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Show Clinging Vine Strangles . Love By WT .TFItXD UAMTKm. OOOLltT. (Copyright. IMS. Now Tork Cvanlag . W orld, Preae Publishing Co. ' lant Barker's wife a awaot, cud. dly little thing; a regular clinging vlneT" remarked Lake, tha bachelor. "Ctlngiag'a tha word." replied Smith. "I suppose you Juat alia of anvy wlthlag.you warn tad sturdy oak I" - "Wall. It does sort .of appeal ta ones mala vanity, you know, to fool that a girl la depending aa your Strength?' "Do you happen to know botany f 1 ."Not eapoclally; why?" "Only thot tha affect In nature, of a clinging vine. U to kll tha oakr ( "Tou don't aayf" ."Tea. tha dear little tendrils got a stranghold and cm eh tha virility out of the nlco big tree, and aoma day It d lea of dry rot." VelL of course you don't carry tha simile to tha human family,' you eld cynic T" "Do you know what Barker need ta be, and what ha Is now No, I) thought not. Well-he waa a rora- lalng bridge engfneer. , When ba' left the university folks predicted great things of him. Than ha me.r-1 Lrted the dependent little doll, and she has systematically strangled every ambition, and prevented a very promotion of hla lifal - His work' la a man's job, which ought to take him Into the wild country and the rr West, but wlfle won't butga from tha met rope l tan delights, and so, he Is anchored here. In a form of work acarcely above the eierioaL Of course, aha ta varv ava ti cuddly about It each time that opportunity op-portunity knocks at his door. I've heard her throw the bluff about Its being Juat as he decided but ha ta throttled by a mean of silken threada. and blinded by a inlet ef tears, and aha clings to him Ilka tha lorelcl whoes white arms and golden gol-den tresses pull the sailor dowa Into the bottom of the eea!" "Well, eurelyAnle caaa is aa sr caption?" - 1 Not on your life! There's Lar klns. whose wife 'dspsads' on him so that she hasn't a resource la tha world. When ho comes home at night, longing to work en . architectural archi-tectural designs that may gain hint a prise lw a competitive offer, she cast herself on him, and begs to he taken to tha moviea,rand If he ob Jeti there la a scene, and ens waits that aha haa no one In the world but him,' and haa been' 'ao ,onesome all day without him: His career haa goaa to amaah, and h is broken hearted and Im bit tared drudge. "Don't forget Janktng and hla champion 'cling sr. while we're oa the subject of the rrsil e re marked a. quiet maa at the Beat dcak. "Yea poor Jenklaa got ona of tha world s beat little dingers, and he, too. ta tied to the big city for lire. Her specialty Is depending on everybody, every-body, not on hubby slone! She just won't leave dear mamma and papa and so Jenklne haa refueed at least three wonderful off era tn various towns, when would have spelled sucoes and developed hra greatly, eucceea and developed him greatly. His In-laws live with him. end pet her. She wsa a spoiled darling at homs. snd she has annexed another cak, ae that her tlay tendrlla wind -around sad about several sturdy trees, all of which are unmistakably unmistak-ably showing signs of decay I" T take U that yon go la for strongmlnded women" slyly goer-led goer-led the eeohelor. Te like yewr whlaky strong aad your womea wlld? . k "Well, t hold no brief for t ta masterful or domineering female, and I appreciate charm and ram Inlne tact and eweetneea aa wall as any ma if but If girls begia to east aheeps eyes at me, and gess up saul- , fully, ijid-aurmur. 'How strong and manly you are: you frighten poor little me.' I give 'em the air. you can hot! "Time was whaa ths majority of men deal red frail, helpless wtvee today It Is the minority: and even thev dowt kaow the viae la pole in tvyr , , . , . i . i1l |