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"That ht teach you, Miss Elton," said Mr Preston, "the futility of

trying to improve women by reason Now a man--"

"Oh, pooh, reason! reason!" exclai upon him, "I'm

sorry for you poor men, you est fallacy on earth It leads ic to pure foolishness"

"And how is your woman's reason to account for that?" he asked

tolerantly

"Oh, I suppose your premises are never true Or, if they are, another

man's opposite premises are equally true So there you are Two

contradictions are equally valid, but being a reasonable man you can't

see more than one of them"

"And women can see both sides, of course"

"Truly And flop fro rapidity We are

too completely superior to reason to have any respect for or reliance on

it Do you think I try reason on uments withwell, dear' And I put a mustard plaster on hirees nowadays Or when he's very

obstinately set on an objectionable course, it's a good plan to say

sweetly, 'I'll do just as you like, dear' He invariably comes back with

an emphatic, 'No--we'll do as you like'"

"I relinquish all clai," said Mr