The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1859-05-28
THE wlFE's EXPERIMENT.
" Ma, why don't you ever dress up !

- a!Ar Why uoI you ever uresb UP
asked little Nellie Thornton, as her moth
er finished brushing the child hair, ant
tying Der clean apron. There was mo
mcntsry surprise on Mrs. Thornton
face but she answered curelessly, "Oh
. no one cares how look .a ...
"Don't pa love to see you look prettyT
persisted the child. The mother did no
reply, but involuntnrily she glanced n
her slovenly attire, the faded aud worr
calico dress and dingy apron, both bear
ing an intimate acquaintance with th,
dish pan and stove, the slip-shod shoes
aud soiled stockings, and she could no
help remembering how she had thai
morning appeared with uncombed hair
and prepared her husbands breakfast, be
fore he left home for the neighburinu
market town. "Sure enough y unused
she show do look !" And then mem
Dry pointed back few years to neatly
and tsstefally trimmed maiden, some.
times busy in her father's house, aga.n
ming!ipg with her young companions,
but never uutidy in her appearance, al.
ways fresh and blooming; aud this she
knew, full well, was picture of herself,
when Charles Thornton first won her
young heart such was tha bride he had
taken to his pleasant home how had ma.
tarc life fulfilled the prophecy Of youth !
She was still comely ia features, grace
ful in form, but few would call her =
handsome or an ompishcd woman
for, alas al other characteristics were
overshadowed By this repulsiye trait
\ ct she loved 10 see others neat, and her
house aud children did not seem to be-
long To her, 80 well kept aud tidy did
/ they always look. As hcusekeepcr she
cxcellgd, and her husband was long in
acknowledging to himself the unweicomc
! fact that he hsd married an iucorrieitle
sloven.
When, like too many other young
wives, she began to grow negligen, ia
regard to her dress, he readily excused
her In his own mind, aud thought, "she
is not well, - or, "she has so much to do;"
aud perceIying no sbstemeut in his kind
attentions, she naturally concluded he
was perfectly satisfied. As her family
cares increased, aud she went less iuto
| company, she became still more careless
Of her personal appearance, and content
L.,L,a,. ,sl;at ,,i "Y'"'.s vas
namfnr, 81 i'.r - 'a =. ,.:,, ~ .n'
novar s,naos;a 49,, -, 70,
as Ler own apparel coa!d possibly affect
an.,'s.',frfs L;.1,...a'..I'.I ,.'' " '''
| I.r,,, .L -
ga 60, \ .h,o. !. i.r'.,.
- soa 49,, - ;, "a '''1
:. w. .ttIa : .,,
has. rrs,r,.. ,r.,, ,.,r,,,. ~ ",.1
,r, .,-;...,..', "a ,.L..L1
. lI,.r,.,.-, ,,-a ra..ltr in.:sr',roa, - ,L'
-.g .,, ...-...- C.<:-,' ....l':.-
. I~.. ,g,,. ,,l,.I. ;, .,r.,.-,. -.
...-,,l. ..,.... 80. ',-~,...-r'.. -:
H.. Tn -.
... - n.aa n..l.;a . p y y" '"'~ -,
--.,,.I.l
tr..-.s -. -, ~
...r, go. - go ~,
st,'c aDd ,a,,. nns, - 49,, " I-' J.h "
-. f,n,,5 ano ,,E;,L ID -.
,s,a ..,ia I;,.,,. ,'.1 'ops go O's''
t.'.S " i, "' ",'u' ''''
..,-I - =. 80 p'''''
haroI i.. aaa h"a' .,-'','''- ,-
- ,rt'o,t1 '"'P''s' c,. vat" ''''
,nn4 :. ..." - 80, >, , ''a', oone
a. ''Os ~
~ :. ~ Th. ;1. TX ;.
s - h.:s .n.p,., s"o '"o"sh'
s,vinr 70 he-,eIT ~ n,n., 49,, ,a~ ~ ~
,i,,,hs, ,o wear no-"in,. .na -, :,
IN - hof,,. ri.,i,. - -. -
Tho - rela..sd har Lao. a.. " he:.
.frn,, j.. ;,,,,r,son,nen, r. tn..
fnl ,v;s, and c,rn.,1v Lrn.h;n.. =, IN
ill., v,vcs sL. ,I,;,.a :, - -, l.I
braid. wtirh Cb.rL.s ,,ad So ,,,o, -
,dn,;r. !, tho L. - La. ..;rI,,raI
Tho p,van,ad ,,xk bra,,I, - mann,
ro,,.;,;soo,aa. :. 60 ,t+a..t. -. -,
Y,..y .bx,,,ns IT,, ~ .L.
,lo-e sho Iovel L,, 81. ,a.,,.aa u
.Wha, L.,h saJ,ess He - -
tn, j.. onrsaIv.s G,ag, t. n,Aa,ta,,r
.he reals,ea hox an ,,,arnn,,r ,.',;.l
s.,,r, III ,;,aa .,te
and ;onr,ce,,;ll.v hal -lao!s ,I.r,>a,
L.txa-f, o. .., H. - i.si
an earth True hc ,ever ch;dnd he,
,evcr s,n.r.,.,ly uo,;no., hoe .i,a,oa .a
roa,.,rt h,, -, ii, -. -
- ,.r.,a1 ,.a- ;,,,,' ..at..,. -!
La s1e,n 60 c.r. -, .aar;.;~a. ~ ~ ~
fr;ena. :, lis ou, -. .l,han,A 10
x,s se,;a, man And b.J moe fal, n,on5
! ;" a. ~ x;f...,a l;. -
sl.'"c.1-S ,F .,te - '''' "
-. y. = ".'1',1,'o' t., ....,
-. 49, >1'no.t - "s"' a ~. s.Es'''l ;
=. r., g.. ,nI' '',,. s''I p'' 's.n ~ ''S,'as
aa,r' a. - NJ, rhIrr,, W. ,t " 49, -, - 80, 80