Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-08-04
A Birthday Present,
HOY A HUSBAND DUT1EULLY TOOK HIS WIFE s
ADVICE UPON ITS MERITS

~ A HUSBAND DUT1EULI4Y TOOK HIS WIFE
ADVICE UPON ITS MERITS.
"Hither, my ownest," the husband
Unto his wife did say;
Thou kuoWest tomorrow is thy
Dear Consin Flo's birthday,
Ye twain have cen as sisters been,
And 'twere both just and pleasant,
That we on her should now confer
A handsome birthday present.
Twas at her house first met thee,
And when thy hand | sought
She lent such aid IS usually
Girls in her place do not.
SO forth to the store of Tiffany,
From counter or from shelf
A fitting present to select,
Jewel or bronze or deli;
And let it be such gift as thou
Would'st choose for thine own sell,
On such occasion one should not
Be coyetous Of pelf.
Forth Jared the husband and the wife
TO the store of Tiffany;
When she had heard her husbands word
An angry wife was she!
"HIe hath thought eno'," she said Of Flo,
But never thought Of me.
He knoweth, or he ought to know,
III ne knOWcth anythlng,
That the dress | wear was worn thread
bare
When had ii turned this spring.
When at the Eastcr-tide the theme
Of hats dared to breach,
He said, You may but in q way
OF infinite rcproach,
My references 10 expenditure
Ofdollars--c'cn OF dimes
Arc met with GLOOMY lectures on
The hardness of the tunes.
And yet, in spite Of his complaints,
When it is Cousin Flo,
To whom i birthday gift he'd give
He can find cash emo"
III,
"Hc should have known" the wife went
With sardonic grin,
Not only Flo's cousin am
But in Il sense her twin
Her birth and mine are on one leaf
OF the family Bible writ;
Ny birthdays on the same day as hers,
But he does not think of it,
Satsuma ware, or bronZes fair,
Or dead gold jcwelry
Tohis Flos he fling, but anything
Is good enough Tor men'-
in such ungentle mood she came
10 the store Of Tiffany.
"We crosses mortals cannot judge
Tween diamonds and tween paste"
The husband said unto his wife;
''And hence on Woman's taste
Implicit reliance i'll such things
AS these must aye be placed.
Sit down, my dear, selection make
AS if 'twere for yourself
OF any pretty article
In show case or on shelf,
I care not what the price may be
Or what the article;
An it please thine eye, have it put by
And will foot the bill"
A tiendish thought was in that wife's
heart,
And she smiled as if in glce,
AS they brought her there all that was
fair
In the store of Tiffany.
These diamond earrings" said her lord.
Seem handsome unto me-
Diamonds" said she, care worn no more
In the best society"
Fair is this string Of Orient pearls"
"Tis pretty, without doubt,
But read in the last Sunday World
That pearls were going out"
"Goodly to see these opals be-"
And thew only wear coral iewelrv
In the wilds cf ror OshLosh
No woman that rcsnccts herself
Wears costly levels now;
She leaves their use TO the parvenucs
And the Bowery maids, trow.
An | had my choice of ali the store
For my own self, wis
No article in it would more
Suit with my taste than this"
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