Show I r RAGGEDY ANN GEDY ANDY i John Johnny Grot Orzlee I LETTER FROM SALLY ATHERTON TO BEATRICE GRIMSHAW Dear Bee You will say I 1 never write to you you unless I 1 have something to tell teU you that Is not particularly pleasant a problem which I L do not trust my moral stamina to work out Sometimes dear I 1 have wondered red why you cling to mo ma Women as a arule arule rule don't dont g t cu like me me In fact ter I t think n I LesUe Leslie never cared particularly fer for forme me tue she only tolerated m mi because of ot you I 1 guess Im I'm too In independent to fit tit Into those conventions which women make for themselves Sam says that my moral standards are those of a man Then of course I 1 ask him why shouldn't they me tue and tell him hint himI hintI I 1 am human After Atter that the tho fight ison ison is ison on again I 1 wonder if It It Is true Bee Dee that marriage marriage marriage mar mar- Is a cure for love You know all those old lovers Goethe hems and the rest rest even even old Dr Johnson who always seemed to meto be a perfect perfect per per- feet old pig of ot a man man declared declared that marriage was of ot all things the greatest greatest greatest great great- est cure for love I 1 have begun to think so You know I 1 was desperately In love with Sam when we worked together In the office and we were both poor Our combined salaries hardly sufficed to make us a home That is another fallacy Bee that has gained undeserved credence Two cannot live as cheaply as one It t costs two people who are married more than twice e as much as that for which one person could live alone You always want to buy things for a permanent i home You are always trying to add this and that to your home You are never satisfied after marriage with a hall bedroom and cafeteria food There are so many t lIngs to keep leep up after you are marled mar mar- led Bee when a man uan looks so ful Bee when he slops around in his stocking feet unshaven and collarless on Sunday morning Oh I know It Is Js comfortable and I 1 Idon don dont don't t blame him for wanting to do It H. I 1 now know just exactly how I look in iii my disreputable kimono and bare feet Bee ee You know I 1 adore adora to go bare bare- are are- foci my hair straggling about my face There Is a kind of ot letdown andret and andr r rPt t t to your mind In all this Consequently I 1 do not think that any two people should live together I In n such familiar famIliar salI shall I call It it Inde Indecency as do most married people 1 I expect that is why all those It I smug e editors of the women's magaz magazines es In Insist In- In slat upon telling n a woman that under i 5 any my circumstances sh she must look ook nice and street greet her husband with witha a a. smile When you add Bee this most onerous duty to trying t to get his lordships lordship's breakfast and serving I It t daintily you know all the women women's s pages insist n u upon that l on a gray ll morning n when h n nu you would give I e almost l your very reputation to have a few minutes more sleep before you must I get up and make ready for the theoffice office It t is tO top hard work I believe that no 1 I love ove under heaven could stand up ito under under un un- un- un unI der del it It-at It at least mine has not Sounds terrible doesn't It Bee But Butt It t is true nevertheless Ive I've tried It and I 1 know When Sam was blind he couldn't see all aU the disorder of ot my toilet tonet and my toy pity for him made me very lenient len len- lent ent when he looked unkempt But n lies les' now I If k know I am that not I 1 tt the gave V pink I him i perfection the willies wll wil while he arrogates to himself the privilege of looking like a tramp about the ha house Ill I'll finish this letter later hater Bee Copyright 1924 NEA Service Ino mo Continued tomorrow to o snipping nipping them off with the tle scissors scissors eels eels- sors but once they are bro brought to he the proper length and shape It takes akes only a moment with the file each day to ke keep p them them- so Never press back the cuticle or og scrape beneath beneath beneath be be- neath the nails nalls with any harshness A A. metal instrument should never be used Orange wood sticks sUcks are for that purpose and the very softest wood is best Use no acid cuticle remover on your nails nalls try to offset the effects of ot water by keeping the nails nans creamed In proportion to the I I use of ot water You are very welcome |