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Show Or-r. -- - b-K WE VANITY OF MAN, '0 -0'. r XOK. KSflTiH V nilim I j( )( (...in. I lii II ;. .Ii.ih. i- .,r O ' O my rliin.iil.r a .lipping A $ rr.im II... dalli paper mii XOY llOUUcllig II -Mil,.- ,,f ladich spring hnis. "I really .l.ii.'l n.'.-.l II, is. ili-nr.-' I remarked. re-marked. Ii :i li. I i li if It 1,1 Polly, Willi. Mil ven turning umuml. "What l II " inked Polly Innocently, turning tin paper over as thoiiuh It Wore Hi, III,. Hlraime, Holenlille specimen. Oh, yes: lhi. advertisement .if ill,. Iloiidhrcnker 'nii 1...' Ilnvv ili,l It gel there? t must hnvo ,li,..p,.,l II when 1 was fin 1 1 1 ii if nway y.nir socks. Hftor mending tlii'tn last Saturday. Do y.iii know, Jack, ,l,.,ir." she 'w.nt nn, letting let-ting tlio paper full In tl. ll.i.ir mil h brniilirnl Indifference. "Unit I never r.iilly thought I ti.kiil.l love any iiinii w.ll on,, null I.i iliirn -k f..r him!" "I suppose." I rcinnrkcl, looking very severely nt my nluuing cup nnl mixing Hi. lailirr Willi thinness iiinl decision qulto unnecessary under I lie clrcunistuneoa, "Hint I nin nlmiit to It. wlui'dlcd out of my Inst penny. And I suppose you know. Mrs. Heavy-feather. Heavy-feather. Unit nin, ,. Hint .1111110 In I'. 1). Q, we cannot iifTonl nny luxuries. Ilk., well llkp spring 1miiitii1 n, for Instance." In-stance." I nni, stirring III. liilli.r furiously by tlil limp. Polly l,H,k,,l ,il in. for n uim,'iit In amnxed reproach. "And I suppose yo,i know," nil. retorted re-torted win-inly, iih noon iih hIi. IiiiiI re-covered re-covered from my tliriiMl. "Hint If I vnnl.il a spring bonnet 1 hIioiiIiI know better tl,..u to Imvn l.ft Unit clipping where yon rnulil llnil It." I dro,ir,l my liru.li with my filer , half lathered. "Apparently." Holil I. Hnr.tl.iil1y, ' Mtl,.r In a science In getting a spriug bonnet." ( No," said l'olly, wiping th. st.m of a pink rose anil tucking It In hor hair, "tint tli.ro Is nn nrt 'In managing a man. A mun la illyl.lril Into three porta; bla h.nrt. Iila aoul un.l bla vanity. You mlghl n w.ll ball a motor mo-tor car on tli. wrong side of the street, aa to nttrnipt to coerce or wheedle a man without appealing to hla Tunlty. It la the wnniuii who knowa bow to pay a aulilln ronipllmpnt and who take tlip limn to iln It pv.ry morning and mot aftfrnooin., who haa pv.ry-tblng pv.ry-tblng ah. wunlx, fi-oin a illninnnil tinra to the rltlit arm of a hiI-i.iiiiii a.rosa a crowdivl alrwt. You niny roinpll-mont roinpll-mont a mun upon ntiyllilug, from bis noap to hla n.i'ktl,.; from hla hrHin to bla tools. It n.v.r rpiilly muttPra whpn nor how nor upon whnt you ouipllmpit him. ho Hint you rlo it skilfully nn.l ofl,.ii-,.i,M-l,illy oflpn. You may p a prlip llghtor that be ahould hnvo I,.pii a po.t, or a dpuf muto that bp la n .hnrmlug convpmn' tlonallHl; and Pllh.r of thpni will awiil-low awiil-low the lltllp iIohp of tlittt.ry Ilk. a augnr pill and feel bill or for It afterward." after-ward." I drew a elpun line down the middle of my check with my ruior before replying re-plying "I perceive." an Id I, when I bad Anally flniahed, "that managing- a man la not so mu. h an art or a science sci-ence aa a form of war." "Oh, no." anld Tolly dpprpcatlngl.v, as she leaned forwnrd to admire her eyebrow In the mirror, "It la more like form of dlplomui y. A woman