Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-01-14
A Husbands Hint.

~ --' - 7|---S thiH,>, aac - Silly ou'
ndiculous!"
Here John Harding laid down the maya
zine article he had been reading, and which
had for its theme the apparently inexhaus
iibie ore-the fcilies aud shortcomings o
the sex to which he had alluded
Mrs. Harding glanced up from the bow
she was fashionlng to the solemn face o
the speaker.
''In some things? That is encouraging
suTelyl I've known numbers of men tha
we're silly and ridiculous in so many. Wha
is it now, wOnder?"
Lofliiy oblivious to the quiet sarcasm in
these words, Mr.. Harding continued.
Just LOOK Al the way they dress, for in
stance
''Oh."
''Not only devoid of common sense, bui
Of all artistic elegance and beauty"
''Rcally, john retorted Mrs. Harding
drawing her needle through her work witt
so much energy as TO snap the thread,
''however silly women may be in your es
timation, l think they might know how
and in what style to dress"
They might, l suppose" was the COO
response; ''but that they don't Is very evi
dent. Have you read Dress, its Relation
to Health and Beauty, in the last Month
lyP"
NO responded Mrs. Harding, with &
toss OF the head. 1T is written by some
nan, suppose"
mo matter who it is written by; it j:
sound sense, every word of it. 1 wish YOU
would study that article, Mary; il would
do you an immense deal of good. | doa't
mean 10 say that you haven't sense in {
good many things, which surprise ne al
the more that you should show so little il
the way you dress"
Mrs. Hardings red cheeks grew still
redder.
'Joha Harding"
There now, Mary, don't 1y into pas
sion because I tell you the truth, and al
for your own good. Just look at the
trimming on tic skirt of your dress, for in,
stance; according TO all artistic rule, the
lire should be unbroken from the waist tC
the feet, and here it is cut up and destroyed
in half dozen places"
-'.Have you ever seen me in dress whose
skirt is entirely plain, or, as ycu term it,
with the line unbroken from waist 20 feet!'
'.No; but / should be glad to do So"
''You would: Have you ady further
complaint to make? If you have, l beg
hat you won't be at all backward about
stating it,
u don't mean to be. There's the hat
you wear. That IS what you call it, 1sup-
pose. though for any use it performs il
might as well be called anything else; q
mass OF ribbons, feathers, and flowers piled
up as high as possible, and worn upon the
back Of the head"
Anything further:"
"Yes. Look at the way the hair is worr
by niIe-ttnths of the ladies-yours among
EN-. Part Of it in q snarl on the forehead,
and the rest braided and festooned at the
back Of the head
Glow would you have ne arrange IT.
Mr. Harding"
why, simply drawn back from the
forehead and coiled low at the back OF thc
head so as TO preserve its classic outline.
Something like it is in this picture. seer
Mrs. Harding glanced al the picture tc
which her husband pointed-,hat Of very
lovely girl, with email. regular features,
and whose wavy hair was loosely kno.ted
at the back.
s.Yes. see. But l don't think you evei
saw nv hair dressed in that style"
SIT would be an immense improvement
if YOU would dress it So You'd look ike
quite another person. "
Il think ! should, but have you no fur
,ber suggestions to make? Your ideas arr
60 original that they interest me.
'"Not at present, returned Ar. Harding
biiiug of the end of cigar he intended Il
LIGHT as soon as he got out On the steps.
A few minutes later heput his head baci
into the room where his wife was sitting.
81 shall be here with the ponies at three
Mary Don't keep me waiting
Mrs. Harding belonged to that large clas
os 1o5;as whose attractions depend more o
less on their style of dress, and no one un
ders,ood this more than she. She knew
her strong and weak point, and how U
bring out the one and conceal the other.
Mrs. Harding spent the greater part o
the morning in the attic oyerhaullng a cheS
that belonged TO her husbands aunt ap
narently well repaid for her trouble by IN
Garments fislied up out of its dark depths
and which she carried to her own room.
Out of these she fashioned dress slihiia
| in style to one for which her husband ha
EXPRESSED 80 much admiration
~ hate to dis6gure myself soF "a
thouaht as the straight folds fsli iaaxn