Show THE SAYINGS OF MRS SOLOMON Verily verily v my Daughter this is a world of ot compromises And a a.- little philosophy Is a wonderful wonderful wonderful won won- f r thing Now behold upon a night in June I had a beautiful dream Lo I dreamed that I dwelt In marble halls which halls which is to say that in my visions I had found an APARTMENT of seven rooms and TWO VO baths upon I Ithe the TOP floor And it had white paint and open fire fire- I 3 places s and southern exposure and I looked out upon a garden of roses And the price thereof was FORTY I DOLLARS i 1 And when I AWOKE I 1 departed In InI search of the vision of my dreams dreams for formy formy formy my faith was nas as strong within me I Yet alas after many weeks of violent vio violent vio- vio lent l nt and Intensive seeking yea seeking yea after I much climbing of stairs and much trotting of streets and the spending of much cab fare I was still without a ahome home tome For lo 10 I found places Yh which h ad advertised advertised advertised ad- ad hall service but the hall hall- boy whereof remained secreted in the cellar or hidden behind the stairs And likewise places which advertised advertised advertised adver adver- delightful outlook but out the windows windows windows windows' win win- dows dows' whereof ot opened onto onto a beautiful car track or a gay and and festive beer garden And places which offered artistic at- at but whereof the only at atmosphere atmosphere atmosphere at- at was the fragrant and the fruit of Bermuda And It c came came me to pass that in the end my heart fell within me and I Joyfully accepted an apartment of FOUR rooms and ONE bath bath and and tho price thereof was SEVENTY r TV r- r RS Then I said in my cart He rt Oh what's what 0 the use For verily vertly verily how like is a woman that the house of her hOer dreams unto a damsel that the HUSBAND of her dreams a For Fori or in the visions of her girlhood days EVERY damsel seeth the Ideal Husband for whom she even even an Adonis in a khaki uniform who posses seth the medals of an aviator the manners of John Drew the profile of ot a movie actor the tenderness of a aRobert aRobert Robert Chambers hero the figure of a amounted amounted amounted mounted policeman the brilliancy of General Joffre three motor cars and a ahouse ahouse ahouse house on Riverside Drive Yet after many years of her squab squab- hood have been spent In the search for such sueh an one she peradventure peradventure peradventure venture a shipping clerk in a Palm Beach suit possessing an incipient bald hald spot a tendency to plumpness a flat flatin in Yonkers and a salary of sixty-five sixty shekels a month month and and Is perfectly con con- tented Ye Yea she the Is is glad to GET him Verily verily this is a world of compromises com corn promises And a little is a wonderful wonder wonder- ful thing Selah |