The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-09-20
TIE CHANGED HOME.


Banks TO his beautiful young wife, as
they sat happily together at their tea. table,
so tastefully laid, one winter evening,
g. that Willis Clark spends his evenings SO
constantly at the club-rooms. Jennie must
feel dreadfully aboutitl And how happy
he did seem with her only few months
ago! Why, it isn't more than two years
since they were married, is t?'
I" 1t is just two years this month";" said
Mrs. Banks, and do not know as
ever knew happier couple. I think they
love each other yet, and l have been won
dering for some time whether or not
ought to tell her what think the trouble
Is, and help her to win her husband back
again. When she was here the other day
she told me Mr.. Clark had spent but few
evenings at home for six weeks, and she
might as we'll make up her mind to have
the best time she could without him, for
he evidently did not intend to do anything
to make her happy"
Friends dropping in changed the con.
versation, and 1t was not thought of again
until Mrs. Clark ran in the next morning
to make neighborly call, and ask some
questions about the making of currant
jelly. She had scarcely seated herself
before she said to Mrs. Banks, who looked
so neat and pretty in her clean chintz
dress:
How can you keep SO nice in the
morning, when you are making cake, and
busting, and doing all the same little
things all over the house that do? You
make me really ashamed of myself in
this dark, wooden wrapper, covered with
spots and stains; but it's so dark always
say you can't find the spots, unless you
look for them, and couldn't keep clean
ten. minutes with such light dress as
yodfs."
II think you could, easily. if you were
once accustomed to theni," said Mrs
Banks. have to make them plain, so
they will do up easily, and short enough
30 that can run about quickly, as tidy
the house or make cake or desserts in the
Kitchen
And your hair, too, looks as nice as
though you had just arranged it for tea
l don't see how you can spend the time in
the morning to put it up SO nicelyl l just
whisk mine up any way, and know
look like witch, but can't help it, and
some days it's more than / do to get
dressed and fixed up for supper. But it's
true, as Willis says, you GlsoGys look nice.
The other night, when he came in, he
said to me, YOU'RE the dowdiest- looking
woman I've seen to-day, Jenniep and It
was all could do to keep from crying,
but was SO provoked / said something
ugly TO him, and told him if he treated
his wife as handsomely as Mr.. Banks
treated you, perhaps she'd have some am
bition to get fixed up. It don't seem much
like the dear old bridal times, when he
came home at night with CHEEKY greet
ing, and loving words, and thought was
the sweetest and best little wife in all the
world! But Mrs. Bains, across the way,
who was one of my young lady friends,
you know, and was married about the
time was, says her husband is Just SO
changed; that he goes to his club.room
more than half the time, and seems to
have lost all his love for her, and now if
he'll only give her all the money she
wants, she'll find ways to snake herself
happy and have good time without him. ;,
II do pity herr said Mrs. Banks,
i" from the bottom of my heart. Life
would be blank to me if my husband
had lost his love, or indeed if he did not
love me more and more every month of
our lives"
THAT is what used to think" said
Mrs. Clark, "but it seems now as If
should soon be as Indifferent as Mrs.
Bains, for don't see any help for it,
do, said Mrs. Banks, " and if you
will not be offended will tell you how
believe you can remedy it easily, for will
tell you only what have learned from
Indeed, / will not be offended, !" said
Mr.. Clark, i" and will gladly do any
hing possible to brink back those happy /
times.n
9 Now" said Mrs. Banks, !" tomorrow
you dress yourself in one 0fthose |
pretty chintz wrappers you wore at the |
Dea-shore last summer; arrange your hair |
- neatly Is for evening, put on little |
dainty ribbon on your neck and . clean |
linen collar, and then after breakfast ask |
NJ. Clark II he can come home little
ear1ier than usual talking - though he |
had bean coming every night, that you are /
going 70 have something extra nice for /
supper; and I'm pretty sure be will come.
Then = lee time have the table set a. /
pretty - il you expected company, / do
not mean TO have your best china out, but /
have your silver: and glass bright and
el6Ge, he cloth clean md everything put
20 n nics order, not forgetting {resh
bouquet nor tho garden for the center OF |
hc table. Then dress yourself g care
lully = you used 70 when Mr.. Clark was
j lover, have your sitting room looking T
pretty and tidy, and welcome your hus.
band With smiles and joyful Rreetine.
I'd / know yOu will soon ~ 1 wonder. I
III change a him. Now, 70 DO. I'll this /
~ fcG01rp - ex1xs half heur IL time,
br1sif W1II ofi1g pm ! Dood many half
1C61s q Joy. You have got into Tho