His Intelligence.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXXVII, Issue 25, 22 December 1906, Page 48

His Intelligence.

“And do you think I am different from all the other girls ?” asks the young woman who has just said "Yes. “Not a bit, save in looks,” answers the young man who has just asked her to marry him. “You're a whole lot prettier than most of them, and just as pretty as the rest of them.” “Do you think I have a greater mental grasp than” “No. I never saw but four or five women whose mentality was remarkable, and they were of the sort that «oes in for mannish clothes and short hair and ugly hats. Mentally, you are on a plane with the ordinary intelligent human being, whether male or female. I don’t suppose you have any more common sense than any other woman - women don’t require common sense. “Do you think I am frivilous?” “Yes, indeed. You're just as frivolous as any other woman. They're all alike The'v like candv and flowers and theatres—and they don't care for literature. unless it is a best-selling book, with gobs of love talk on each page. “And do you think I will be a careful housewife?” , “Not a bit of it. I’m not so foolish as to think that. What you save on one thing you'll spend on another.” “But do you ever expect to have any quarrels with me?” “Sure I do. We’ll spat and say unkind things to each other, and get all the mean words out of our systems ever so often, and then kiss and make up. and be all the better for it. In short, I expect that we'll live our lives just, as every other human being does." “I am so glad.” she says caressingly. “I told mama that you were the smartest man in the world, and this proves it.”