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Show JAN PLACED ON FIRST WIVES thort pl.rl Hates the Subject After Her Experiences. "Nothing makes me feel quite bo illly," said tho short girl, "as to bo old by somo man thnt 1 look like his Irs't wlfo. I novor know what to any. in tho first occasion of that kind I isked If the dear departed was good- qoklng. "'No,' said tho man candidly, 'she yusn't, but sho was a good cook. Sho ould mash potatoes bettor than any-lody any-lody I over -w,' "Tho next time I tried tho sympa-hctlo sympa-hctlo racket. 'It is too bad you lost ier,' I sighed. " 'Oh, sold ho, 'you neodn't tako It so tard. I don't. The other fellow can vorry along with her a good deal bet-.nan bet-.nan I qould, so wo aro satisfied all ound.' "Tho third man, In reply to my com-nsalonnto com-nsalonnto murmurs, icapondod heart-csBly. heart-csBly. 'Sho wns all right. Sho had lino BlBtors, all beuutloB, but I choso he plain ono of the family, and I tovor regretted my cliolco.' "And so It goes. No matter what I " my I do not booiu to atrlko tuu right ey. Thero must ho somo approprlnto inawor for Boutlmontal compliments f tho kind, and before 1 havo furtlicr ioc-d of it 1 w'sh Bomubody would toll no wl at it ls.' -rfj, V, Sun. i |
