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Show 1 Woman's Extravagance The other day tho clubman dropped In to sco tho spinster for ono of those confidential outpourings which disinterested disin-terested sptnstcrhood Invites. "I tcok my Jacksonville girl to a party last night," ho began, after the usual exchange of greetings. "Sin-stacked "Sin-stacked up all right and It relieved nn-immensely. nn-immensely. I wns afraid sho might wear a gingham, or somothlng like thnt, you know." "I would think you would have found out by this tlmo," said the spinster, severely, "that a girl win comes from a small town Is not neces sarlly entirely Ignorant of proprieties in the matter of dress." "Well, I didn't know but that slip might got herself up In Bomo " Ho stopped, hopeless of expresslnp Just what he did mean, and tho spin ster, knowing It better than ho did himself, gavo a comprehending cod and asked: "Well, what was It aho woro thnt was so appropriate?" "Oh. something thin." ho responded confldentl;'. "Orgaudlo, I guess, yel 'twas silky, too. There was a blue silk dilrt underneath, anyway." "It might havo been a gienndlno,' tho spinster suggested. "Was It fig ured or plain, and what color?" "I don't know. I guess 'twas white but unywny" (this with more con lldenre, "It wns all f'uffy and ruflloy. and sho looked as well as tbu rest ol tho women." "I suppose thero was a waist?' queried tho spinster. "Yes, nnd It wns held up by some thing on thu shoulders" (this with the sutlsflcd tono of a man convinced thai at last he Is giving dcflnlto Intorma tion), Tho spinster regarded him pityingly pitying-ly mid then Inquired now many more tests tho Jacksonville girl would have to undergo beforo sho could secure the stamp of his unqualified approval. "I haven't taken her to a show yet," ho returned, thoughtfully; "bui now that I find sho has tho clothes I shall not worry about that." "What sort of a girl la she?" the spinster Interrogated. "A nice girl. Sho's all right," and his tono Implied that she epitomized all tho feminine virtues. "You wouldn't havo taken her out again If hor clothes l.ad failed to come up to U.o standards of your sot?" veil tured the spinster. "No, I supposo not," admitted the clubman. "Consistency, thy nntno Is not maul' , exclaimed the spinster, laughing a. the dlscomljtuie of the clubman. "Didn't you tell mo a whllo ago," sho vvem on, "that tho reason so many young men miwdnys delay marriage and drift Into cluli life Is found In the extrntn .;anro of women who Insist on living ind dressing In a manner which the cverngo young man cannot afford; that If they would be less vain and irlvlloua and nforo domestic there 'vou.d bo moro marriages botweon bachelor men and maids? Now what I want to know Is, whero tho bachelor maids would find a chanco to enjoy tho society of bachelor men If they attempted to conform to your theories. You havo Just admitted that you would not run tho gamut of your so clal acquaintances with n woman who was not Irreproachably dressed." Oh, I say that Isn't fair, nnd It Isn't apropos of tho subject," protested pro-tested tho clubman. "I could explain myself all right If I had tho tlmo: hut perhaps It would bo as well to go now beforo I got Into deopor water." Ho went. |