The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1872-06-06
A HUSBAND WHO COULDN'T APPRECIATE
THE DOLLY VARDENS

S 3 4 - y 80
IF husbands are to be mistaken in Dolly
Warden dresses, as was ar unfortunate hus-
band in Philadelphia, the sooner the fashion is
squelched the better will it be for the peace of
society.
THE HUSBAND IN QUESTION. X
one night missed from the supper table his wife
Matilda, and inquired of his little boy whittier
had she gone, and just at that moment the din
ngroom door opened and lady entered. The
husband observed wild look in her eye, and
also noticed that she was attired in an outand-
ish style. having ON, as he says, dress with
sunfowers and cabbages and pumpkins worked
all over it, and a lot of snakes squirming round
for ck-ground.
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
TIGHTLY GRAsPED HIS ADAMS APPLE,
and choked him until his face assumed the COL
or of banner of the Commune. After she
had enjoyed surfeit of choking her husband
she Topped into chair, and with tears cours-
ing each other down her cheeks, exclaimed:
"That / should ever live to hear my husband
say that was crazy" This amused the hus-
band, and elevating himself to his full proper
tions, he said:
"You can't blame me- madam for supposing
you an insane woman, and now that L 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 your
self of that piece of furniture chintz or win
dow curtain, or whatever it is you call it 2"
window curtain chintzr' said the spouse:
"why, it's you that's out of your head. That's
Dolly Warden, and
VERY PRETTY PATTERN TOO"
MADAM" replied the husband, 1--WE may be
out of our head, but # that is Dolly Warden,
we are most decidedly out of pocket. Why, it
looks like circus dress; and the idea of q
woman at your time of life"
"My time of life p
"Yes, your time of life. The next thing,
suppose you will be practicing the trapeze act
in the back yard. Why, it is enough to give
man the delirium tremens to look at it. Who
ever saw such pattern! It's fash wallpaper
run mad You look exactly like some Japan
ese tea-sign. And now just bounce out of here
with that Feeee battle-fag. or you'll scare the
baby to death"
| THERE WAS AN oMINoUs PAUSE
for moment, and then the eldest daughter
said:
"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
one; ali the girls have got them" Thus spoke
Mara, the second eldest "Any more! gasp
ed the husband; "are there any more? Hadn't
the baby better have one? I guess Eli get one
myself How do they make up for pantaloons?
Ha! ha! hal Economically Let me have
Dolly Warden. Let me clutch it. Bring me
pattern of monkeys climbing lamp-posts. How
would Chinese puzzle look, or map of Fair
mount Park?' All the rest is d blank. The
unhappy husband has just been liberated from
an asyum, and pronounced cured. But the
only way they managed it was to dress him up
| in Dolly Warden, marked out with the ground
plan of the streets of Boston.