"Men chew gum!" suggested Betty.
"But come now, Betty, be fair!" George said. "Which sex eats more candy?"
"Well, I suppose women do," she admitted.
"You count the candy stores, down Main Street," George went on, "and ask yourself how it is that these people can pay rents and salaries just on candy,—nothing else. Did you ever think of that?"
"Well, I could vote with a chocolate in my mouth!" Betty muttered mutinously, as the car turned into the afternoon peace of the main thoroughfare.
"You count them on your side, Penny, and I will on mine!" Genevieve suggested. "All down the street." "Well, wait—we've passed two!" Penny said excitedly.
"Go on; there's three. That grocery store with candy in the window!"
"Groceries don't count!" objected Betty.
"Oh, they do, too! And drug stores.... Every place that sells candy!"
"Drug stores and groceries and fruit stores only count half a point," Betty stipulated. "Because they sell other things!"