Show it has bas been a matter of wonder with me for some why do young women time that young women are laugh so easily easily moved to and to hysterics by the some by H 0 WILLIAMS yankton S SD D feeble witticisms of the average young man very lately a concrete case came under my observation I 1 frequent the society of young women very little but the other eve sing ming a friend of mine persuaded me to offer myself up as the sacrificial complement of a party of four he provided the time the place and the ithe girls during the course of the evening he continually unloosed unlooked un loosed a stream of asinine and obvious puns at which the young woman he accompanied shook with uncontrollable laughter on recovering from these sustained attacks if I 1 had not caught the scintillating remark she would lean over and repeat it for my especial benefit at first I 1 greeted these repetitions with a look of pained surprise ep but ut as the evening wore away I 1 steeled myself and at lier her later retailing retail ret ailin inga 99 lot lof the hilariously funny observations I 1 mustered up a respectable amount of appreciation I 1 laughed I 1 I 1 bave always considered it an unmanly thing to construct jokes in the presence pre of women having ha ving an idea that they feel bound to laugh out of politeness and that itis cruel and unnatural to ask them to make the sacrifice on the evening I 1 speak of I 1 violated my principles and allowed my avit wit to gambol with the result that she laughed at most of my jests some were either cither too deep or not funny at all sharp twinges of remorse have ilick racked ed me ever since for my conduct yet why do they laugh against the young lady in this particular instance I 1 would be extremely reluctant to make any complaint whatsoever for in addition to being a charming dancer and also wonderfully easy to look at she has a rosebud mouth I 1 simply ask to know |