The Dawson journal., 1883-04-26
THE CUPTDITY OF WOMEN.
Savannah News.

w WASHlNGTON, April Al
Off Ger of the House of Represen-
tatives in conversation to-day re.
called an incident that has never
been in print yet 1t is about ex.
Representative Samuel Bridges, OF
Pennsylvania. Mr.. Bridges has
been twice married. He is a very
old man. He was a old man when
his first wife died. He had lived
very quietly up in Pennsylvania,
and amassed a good sum of money.
His second wife was young, gay
and pretty. She was also ambitious.
She had desire to come to Wash
ington from her country home and
shine in society. She put the idea
OF running for congress into her
husbands head. He is very fond
of the handsome partner OF his
Joys, and consented to become q
congressional candidate He was
i'll luck, and was elected.
He and his wife came to the
glittering capital. They plunged
right into the social whirl. She
had remarkably fine carriages and
horses. She dressed second to
none. She had splendid time,
but got little tired Of her elderly
husband. He did not thread the
May, or trip the light fantastic at
all equal to the young society
swells, and compared to the young
naval officers, (navy revolves
somebody has called them on &C
count of their proficiency in the
terpsichorean art). why he was
simply nowhere. One young nav
al officer especially delighted the
eye of Mrs. Bridges. Upon the
occasion OF the annual Charity
Bali, (the event of the season,
as my friend, Jenkins always
writes it), the lady had q strong
desire to be accompanied to the
gay, the festive scene by her es-
pecial navy revolver. She made
an engagement with that weapon
But what was to be done with
"hubby?" Bridges, / forgot to
tell you, was Of very jealous
disposition.
He accompanied his young wife
everywhere. He resolved himself
into a family watch dog. The
wife told hey husband on the day
of the festival that l write about
that she was going to the ball that
evening. Bridges said call right" :"
and Immediately gave directions
for the furnishing up of his swaI-
low tail coat He also directed
that his white kids be benzined
and hung on the clothes line that
some OF the odors which are not
waited from Araby the blests,
might take their departure. You
may have noticed that gloves, af-
ter being cleaned with benzine,
are liable to peculiar freaks of
smelling. I have noticed it. My
partner in the giddy lanciers has
also noticed it. But we degrees.
Mrs. Bridges told her husband
that there was no necessity for his
going out, and with that horrid
cold, too. She would 90 with Mrs
Feather,and he could stay at home
and boil his feet in hot water and
put three or four mustard plas-
ters an his chest.
But no, Bridges would 90. He
didn't have any cold, and he did
not need mustard plasters; and he
gave himself four such hearty
slaps on his manly chest that be
came near coughing his head of.
What was Mrs. Bridges to do?
She was engaged to 60 with the
navy revolver, and her husband
persisted i'll escorting her. After
trying in vain to coax Bridges moi
to go, she began to think. / have
been told that woman's wit in
such cases as these is ever ready
with expedelnts. 1t was SO witt
Mrs. Bridges. A happy thought
struck her, History does not
record how hard she was struck.
Did not dear old Bridges masticatf
the hotel hash with false grinders
Had he a tooth in his head that
was not held there by gold plate
OF course you have already guess.
cd what the lady did.
She hid the false teeth-botl
lower and upper sets. They coulC
be found nowhere. He sworf
some oaths, but no one could tel
exactly what oaths he used. There
is not much intelligibibity Of
sound when you have to go ovel
your bare gums on our grea
American cuss words. The beau.
tiful Mrs. b., went off with tht
navy revolver. She enjoyed the
ball immensely. She told hel
husband the next morning how
perfectly gorgeous it was, and il
strange to say, the teeth of Mr.
Bridges we're found in time fol
him to eat some breakfast. They
were found in his writing desk
"just where you left them, yol
forgetful old dear" said Mrs
Bridges.