[Illustration: ANOTHER CASE OF TRYING TO KEEP NEUTRAL] [Illustration: _Husband_: Do you think you will be able to keep within your allowance this month? “I’m afraid so.”] [Illustration: THE WONDERS OF NATURE _Fond Grandparent_: I was exactly like him at his age.] [Illustration: MOBILIZING FOR THE SUMMER CAMPAIGN] [Illustration: OUR UNCHARTED COAST Very dangerous.] [Illustration: ALL SORTS OF PUPS] [Illustration: EVEN THE FISH HAVE FEELINGS] [Illustration] [Illustration] [Illustration: “LADIES AND GENTLEMEN”] [Illustration: “I don’t think married life is ever happy, anyway.” “Then, why don’t you divorce your husband?” “I’d rather quarrel with him than with strangers.”] [Illustration: _Editor_: Have you ever written any editorials? _College Graduate_: No, sir; but I think I might train my mind down to it.] [Illustration: DO WOMEN PROPOSE? Mr. Wooden always wanted a tall, serious wife, while his friend Chubb intended to marry a cheery little woman.] [Illustration: THE THIRD GENERATION] [Illustration: HOUSEHOLD DECORATION Mantel ornaments for domestic cheer.] [Illustration: “Can you come to the jeweler’s with me to-morrow, dearest? I’d like you to choose the ring yourself.” “In that case perhaps you’d better save up a little longer, darling.”] [Illustration: A SAVING GRACE “Louise, I really cannot permit you to read novels on Sunday.” “But, Grandmamma, this novel is all right; it tells about a girl who was engaged to three Episcopal clergymen, all at once.”] [Illustration: A TRAGIC MOMENT FOR SMYTH (WHO MARRIED FOR A HOME) Mrs. S. (who has the money) objects to the size of his tailor’s bill.] [Illustration] [Illustration] [Illustration: ALSO BRAVE An outsider at one of Mrs. Catchem’s evenings.] [Illustration: ALSO BRAVE The parson’s wife.] [Illustration: IN THE CLOUDS] [Illustration: “Why aren’t you ready, Isabel? You know very well the opera begins at eight-fifteen.” “Oh! Gracious! I forgot all about it. I’ve been so busy writing this article on preparedness.”] [Illustration: FREDERICK ENJOYS THE FLOWER SHOW IN OUR VILLAGE] [Illustration: WHEN THEY GET THEIR RIGHTS “It’s only fair to warn you that my son has never had a father’s care and doesn’t know the first thing about housekeeping.”] [Illustration: WHEN WOMEN VOTE Mrs. Jones officially notified of her election as sheriff.] [Illustration: _He_: That sofa must have been made for two. _She_: It’s hardly short enough for that.] [Illustration: LEAP YEAR _He_: You never compliment me any more on my appearance. _She_: Oh, charming! Charming! Charming!] End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Gibson, by Charles Dana Gibson