Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-04-30
A Husband Who COuldn't Appre
iuf.lfs eiate Dolly Vardens. hIaa

If husbands are to he mistaken in
"Dolly Warden" dresses, as was an un-
fortunate husband in Philadelphia, the
sooner the fashion is squelched the bet
ter will 1t be for the, peace of society.
The husband in question one night miss
ed from the supper table his wife Matil-
da, and inquired of his little boy whittier
she had gone, and just at that moment
the dining-room door opened and lady
entered. The husband observed a wild
look in her eye, and also noticed that
she was attired in an outlandish style,
having on, as he says, dress with sun
flowers, and cabbages, and pumpkins
worked all over it, and lot Of snakes
squirming round for background.
Rising, the man said, Madam, whom
do you wish to see?" and then said
aside, Poor thing, she's crazy" That
last remark settled the business for him,
as the weird female made bolt and
slightly grasped his Adams apple, and
choked him until his face assumed the
color of the, banner of the Commune
After she had enjoyed surfeit of chok-
ing her husband she Topped into chair,
aud with tears coursing each other down
her cheeks, exclaimed: That should
ever live to hear my husband say that /
was crazyW This amused the husband,
aud elevating himself to his full proper
tions, he said He
y" You can't blame me, madam, for
supposing you an insane woman, and
now that | know you are really the
mother of these interesting children,
will you have the kindness to retire to
the sanctity of your chamber and peel
Yourself Of that piece of furniture
chintz, or window curtain, or whatever
it is you call it?
Window curtain chintz said the
spouse; "why, it's you that's out Of your
head. That's a Dslly Warden, and
very pretty pattern, too.
MADAM replied the husband, we
may be out of our head, but if that is a
Dolly Warden, we are most decidedly
out of pocket. Why, it looks like cir
Gus dress; and the idea Of a woman at
your time of life" iIstiSf
my time of lifel
"Yes, your time of life. The next
thing, | suppose, you will be praetleIng
the trapeze act in the back yard. Why,
it is enough to give man the delirlum
tremens to look at it. Who ever saw
such pattern2 It's flash wall paper
run mad. You look exactly like some
Japanese tea sign. And now just bounce
out of here with that FIJI battls-hag, or
you'll scare the baby to death.
There was an ominous pause for a
moment, and then the eldest daughter
said:- $50 - i
, why, you ought to be ashamed Of
yourself, father. It's all the style, and /
am going to have one, too; there now.
% Yes, and want ohe all the girls have
got them. nB Thus spoke Maria, the
second eldest. ANY more2 gasped
the husband; are there any more I
Hadn't the baby better have one? L
guess I'll get one myself. How do they
make up for pantaloons2 Hal hal he
Economically. Let me have Dolly
Warden. Let me clutch it. Bring me
pattern Of monkeys scaling lsmp-posts.
How would a Chinese puzzle look, or
map of Fairmount Park7" All the rest
is q blank. The unhappy husband has
lust been liberated from an asylum, and
pronounced cured. But the only way
they managed it was 70 dress him up in
"a Dolly Warden, marked out with the
ground plan Of the streets OF Boston