Show taen taken at her iter word you cannot always take your own mcd med cine feine or even be measured mia by your own standards itan dards said a woman recently who prided herself upon being exact and terna tic in fit all things and who could enjoy a joke even at her I 1 1 i own expense I w was as at a it reception not so many years ago she taid laid rather demurely and was playing upon the piano to entertain a small group of f friends mends when a mancho man w ho had bad show shown n mo me considerable attention suddenly interrupted me by asking it if yon were very in lucli uch interested in a young woman what condit considerations erat ions would prevent you ou from askin asking her to marry you well I 1 of course cours ewas was somewhat taken aback not being in III the mood for a scene seene right then and there and I 1 turned around and answered well I 1 ner never should propose to avi a w oman I 1 have eliav c met only at recep lions and in company I 1 should make it a point to call upon her at all sorts of unexpected times to bee see how she looked at home in the morning whet hershe went about in an in old wrapper with disheveled hair and slipshod whether she helped her mother or lolled about reading novels until noon A man makes a great mistake when he lie takes it for granted that the tile woman lie ad mires possesses all the tile domestic virtu virtues es in the calendar and is always attractive and amiable ani table 1 in fact she added 1 I gave him a lone long lecture on the tile subject for which lie thanked me 1 I ay add that I 1 never met the man agat agam next morning contrary to my illy usual custom I 1 slept until nearly noon coming down to it 13 12 breakfast mr 11 II had already called three times 1 new york herald |