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n::: w'ill shell out his dinust to another man free atd easy
and Ir:tis. But if he d'ropr a penny in one of the machines
ru" byI the Madam Eve's Daughters' A hnazanated
Assoiation and the pineapple chewing Ig11 um don't fall out
v,ie he pulls the Ixever you can hear him kick to the super-
inte d, t fLour blocks away. Man is the hardest
pr position a woman has to go up against. He's a low-
g cade one. and she has to work overtime to make him pay.
Two times out of five she's salted. She can't put in
rushers and costly- machinery. He'd notice 'em and
be onto the game. They have to pan out what they get,
anI it hurts their tender hands. Some of 'em are natural
sluice troughs and can carry out 81,000 to the ton. The
d--eyed ones have to depend on signed letters, false hair,
simpathl-. the kangaroo walk, cowhide whips, ability
to co.ok. sentimental juries, conversational powers, silk
underskirts. ancestry, rouge, anonymous letters, violet
sachet powders, witnesses, revolvers, pneumatic forms,
carbolic acid, moonlight, cold cream and the evening
newspapers.
"You are outrageous, Ferg," I said. "Surely there is
none of this 'graft,' as you call it, in a perfect and har-
monious matrimonial union!"
"Well," said Poue, "nothing that would justify you
every time in calling up Police Headquarters and ordering
out the reserves and a vaudeville manager on a dead
run. But it's this way: Suppose you're a Fifth AvenueI
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