Life — September 3, 1903 — page 19: what you’re looking at

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227 ILLUSTRATED INSTRUCTIONS IN POLO. THE NEAR SIDE BACK-HANDEH ‘Tals stroke 14m most Valuable and graceful accomplishment, and when properiy performed seldom fatis to create a good Impresston.— Badminton Library. didn’t sit there most of the time and read that horrid paper. It’s a bad habit that.”” Von Blumer was silent a moment. quired more thought than usual, “T don't know that it is,’ he said.“ There is practically nothing that you could say to me at this hour of the day which would interest me as much as this paper. Now this may seem a little selfish on my part. But, on the other hand, it isa habit with me, and you, on your part, have habits that I might criticise. For instance, you drag me out on the average twice a week to some social affair, just because the social world is, to this extent at least, a habit with you. And you do this, knowing that I hate it, and knowing that I would be a great deal better off in bed. My newspaper reading seems innocent enough compared with that."” This new process re- “You may not know it,’? said Mrs. Von Blumer, “ but this little social life that you say I drag you into is really your salvation. Why, you would lapse into a veritable bear if you didn’t go out occasionally, Besides, I notice you are always ready to sit up to any hour of the night when there is a stag party on hand.” Von Blumer winced slightly. “Tam bound to admit," he replied, ‘ that you are right about that. But to be more than candid with you, I must say that I am just as well satisfied with my own manners, as I control them myself, as Iam with the manners of so- ciety which you seem to wish me to be an expert in. For instance, the other day you smiled and smirked at Mrs. Placer for an hour, and gave her the impression that you loved her ardently, when I-know that there is scarcely an object in the world you dislike more than that same Mre. comicbooks.com