Salt Lake Telegram | 1915-11-18 | Page 8 | Sayings of Mrs. Solomon

SA OF MR MRS 9 j. j SOLOMON By HELEN ROWLAND Copyright 1915 by the Press Pub Pub- Co The he New NewYork York Evening World How long oh my daughter wilt th thou u continue to delight in thy cleverness clev clev- erness erness and to tos to's say 3 of of a pan man panI man I am wise to him For behold In my roy youth I. I too was puffed putted up with vanity of wit and much conceit concerning my rpY wisdom wis- wis dom but now that I am ant a 3 a Married Woman I am filled with humility Lo I awaited my beloved far into the evening while the roast grew cold and antI the cook grew warm but lut when I 1 admonished him saying Alas thou art artan an whole hour late and the dinner cUnner is ruined guined and answered answered an Ho reproved me gently softly saying Nay nay little one thou one thou art filled with hallucinations and thy clocks are all wrong For I am never more than ten minutes late Behold I kissed by beloved belove and his breath was sweet s with cloves and andI I aromatic with mint arid and with joy- joy water I But when I accused him he smote I Ime me with scorn and reproach saying Aha who is this that thELt I herself a little 1 Verily thou art filled with false suspicions For cannot a man eat cloves even even as asI as asI I because I them 1 11 I 1 laid my head upon by beloved's shoulder and it was fragrant with eau cau de violette and white with poudre de riz But when I wept he mocked me with laughter saying Go to thou Alas thine thino imagination Is more off oft color than thana a cubists For the things which thou seest are not the there e. e I called my beloved at sunrise crying crying cry cry- ing Awake awake For the coffee and thou hast bidden me to summon thee at the hour of 7 1 But my beloved turned from me and berated me saying Nay nay thou art wrong In the ears earsl For 7 1 is an ungodly hour therefore I must have hove said 8 S Verily verily if my beloved speak- speak eth the truth I am indeed a doodle doodle- I 1 4 wit for I am blind and deaf leaf and I I hard of understanding understanding- Yea I am non compos mentis and my name s should uld be the Slow Head had Yet am I comforted and of good cheer chee For or lo 10 if an husband had his his' w way wayno y no rio wife wire would be credited with ali aliher all her faculties I Therefore Then I charge thee oh thou married woman put thy faith in thy beloved and if thou dw dwell ll happily in the house o of matrimony I believe him utterly utterlY even even when thou know st that he is prevaricating For that which may be a lie when told to a man Is only diplomacy when n told to a woman And it is better to be a and live happily than to be a cynic and live alone Selah