Show 3 AT HOME JANun 9 II 1901 i The Thc world Is a and gives lack Imek to man tho thorell rell of ot his hla own face Frown nt n t It and It will turn and noli look I sourly upon you Laugh nt lit It and with It and It U Iii a n Jolly kind companion LEAP YEAR YEARA A hero the Bachelor Molds throughout the land will have to Blond In line Hue with hunched shoulders braced for the Ilund una 5 that will at them In ways way upon the suppose 1 occasion of or the gates lItes of privilege being opened d to 10 them litem In matters of courtship matrimony There will be the car cartoon lion float floating t toon with It spinster ing disconsolately In her little of ot disappointment amidst a s of pickled hopes and red of chagrin clutching desperately nt at this thrown to her In the shape of oC the and splashing frantically to 10 towards wards u II remote shore of matrimony with perpetually of ot pence peace blooming of ot pink bliss contentment there will willbe willbe be poetry parody and paragraph nil all depleting Jocosely the morose frame of mind of tho Bachelor Maid concerning her forlorn condition her ting avidity In pouncing upon uc tic of latitude to personal effort In matrimonial directions Then wh hlll n this periodic flood freshet of or hum humorous orous hyperbole Is III over oyer tho world will fettle down again to nursing Its archaic quips quip for tho m time and wilt will chuckle In Its 19 big sleeve nt the It has lias let loose on the of unfortunates ates under tho high water mark of It Its tide For l orbo boast ns It may of ot Its III Increasing ing InA trend of respect admira admiration tion for the Bachelor Maid walking serenely h her r Independent paths of or per personal 11 r Ideal working out her own practical lines voluntarily chosen and upon deep In the heart of tha tho multitude Is II snuggled a 1 little dark lantern of preJudice a steady flame of or at nt her Inde Independent pendent 1 and this sputters perennially Iler sparks of or Ind ridicule her hor uny wn In III nn Incendiary effort to mako what lit little little tle foothold she he po ns warm ns n possible to her hH tread Ant And bless you not nol the sterner MX alone that keeps alive nil va this lent little glim Women t 1 a seldom forego a II little flirt nf of fuel tuel to feed the Ih flame la I there thel not lIot oftentimes it II nubile something lurking In the Ihu attitude of tho lite average matron and even the engaged Sir Irl which seems to nay a Poor 1001 thing Of course cOline envying mo horribly Would have angled aniell for tor George If hed encouraged 11 her gob gobbled bled hied him up Ilko Ilk hot bread If It hed looked at her lucky George to have hlo escaped elwed e her and got me and c I on ad And the Ihl men Mercy on None of ot them HO 81 darkly weighted with Ineligible traits or circum who doe not In III th tho under underground ground cells of hili heart henri cherish it n smug conviction he ht la III the he t perret hero perforce for tol I of this tho Bachelor Maids aspirations Il mid machinations a never 11 vcr or f Jf G 1 h tf IJ quenchable illusion follows him up from early youth to the senile of at doddering old age There Is a pertinent Illustration of this masculine ma mania In III a recent num number number ber of or Smart Set where says to Miss Smith Theres I of ot the nl he h No tin nn Ier Miss Smith one of the Thinks I It e And there IH III a vast army nf or and Incredibly Incapable volunteer who by b the tho Until Hath I clor Maids rules of measurement per II r Imps hAPS would be flouted from the tho ranks rIm lIs of her true Company of ot 1 nt u 1 single Ingle glance But Dut you OU could never convince his hili kind of or this truth with rut a 11 real i heavy herY Howitzers stinging of or none might pierce the tough epidermis of or his conceit You will know him by liy bythe tile the mug little smirk that shown Itself fitfully and unconsciously on his highly reflective cheek nt any chance or un unconscious conscious act acl of at frank comradeship on the part of tho II M Such h hlo to lo his distorted vision IB III hut but the In Insidious advance his bachelor any nn other hood he Ill may ilia be he Illusory III 0 to him an nR n whiff of or gossamer the thought that remote ns nil the lust last Mar In might bo he bin chances were his own t effort to bring to her h r feet delectable slices of the thc worlds kingdoms to lay lo ns os baits to matrimonial tic tiel Tut Fables for tor robes labes The Bachelor Maid fald Inhabit her realm of or comparative freedom and from personal choice Hoot Amusing mu as a II tale tAIl quite as os fabulous There Is the legend of the add nelll grapes you oU know BO so on ad nd So he nurses his smug con smile passes his head h poised In self of conceit while the Iha Bachelor Maid KOCS 1018 on her way wa with an appreciative eye cre for the tho smirk you may Inny bo I sure sur and an and lIll wondering one for the sparks from the dark little glim of outworn tradition lion tion buzzing along her way And as nil she glances lit the colors of or minuet IHlI et or dawn tinting In hues the sky und mountain I beyond the heads of oC the I might there not Qt be bean bean an unconscious thrill of Joy at her heart that there la Is In their tints no un underlying suggestion lIu He of the cloud shad haunting her homeward that might have awaited them had tha th dream of the WIllI been true and 1111 he had been beell masterfully In III Into those tho e which It U Is seemingly fatuous conviction con contain tain no traps trull save for tor hs Ills own feet reet year Is It really then theil con considering on tho number of marks that might apply to the eligibility of tho the Imaginative lines thrown Into Inlo tho drawing of the matrimonial land as to Its peace palms pink etc quite up to the Bachelor Maid to leap Someone Bay sar I |