could Bo more win In open tight with a man than Japan could whip HiiHala In open Odd. Hut wh.n It compa to atratcgy. It's the llltle womuu and the little nation na-tion who unilcratund how in mske It Bay, better than muni'lp and gutipow-ler." gutipow-ler." "Ob, I see," I r.mnrk.,1 scathingly, Hike the bloody ItiiKHlun 1 have nulled Into the Imps unil the mluca laid for Die and iIouMIcm) harp swallowed aliout a poll ml of noft uiup Inc. my wedding dny." "You look aa though you might have." giirgl.il Polly, gir.lng thoughtfully thought-fully nt my IiiIIht,-.! i-hlu. "And I auppoHp," cullnupd. Ignoring Ignor-ing the lnip.rtlu.ii.p. Hint you Imug-lnp Imug-lnp I lu'll.vp thnt 1 urn wlap and clever clev-er and hnn.lKouip and nil the oth.r thlnga thnt your fniicy mid your flattery flat-tery have piiiiil,..l." "Well, you are." Mured Polly, looking at beraelf ileliiiiuly In the gl'ins, "every one of lllem." I caught inynelf Mulling nt my Htiuvlug iiiliriir. anil iiiiiue.lliilely drew a grave fu-.. "Hut It m, ul, hi t moke nny ilift'.-r-I'li.-e. If yon u.-i-i- not uny of Iheui, na f.ir iih Hint go ..." nciit on Polly. "I'd think no. Ami If I ,11, lift Ihlnk ho. J'imi'iI like to lip l, .1.1 ho. Ii'a u funny thing, hut It'H true thnt n man would i.i : 1 1 . r I,,. ,'',miliiii.iii.il cu Hie Ihluga 1.-. ito -n't p, ,-.,,., thiin on IhoHe thnt I.,- ,!.)- ,s.... , vlllinn nlwnyn 1-..- i, milium ,1 ! linugllica he 'a n i'liili-m of ,ui.n,-. AnJ ii little i-linp. tlip beUlit ,.r a walking cane and the lalilliiy of an organdie frork. will .lie f,.r you if ,,u pt.'t,.ii,l to admire his nniM-le an.l lean upon Mi trong right arm: atul n phyl.-ul giant n.lor,- mti If yuit will only def.-r to hl opinions on art nn.l seli-n, e: nn.l n literary iniiu n.unys eie.-t you to ii.liulrp the cut of his clothes nn.l r.ne over the curl mid color of his hair: and -oh. I forgot: Now 1 know h..w that slip of paper got Int., your , h'fT.uiier drawer! It was th lor of your hair!" "Th.' .-.ii.. r ".( my - Inilr?" Y. " s.iid I'.illv. iripplna- over to tli.. ,-li.n.ml. r. an. I pnllliii: out a red an. I .:i...v n-.:.l.e Unit mu-t h.l.e . .wi ilitm nil... .1,:.. if It cost n penny. "1 ,Ir...,...l It ulnui 1 put this In Hi. i.-. 1 u ii this to mutch lour hair, ,,. ir I -I t ll ..in of my In t, li II. V .Mil What V.;., left fmiU- " "11 y In,.- I-n't .'l!..,v." 1 ol, J.- I...!, Inn. ally -I ll if, jiii .t'" -ail I'.d'v. "If y.'ll I. nt :l.e I. .-I I. II ,.r lallit.V y.r.l l.'i.. Iln re I-. a si,,.,ik "f gold ruunl-ig Inlon-. l, il. anil loll. I ,lle In IIUlU.eH an.l I., .mil. ami talis Ill-lead of l.ia.-ks ami I, In. - ' T.lll holt II... Mil Hie red? 1 ll"! or . . ,- . .I.'' 1 gi unit I. I "U.ll." -aid Polly. I. d. ling (he tie ' ll nl.iniiveiy. "I did think of that i I I kn.m 111. il i-i.-i) I o il- cannot near red. hut will, jo.ir ,oiiiil.-X"il ai,. I tlmt red I.ioimi -ha.!.- in y.mr "nil," 1 reiinii k.-.l. . j nl, -ally. "1 am relieied to li ar that ih-.v'r. red brown, I mis almost beginning, to HII-peel lll.lt Ihe.t Mere gr, en." 'rlii-y're himei:" deelared Polly, cm pluitleally. "Then why." Mild I. "do yon nttcmpt to eoerep and w heclle lue 111 this fa-ll l.ui V "1 haven't i"k.il y,,ii for anytblng," aid Polly . allien, ally; a'nl her Ull.'.er II), hega ii to Ire, nine, while her eyes l,,k..,l llilllgerously wel. "There, little girl!" Hiilil I, putting her Hhotibh-r wlih the humllp of my ra.or. "1 didn't mean nnylhlug. 