Life — August 25, 1921 — page 24: what you’re looking at

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Marriage we Be (A short, vigorous story which is the basis for a longer F work, a novel, to be developed later and to consist of D | A nine hundred pages, possibly in to volumes.) [TA and John met when they were about twenty. They : . eve attended a performance of “Ruddigore,’ and Rita liked t [ Tv = tro John because he was shocked at several of the speeches. Cats YF 7 me Later on they went to the movies. Oftentimes they went < Ur all alone. Even when their friends went, Rita and John R - hay always sat together. - fiaN, 4 ¢ pas One night they stayed home. John proposed to Rita. They ; : ‘ S 277i) | told their friends about it. All their friends expressed opin- . a j aby ions. Most of the opinions were favorable, so they let the . et) J it sat engagement stand. Two months later they were married. i i : : ‘ dai As time went on they had a little boy baby. They were very t ; 3 : ins fond of it. One day it had the croup and Rita called the d 7 / “sf thi doctor. It was not for several days that their worry ceased. i q u £ mi They had two other children. One was a girl, but John 3 4 } S SA AN it was very nice about it. The children grew up and the oldest = . : wie ror boy went to High School. He was not very bright, but he E ‘ aft passed all his studies. John did not make enough to educate : ay, : yo all his children. The younger son left grammar school at ee 4 sto fourteen and became a book-reviewer. : Z Rita and John grew older. Rita had a woman come in S ‘ é afl and help with the cleaning on Saturdays. She would have 2 : Sta codfish cakes on Saturdays, because John didn’t come home z — till after lunch. Fa sal Finaliy one morning Rita served John with his usual break- W fast of a boiled egg. The egg was boiled too hard and John Better Than Coney Island . St had to put butter in it. But he forgave Rita. Then he left Native: What’s the matter with Mr. Jones? He , for business. As he left he kissed her good-by. looks like he wuz havin’ an accident. “b . Rita stood gazing out at a tree. How much her life was Yachtsman: It’s that new speedboat he designed. a like a tree. She grew and so did a tree. The propeller is so big that it’s stood still and the Tue END Corey Ford. boat’s revolving instead. Ww Out of Her Head ‘i HEAR Mrs. Jones has been out of wi her head. That's a sad thing, ain’t it! or Sad thing? Mercy! A grand thing shi for her! She ought to have got out of | that head she had long ago. to Why, man, she’s been crazy. Do you ap think that’s good? Not pleasant, of th course, but there are lots of people—and she’s one—for whom getting out of their lit present heads is a first step towards in- an telligence. Well, anyhow, it’s trying. This about pli Mr. Jones is rough on Jones and the children. Pi Sure. And so the war, which got the an world out of its head, was rough on man- sic kind. A grand thing to get the world § out of that head it had, but expensive and to troublesome. Processes usually are try- an ing. You can’t get anything for nothing. cu You can’t open a door of hope without some folks taking cold. But that old Pi head the world is now out of is good l riddance. ag se HAT’S Blinks going to do with in his new noiseless typewriter?” “Tf he takes my advice, he'll marry or “Fetch ‘em, Towser!” her.” sh comicbooks.com