Show I 1 I 1 1 1 1 I 1 li A ALONG L 0 N G LIFES TRAIL by THOMAS ARKLE CLARK do du of me men U ily of 1116 6 an 0 I 1 lilt w wa union THE FEMININE ARTS ne N 0 ore ONE 11 who it knew him 11 nt 1 all 11 would ver ever accuse harris of being ef at from feml nate ate As a young chap he be played football find and had bad won his big numerals rals oo an the h swimming to team and ad he had bad all 11 the bad habits chich adolescent youth Is wont to characterize sa a manly he we weighed lahd p pounds its and ad looked it like k a young goliath 1 alst h since he ties has reached alno 1 iddle age g e he h e has taken up self bolt and joined an at athletic letic club or ta two a and Is still tb thought ough i t to have a considerable ance number bar of r red e d blood car tansel 1 in his bis velna sm he lives live in a hotel which I 1 m sometimes times frequent and ad I 1 was interested if dot at 1 I rid on me n balking into the 1 lounging room not long ago to slid find harris harri bitting ailing there with a we homana sowing tell brakef in I 1 his bis lop lap I 1 say by worn an no B though why she blie should entirely uth usurp these as useful household articles I 1 cannot any ile he was sewing on a few ot by buttons and ad had bad a pair of damaged socks bocks iving a on top of if tile to which he be was wag presently to address hla his attention Us he thiea ded hla his needle with th the tholof tl skill olof I 1 of a u i n g garl j i ne he p plied 1 le d 1 ft t alk like an old t hand n d at t t the h t trade de and d w alien i he had bad finished filhe d bit off the thread as aa it if his teeth had been newly sharpened he be was a as a unperturbed as a cheer leader aloar at I 1 I a mile college 1 foothill game 11 th whets the tile big idea 7 I 1 inquired when did you yen take up ive always mended my own 11 things thing I 1 he said you b have too a it if you all d only abe coal confess it 11 the t trouble m Is weve hat been shamed ashamed of it 11 bud and have locked backed the door and pulled down the blinds when we a sewed owed on a few buttons or darned a thin spot to ID it lie 1 seat met of our trousers el I 1 on comin coming a aa out t into tit n the open why this debut of the seamstress emst 7 1 I asked ked well if women are a going to tice ce all the he me manly I 1 ly at arts why hy t ne me take on a little of the feminine vi aaman omen wear trousers and ad hoots boots and ad flannel harl a just as we me do they ve b horned bit a it 1 ID on ma e aery cry saw game we ve a started as excepting it ig football possibly and you cant go into lot a country both barber shop nowa dais daja without finding the place cluttered up with women getting their hair bobbed it if a woman can tooke emoke in e theres theire 8 no reason that ime I 1 can see a why I 1 should t dar darn my socks 1 in the pea open there was no all good remon that I 1 could allege if tile the women are going to be BO a manly he be clantion ed ally w hy we balance things thing up and d be a little I 1 don t care cam myself tor for red ad cheek and a thin eyebrow but there a martin wheeler lies as anemic as aa an old lady of ninety and ila bis eleb eyebrow long hang over so tar far that they ill il nearly l shut off ats vision wo athy he have the them thinned out a little and brighten brighte up his bis complexion completion with a little rouge eg he we would mid be improved it if he be took a on a few I 1 orange areas tints thus bud and pluet practiced iced the feminine art arts well why not I 1 didat argue with him |