St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-09-07
ABsENT-MINDED WOMEN.
Stories Told bD Chmckti,,g Chfca,
Husbands ibo,.f Their JSette, TF,,T,as

Stories Told bD Chmckti,ag Chicago
Husbands .i6out Their BETTER HaIves.
Speaking about absent-minded people,
said West-sider, ''women beat the nation
at that. There is my wife, one of the most
careful and most level-headed women in
the world. But one night last winter we
went to large party and we both, for sew
eral reasons, were more than anxious to ap-
pear well. My wife was greatly concerned
about me, as | am the absent-minded mem
Der of the family, and looked me over criti-
cally and carefully after left the courtroom
and before we went down stairs She was
herself all right, of course, and was superbly
dressed. We went down in high feather,
and had passed through the parlors and had
spent h most delightful half hour on parade
duty, as it were, when my wife suddenly
turned pale in what thought was a fair ting
fit. | hurried her from the room, and was
about to turn the house upside down in
search of restoratives, when she clutched
my sleeve and pointed to her feet She had
before leaving home drawn over her shoes
pair of my socks, and had forgotten TO re-
move them. The thought that she had been
parading before 300 people with those socks
ON was too much for herr
south slider who had listened to this,
said, after INDUCING in contented little
chuckle, my wife tells almost as good q
story as that on herself. She is, as every
body knows who knows her at ALL very par
ticular about her dress, and grieves over a
spot on my coat or a lack of polish on my
shoes with grief that will not be comforted.
She went down street shopping on one occa-
sion this spring, and in trying on bonnets
became little disturbed over the fact. that
none OF the new shapes suited her face.
She therefore picked up her parasol, walked
out OF the store, called on very aristocratic
acquaintance. and then came home A
glance in the hall glass showed that she had
no bonnet on. She had taken it off to try
on the new ones and, as she expressed it,
had been parading along the streets with
nothing on her head but small veil across
her forehead. She didn't scold me about
the spots on my coat for week.
81 have bett9r story than that" said a
superintendent at one of the departments at
Fields. mot long ago a fashionably
dressed lady came in early, and in the
course of bargaining put her parasol on the
counter near large feather buster which
one of the clerks had been using. After
making some purchases the lady caught up
the buster instead of her parasol and went
out. As soon as discovered the mistake l
sent boy after her with the parasol, but he
did not oyertake her unril she had made
quite journey. In fact, she fourished
that feather buster along the street, -four
ished it about as she went into another store,
and put it down on the counter, still under
the impression that it was parasol, and
seeing the feather buster asked for her para
sol. The clerk explained that she had not
brought any parasol in, but had come in
carrying that buster. She was indignant
at such an intimation, and was delivering
the clerk sharp lecture on the subject
when in came our boy with her parasol and
an explanation. She was so overcome that
she had to be sent home in a carriage.