The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-01-28
HUSBANDS HINT.

Women, in some things. are - silly
and ridiculous r
Here John Harding laid down the mag.
azine article be had been reading and which
had foF IL theme the apparently inexhaus-
tible one-the follie. aud shortcomings Of
the sex to which he had just alluded.
Mrs. Harding glanced up from the boE
she was fashioning 10 the solemn face 0f
the speaker
-.In some thingss7 That Is encouraging
SURELY I've known numbers Of men that
were silly and ridiculous in 50 many.
What i il now, wOnderg
I.oftily oblivious to the quiet sarcasm in
these words, Mr. Harding continued
4Juss look ar the way they dress fer IN
stance
ssObr'
aNot only devoid Of common sense, bat
Of all artistic elegance and beauty.
Really, John, retorted Mn. Hard
ing. drawing her needle through her work
with % much energy as 70 snap the thread,
however silly women may be in your Ell.
nation, / think they might know how aud
in shat style to dress.
They might, | suppose, was the eaal
response, but that they don't Is very evil
dent. Have you read. Dress. its Relation
to Health and Beauty" in the last Month
Tyr
-No,n responded Mrs. Harding, with a
toss Of the head. III was written by some
man. ] suppose.
No matter who il was written by; il Is
sound sense every wori Of il. l wish you
would study that article, Mary; il would
do You an immense deal Of good. doa'i
mean to say that you haven't sense in a
good many things, what surprises me all the
woFe that You should show 80 little taste in
the way you dress
Mrs. Hardings red checks grew still
redder.
John Hardingl
There now, Mary, don't hy into pas
sion because tell you the truth, and all
for your own good. just look at the trim
ming ON the skirt Of your dress, for instance;
according to all artistic rule, the line should
be unbroken from the waist TO the feet, and
here it is cut up and destroyed in half a
dozen places"
Have you ever seen me in a dress
whose skirt is eatiyely plain, or, as you term
it, with the line aRbfokeB from waist to
feet?''
sNo; but / should be glad To DO so.
"You would? Have you any further
complaint to make? If you have. I beg that
you won't be at all backward about stating
it,
Il don't mean tobe. There's the hat you
wear That Is what you call it, | suppose,
though for any use it performs it might as
well he called anything else mass Of rib
bons, feathers, and flowers piled up as high
as possible, and worn upon the back Of the
head
Anything further"
..Yes. Look how the hair is worn by
nine-tenths of the ladies-yours among
EN-. Part Of it in snarl ON the forehead,
and the rest braided and festoOned at the
back of the head.
.'How would you have me arrange il,
Mr. Harding?"
"Why, simply drawn back from the fore
head and coiled low at the back of the head
so as to preserve its classic outline Some
thing like it is in the picture See?"
Mrs. Harding glanced at the picture to
which her husband pointed-that Of very
lovely girl, with small, regular features, and
whose wavy hair was loosely knotted at the
back.
eYes, see. But don't think you ever
saw my hair dressed in that style"
1T would be an immense improvement
if you would dress it so. You'd look HkG
quite another person
Il think should, but have you no fur
ther suggestions to make Your ideas arr
20 original that they interest me.
s.Not at pres returned Mr. Harding
biting off the end of a cigar he intended to
light as soon as he got out on the steps.
A few minutes later he put his head
back into the room where his wife was
sitting,