Show I II L When a a Man Loves I By Helen Rowland Sometimes I I wonder if we women half appreciate appreciate elate a mans man's love When we GET it I We are so so used to having them give us things and do things for us i And they ARE such great big awkward awk- awk I I jward ward blundering old dears For Instance I know a woman who owns a whole I POUND of loaf sugar ugar No she is no relative of John D. D Rockefeller or Pierpont Morgan But she is is is' isa a a. very ery pretty woman with hair hairlike like a Christmas fairy's And of course there is a perfectly c man ar ip her A. A There always IS And he has bas done everything on earth I to prove it From Irom st staying away from his club to going to church hurch for her sake And has offered her everything h hc ht ha c could uld think of from a box of candy to toa toa a wedding ring But she took it all as a a a. matter of or course i And never really appreciated the depth and sweetness of his devotion Until he brought her that SUGAR SUGAR- and told her how he got it You Tou see He couldn't buy it anywhere and he WOULDN'T steal it ft But he lives around at clubs and hotels and things And AndIs c is very very fond of ot coffea for breakfast And all aU his life before the sugar shortage h i took at least TWO lumps in every cup of coffee But since the days das came upon us he has conscientiously taken only ONE lump And the other lump he has carefully carefully care care- fully fulty camouflaged in the palm of hI his hand And when the waiter walter wasn't looking he wo would ld slip it gently gentl and gull guiltily ly down into his coat And then And then sit it there and try to look Innocent And iz In iq that way and by drinking m much c more coffee coUe jian l o. o to v drink He has managed piece by piece bit It by bit l Wrap mp by lump Jump to collect this burnt offering To place on the altar aHaI of love Jove And THAT is what I cal call the ultimate ultimate ulti ulU- mate proof of devotion devo I I And Sir Walter Valter R great coup cout d' d shrinks Into little 0 tl t just a ra- ra a a- stand play Beside it I do Because a n. man may a r chivalrous things Just for the h is effect J But when he sacrifices his p t COMFORT u J And gives up one of his pet peU pet I t for ANY woman dIt J d JIt It is purely f for r LOVES LOVE'S sake My goodness f I wish somebody loved me melik Ilk IA |