Mrs Rea R a strictly tl tM the Goods Good Go ds to in th the Culinary Besides it seemed Lonesome not to have anybody bod to remind him of or his faults Fa I and he be felt Neglected wh when n he went wen home Late and found no Lecture waiting up to Receive n h him I During Mrs Bears lifetime Mr Jill Bear had bad devoted to doing Turns Tuma in the Money shop he be owned and aB d had Collared all alt the Privileges of or orAge ofA Age A I I He went ju ja t i ny lId Id Itt way d and ami u used ed to sa say h thanked his bitt bl MIk r rhe he was not one of or thos thea F Fl FI 1 Dudes nudes u who ho sacr sacrificed need to Fah Fashion on o 0 ohe Ohe i he wore low Turn Turned J Down Dmn wn collars that did not Chafe hafe hi hL hi Neck e k and Broad j I soled shoes he invariably let Jet et his Winter oat coat get rusty and shed sred off oft of hint nim I before he a new Spring ng suit and he sported Jay whiskers that the w Iud ina blew through Neither elther did cUd he be care for Society and before his wife co could ild Induce him to tAke her bar out eat to any aay Place of or Amusement she had to Hypnotise hint him It wan wa sot lug aft t r Mrs Mr Bears eare death until Mr Ir Bear i br bOgi n to sit lit up Ul Uland and take Notice and his fri friends observed ved ve a great change in his Personal Ap Appearance ApI Appearance pe I He lIe biew blew himself for everything f that was Fit to wear in Togs TogI and Car Cir Carbons Carbans bons bans to beat a Torch Light procession and h he e wore a tall Collar that looked like a section ef or White Sewer Pipe Moreover lie he had also gotten a shave to the tM Skin a Tonsorial Artist had haddye dyed dye his locks Jocks a deep Piratical Black and he be moved about in his Patent Leather kicks with the Spring Gait of or a Two I p reef said ad the Owl seeing tn this that I 1 have discovered the True secret of or the Elixir of Youth and that all that a Masculine Creature Cr needs to Rejuvenate him to be left a Widower r Besides his Sartorial Triumphs Mr Bear likewise qualified a as a Giddy Bo Boy Boi all an along alone the Line He dumped his Greens Gr on Sure Things Thing that are an Running yet on OIl the Race Track and he was like Ike I Pelf Pelt from front Papa to Chorus Girls who Touched him Good and Hard before they the gave him hint the Throw Down It was also alao him hi for Society where he did sid Pedestrian W Wonders Wonder toting around Tea at afternoon Functions and sprinted after every Ra Rag R that came caine down the tho Pike PIka and looked his hill way wayBy wayBy By and by however Mr Bear ear began to grow weary of butting into so o much Glee and to feel teel that he would like to get back to BUSIneSS and Work awhile fur tor a Rest Ret t so he Picked out a Beauteous young Beares B and aDd asked ked her to be his bis Bride although they lacked about Forty years of ot Trotting in the same Class Adorable le Creature he cried be mine I am ant sure re that if it my Joy sainted Maria Marla could look down upon us you are an the very One ODe she would pick out to console me for her Loss 1088 Besides YOU yon are th Ut the only oRly female who ha ban ever un me and whom I J have ever really Loved LoYed Now the was indeed a Heart Grafter and she was WM w a 1 Wise a as she sh was Beautiful so 80 she took to l a iii good long Think over ov th matter As a general genera thing she reflected ted I do not n t care ears for Antiques Antique n nor ner r does doe my Appetite Crave warmed over Dishes Still Mr Bears Ees Pocket Packet Book Boek la is a bottled good thing it would be a Sin to Tose and an furthermore I opine that bein being an Old Mans Man s Darling is like winning on a hundred to loon toone one Shot and all that you have to do is to sit still and let Jet Money MOMY come cem to you ov on Wings Wing so she coyly consented But much to her surprise no sooner were they married than Mr Bear resumed being as Old as he had been before he wa was Widower He left off his Glad Rags and ind got back into his Old Clothes Cl and Ad Old Ruts Rut and when she mentioned going out in Society or to the Theatre he be threw a Fit about Feminine Frivolity and Restlessness More than That he began to Knock Knok her Faults Faulta and to tell her how his First Wife ViCe used to Keep House HoWIe and set a 8 Comfortable Table on Three Dol Doi lars a Week eek and how she never went WeRt to the Bargain Ba Sales Bales or Desired to have any Amusement except to sit alt and watch him R Reading t the Paper In the Evenings th In reality Mrs Bear had been beets a very Ordinary Creature with a Tongue that could conk Talk a Phonograph to a Stand Dd Still but hut Mr Bear Touted her to his Second Wife as a Paragon of Perfection on One night when he had been doing dol this h he be observed that Mr Mrs X Bear was weeping bitterly Why do you cry he asked Ate AnSi cried Mrs Mra Bear I weep for your First Wife Nobody can regret her death so much as I 1 do Moral This Fable teaches that it U d doi not ot pay to play lilay PIa one oDe Woman against another even een if one is a Dead One |