Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-09-21
NY shabby WIFE,
HY GABRIELLE LIE

Hr GABRIELLE LIZ
So0e people are born neat. some
achieve neasness, and some have neat
nes thrust rpcn them Alas. was not
horn neat From my earliest child
hood, nv tendencies all seemed 10 point
in Just the opposite direction. Was I
arrsyed in Q new dress? Either ! fell
MP ssaiys, or tumbled down, making .
great rent in the fabric. and bringing
disgrsce upon myself for the rest Of
the day. Was sent to dancing school.
in . pair Of delicately -colored CATERS I?
OF course I stepped into . mud.puddl-,
and became every body's butt in conse.
quence thereof. Did some relenting
maiden aunt "work" for me q charm
ing little bag, rainbow tinted. and lined
with dainty silk? The first time I took
il out with me lost it, and afterwards
learned, to my childish horror, that the
magnificent gold watch, with charms
and seals, which Aunt Araminta, the
donor of the bag, had promised to
leave me in her will, was to be given
to q niece-oh. biting contrast!--who
"never lost anything that was given
her."
Even after I grew up I did not sue.
coed in achieving neatness. What
other women did with ease was uphill
work to me. And to this day view
with envy and admiration the shining
coils of lnstrous hair, the delicate
frills, the spotless toilet of some neat
representative of the sex, Of which ]
am such a hapless member; and won
der, like baby, chow they do it?"
Neither has neatness been thrust
upon me. Happy had it been so! II
my parents had belonged to that class
Of rigid individuals, who insist upon
neatness as the great essential, perhaps
even might have comprised that, to
me, most difficult of sciencee. But
alas! it is not so. My parents were only
too indulgent in this, as in all other
matters. And so I came to the conclu-
sion that pencils without points, gar
ments minus hooks and buttons, laces
without tags, collars thst ware too big
or too little. gloves out at the fingers,
snagged dresses, bad fits, and 80 on to
the end Of the chapter, were my des-
tiny. I concluded it was no use to
fight against fate, and after a feeble
struggle gave up the attempt in de-
SPAR.
Well, this did pretty we'll, until I
married. For, odd enough, had
suitors. Perhaps there may be other
qualities than neatness that win men,
though Aunt Araminta always wound
mp her seedlings" by cycling me
severely, and declaring, mo man with
eyes in his head will ever want you for
. wife, can assure you"
But the man who married me did
have eyes in his head, and very won
derful eyes, too. Clear as jewels, ever
changing, and each change livelier than
the last. But he was fastidious. His
tastes were aesthetic. Hence my wees.
Yet he was eminently practical, with
it all. Let mo give an instance. One
warm summer afternoon, expecting my
husband at five. I donned lovely Chi
nese gauze with train; and when I
heard his step, ran to meet him, with q
silvery, SIS it you, dear?"
Eyes, my -" He stopped, and ex-
claimed, ''But what have you put on
al that elegance for? Are we to have
company?" This accompanied by
glance not of appreciation.
"Why, ! thought that THAT you
would like to see mo dressed" STAN
mered I.
eyes. dear, certainly; but you know
I am . practical man, and I can't help
thinking that II you put on the only
ZEAL handsome summer dress you have
(hov veil he knew my limited ward.
us,e,o I os-orv 6sr that ,,-lar, r,,, n - g,
vitsd out. You will have nothing to
wear"
Why couldn't have been sensible,
and sAid. Certainly, dear, you are
right" and quietly changed my dress,
without more to do. Bat how often are
yoang wives sepsihle?
Atall events, l vas not. Angry tears
srose TO my eyes, my bosom heaved, my
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