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"Glenn, you distress me when you talk like this," replied Carley,

soberly "You did not use to talk so It seeainst women"

"Oh no, Carley! I am only sad," he said "I only see where once I was

blind American women are the finest on earth, but as a race, if they

don't change, they're doos?" demanded Carley, with spirit

"I say them because they are true Carley, on the level now, tell me how

many of your immediate friends have children"

Put to a test, Carley rapidly went over in mind her circle of friends,

with the result that she was somewhat shocked and amazed to realize how

few of them were even married, and how the babies of her acquaintance

were limited to three It was not easy to admit this to Glenn

"My dear," replied he, "if that does not show you the handwriting on the

wall, nothing ever will"

"A girl has to find a husband, doesn't she?" asked Carley, roused to