The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-04-03

had to attend to Just then Hbu don't
they have May Musical Festivals later
on--say in the fallP People would have
so much more time to attend them
and they would make more money, I'm
sure. But, as / said to Josiah, whether
| 1t was IN spring or winter, it was all
one--we were bound to attend the Fes-
tival. Everybody that is anybody goes
to the Festivals, unless they have some
sort OF an excuse. Even the Sourbecks
had it all arranged to attend the Fes-
tival the year before I know, because
our Jane had new dress made by the
dressmaker that made three new
dresses for the Sourbecks, but because
Mrs. Sourbeck's aunt died they did not
go after all. 1t was about week be-
fore the Festival, but as the aunt was
some poor creatures wife-T never
heard of her till she died-they did not
go to the funeral. And do you know,
! If I've heard it once I've heard it said a
hundred times it was so odd the Sour
becks didn't go to the May Musical
/ Festival. / told Josiah it would never
do to let that impression get out about
ats. And to omake sure, made him pur-
chase season tickets for two, early He
had to pay o man to stay up-sin the
line,' he called it-aH night to get good
places, for / told him since we must 60,
was determined people should see US,
and to be sure and get the front seats in
the middle of the gallery. He has no
more idea of economy, Josiah, than a
child. He wanted to take his chances
with the rest, and said people saw more
1 of 81 hrvs
were more likely to be seen than sitting
on front seat. | soon convinced him
that was not my way of looking at it,
and when he said he had to pay the man
for standing in line all night ten dol
lars, do you know what [ answered. /
asked him if he wouldn' tsooner do that
than pay doctor twenty or thirty dol
lars maybe, and have the lumbago be-
side.
FWell, as I was saying g-where was {?
@, yes. said since we were bound to
attend, needed new bonnet anyway,
and such q time as we had picking that
bonnet. / took Josiah with me, be-
cause he always complained that got
too much color in my bonnets, or they
were either too old or too young. Jo-
siah is a cery difficult man to please.
/ often tell him it's lucky for him he
got a patient, pains taking, economical
wife or he'd be in the poor-house. And
he is of such "a quiet turn in dress. |
tnooC | ought to dress ivelier to make
amends, but can't bring myself to it, =
and plump Mrs. Appleby rocked until
her bonnet looked a rainbow under the
gaslight. HE is quiet every way.
That man will sit whole evening when
we go out, and not say six words some
times. You win smile when I tell you
his excuse. He says talk enough for
both. Well, we went shopping. We
were out about two hours and a half.
All that time I was looking for one
color, just to please Josiah. when he
said to me
. Isn't there some place we can go
to and finish this business up?'
".Yes,' saws /, Josiah, we are sure
to find that color at Mot & Mot's.'
".Why in the name of all the saints,
then. didn't you go to Mot & Mot's in
the first place, instead of trundling a
fellow around like wheel-barrow
through dozen storesp'
.sWhen we went to Mot & Mot's, and
; found the color / wanted to match my
ribbon-I wanted narrow band to
face my bonnet, instead of full-depth
facing i told the clerk to cut me off q
narrow piece of the silk as wide as
that Mrs. Appleby held up two
plump, taper fingers. s'1ou should
have seen Josiah stare at me as paid
the ten cents for. it and put the silk in
my pocket-book !; didn't want them
to put that on the book
".Well, says Josiah, I've heard O
women going shopping, buying a spoo
of thread and ordering it sent home
, but I'm blest If ever dreamed woman
would hunt all over creation for bon
net the way you do. AT the rate yot
are getting the stuff for awhole bonnet
an entire generation might be swept of
the globe before you complete it. Th'
Cathedral at Cologne is not a circum
stance to it. -
"That's the way with Josiah when
try to practice economy Mrs. Ap
pleby began to look grave. A Sigh
frown, that suspect she knew addet
piquancy to her expression, rested OF
her face, as she continued, in a yer,
/ serious tone: II ever dflNtulU2 AOC
) wrong with Josiah he will think of th'
g times have tried to save him a dollar
But men do take such peculiar notion
: into their heads. Josiah wanted t.
!, argue with me that instead of saviny
money by buying the material and hav
| ing my bonnet made justto suit myself
t it cost me a great deal more, to sa.
/ nothing of the time and shoe leather W
4 wore out hunting the material.
t .'We had to get new dresses anyway
: / told him, so he said he would let u
4 work out our own salvation. He hat
t all the trouble he wanted with tn
9 tickets and silk for the facing of th
: bonnet. We did manage to get alien,
: without him. We got the new dresse
: made in good time. Ifthere' s anything
Il I've dread of, it is being behind time
t There is Miss Anglesea, now. | neve
t knew her to make the train she starte1
7 for. II I've seen Miss Anglesea mis-
7 one train, I've seen her miss a hundred
Q One day she left my house at eight i
Q the morning to catch the eight fifteen
!. and missed it. And she got up o.
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