Show HER WIFELY SOLICITUDE j A Burning Question In the Event of War Washington Star John she said to him in an appealing tone just when he was getting a beeline on the bed preparatory to turning out the light wouldnt off the other night you go Ito I-to any cruel cruel war and leave meal me-al alone would you Course I would Elvira he replied I fervently if a bit brutally What kind I of a thing with a big T do you think your husband is anyhow Fellows got to be either a man or a mouse in this world Would I go Well I guess yesAnd get yellow fever and the black plague and berlberi John and all the rest of those horrid things And maybe I may-be get cut up by one of those awful machetes too Well Ill tell you what Vira said I he in a confidential tone I dont believe be-lieve Id be able to stand more than two dozen doses of the yellow jack and I the black plague and what you call berlberi ifi had em all at one and the same time and If I did happen to get em all at the same time that way 1 dont spose It would take moren a hundred machetes to wind me up Why John how you talk Aint you afraid to think of it all Afraid nothing said John valiantly antly He was just about to trapse across the borderland of sleep when she gave I him a little jab and said John Huh I only want to know out of curiosity I curios-ity of course but would your life insurance I in-surance policy be any good I you went to war I This explains why Elvira hears so I much talk about blamed mercenary i women around the house nowadays |