1 only thoiigat you wnntcl a l-ounet." "I ilon't want a hofiuct!" poulcd p.,iiy; "'llien why." I rsked, res'imtug my shaving, "did you go to the lloii.l-brenker lloii.l-brenker snle't" "(Hi -wcll-heennse I Juat wntitcil to see Hip pretty things." "An.l were they very pretty?" "Just ben lit la!" anld Polly, with a sigh. "And there nun one llltlo to-,iue to-,iue " "I don't approve of a lut of gewgaws," gew-gaws," said I severely, "Oh, but this wus very plnln and simple," an I1 Pol'y, assuredly. "It mil Just your tnstp eactly rich and elegant ele-gant and nrllHtle, Jack." "If the average woman," I remarked, "would plit I.shs time and money on the nulahle of her brad sud mora thnnRlit on the Inside " , "And It was the Tery cheapest thing In the store only $18, marked down from f.V." "Hhe would he liillnltely more at-ttuetlve," at-ttuetlve," I llnlslipd. "That la Just what I thought," anld Tolly sweetly, "and so 1 decided that I wouldn't ask fr the toque, even though It was such a hnrguln and you would hnvo liked It so, nnd even though my old bhie forget-me-not but Is gone, und the on. trimmed In yellow UKters got soaked In the rulu the other day, and " "Wbcrp'a thnt black hnt with the fputhcrs on II?" I Inquired. "You know very well that was loat the night we left It In the automobile," sulil Polly reproachfully. "Well." 1 pursued, "what bna become be-come of the alx new lints you bud when wo w.ro innrrled?" "My wedding lints?" unked Tolly Innocently; In-nocently; "you didn't expect me to wear them forever, did you?" "And bow about the two you got a month ago?" "They were winter hata, denr." "Haven't yon any sort of bend cover-lng, cover-lng, Mrs. llearyfeuther," I asked, brutally. "Ob, yea," anld Polly, with aweet en-thuslasm, en-thuslasm, "I can Ux orar that little brown thing " "What, the one I call the Salvation Army bonnet?" "Yea, the ono you hnte ao. And If It wasn't that 1 ahull look ao shabby beside be-side you " "Me? I haven't a spring bonnet!" "But you look nice In anything yon put on, Jack. Yes, joti dol Kven your old golf cap makes you look distinguished. distin-guished. And when you put on your w hite Dnnnels or your dinner coat " "It's a slianie," said I, "that you have got to wear thnt miserable uuaker looking thing Just now when all tbe other women will be decked out In feathers und flowers." ".Now Jnck," said Tolly, "don't weaken. Your tnate la too artistic for a poor Utile liuly s pocket. You mustn't be so fastidious." "Maybe," said I, looking stealthily Into my shaving mirror. "If I should do without that new otllce desk " "There!" snld Polly, "that's Just why t wouldn't ask yon for It. I know bow lencroua you ure. If I should ask for the new moon, you'd go right out and iry to buy It for mo. And we can't afford " , "I guess I know what I can afTord!" 1 growled. "Ho look In that wallet In my wiilstcont pocket." With lienutiriil reluctance, Polly took out the wullct nml counted out X.VI In bills. "Take twenty of It," I remarked, "and go get that toque at Bondbrcak-er's." Bondbrcak-er's." "You dorllug!" cried Polly. Jumplug up and doing tniucihlng very silly, "Oh, go away," I growled. "You're gelling your pompadour all full of j soapsuds.". Helen Itoivland, hi Washington Wash-ington 1'ost. |