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Show A CERTAIN METHOD. "Say, I want your advice," said the man to the woman old enough to be his mother. "You know I'm thinking of asking a certain young woman to marry me maybe you didn't know It, but I am. Although I think a great deal of hor, In some ways I don't know her at all. She's always nice and sweet to me, but sometimes I've felt that she put on her company manners when I'm around. Now do you suppose if I talked with her mother I could find out more about her real disposition?" "No, sir," said the woman. "If you want to know the true nature of your divinity Just consult the butcher or the grocer who takes and delivers orders at her house. I don't mean thc head of the firm, but the poor clerk who does the order work. Somehow women get Into the habit of thinking that the man who appears at the back door every morning morn-ing Is one of the family, and they dress and act accordingly. Tho girl who appears ap-pears In the pnrlor In a natty waist and trim skirt will slouch out Into the kitchen kitch-en and appear to the butcher's boy In a spotted klmona and a skirt that hangs every which way. She'll scold her mother moth-er or sister before him', she'll talk over private affairs before him yes, she may even talk over her love affairs and she'll call him down for not bringing what was ordered In a manner which you would not consider ladylike. "I don't mean to sny that your particular par-ticular girl would do all those things, but that these are the things which women wo-men nllow themselves to do when the order mnn Is In the kitchen. I know one woman who always met the vegetable vege-table man with her hair streaming down her back. He used to come Just as sho was dressing, and she never stopped to arrange her hair before she saw him. Another woman acquaintance of mine' thinks nothing of tripping down to give her meat order before she puts on her dress skirt. To be sure, she wrnps herself her-self In a short klmona and her petticoats petti-coats are always things of beauty, but she Is not Just the sort of woman I would want to marry. "Anomcr ining. rnesc lenows who come Into tho kitchen every morning aro very observant, and they can give you some Idea of the disposition of thc womon they sec dally. They will tell you that one woman is too familiar with her cook and that another Is too unreasonable un-reasonable with thc second girl. They will point out that a woman Is fnr from neat, because sho Is not careful about her utensils when she cooks. They know when the young woman of the family comes dawdling Into breakfast late every morning and they promptly put her down as lazy. They notice how this same young woman does her little tasks In the kitchen, and havo a decided opinion as to whether she Is a good housekeeper or not They tell by her manner of saying good morning to them whether she Is alert, brave and woman ly, or whether she Is slouchy, whining and fussy. "So be advised by me, and If you want to know just what sort of n girl your sweetheart Is get acquainted with tho grocer's or butcher's clerk who takes orders at her house." New York Times. |