Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-04-16
A COMPLICATED GARNENT.

endyke, looking up from his paper,
II think l would be greatly benefit
ted this summer by sea baths. r Bath
Ing in the surf is an excellent tonic,
and if you will make me up = suit,
and one for yourself, il you like.
we'll 60 down often and take q dip
in the waves"
The very thing smiled Mrs.
Spoopendyke, "you certainly need
something to tone you up, and there's
nothing like salt water. I think I'll
make mine of blue flannel, and, let
Inc see, yours ought to be red, my
dear"
II don't think you caught the ex-
act drift Of my remark retorted
Mr.. Spoopendyke. 81 didn't say ]
was going into the opera business, OF
that I was going to hire out to some
country village as a condagrstion
My plan was to 60 in swimming,
Mrs. Spoopendyke, to 60 in swim.
ming, and not grow up with the
country as a cremation furnace.
You can make yours of blue, If you
want it, hut you don't make mine Of
red, that's ALL"
| There's pretty shade Of yellow
flnnei"-
Most indubitsbly. Mrs. Spoopen'
dyke, but if you think I'm going e
masquerade around Manhattan Beach
in the capacity OF ham you haven''
yet seized my idea l don't appre'
hend that I shall benefit by th<
waters any moe by going around
looking like $ uta Cruz rum barrel
What I want is bathing suit, and il
you can't get one up without making
me look like Fulton street car IL
go and buy something to suit me-"
Would you want it all in ont
piece, or do you want pants ant
blouse?"
II want suit easy to get in ant
out of. I'm not particular about fol
lowing the fashion. Make up some
thing neat, plain and substantial, bu
don't stick any fancy colors into it
1 want it modest and serviceable"
Mrs. Spoopendyke made up th
suit, under the guidance of lad
friend, whose aunt had told her no,
it should he constructed. 1t was i
one piece and when completed Va
rather startling garment.
4 "I'h try it on tonight" said n,
! Spoopendyke, eyeing it askance whe
it was handed him.
Before retiring Mr.. Spoopendyk
examined the suit and then began {
get into it.
why didn't you make some leg
I to it? What dye want to make it q
r arms for?" he inquired. strugglin
l around to see why it didn't come u
l behind.
you've got it on sideways. TheI
amt any top to it. Don't you kno
+ enough to put the arms up whel
a they belong? What dye think l 81
= anyhow? A. star-6sh? Where do'
: this leg go?"
t fright in here. That's the pls'
t for that leg"
d "Then where's the leg that goes
" this hole?"
II why, the other leg
The measly things all lee
e Who'd you make this thing for, M
'r What dye take me for, q centiped
e Who else Is going to get in here vi
'e me? I want somebody else. al
y twins. l can't fill this business U
Ii What dye call it, anyway; . fam
N macI,inc!"
D, Those other places amt leg
a they're sleeves"
e "What are they doing down theI
+" Why amt they up here where th
Id belong? What are they there +
as snow-shoes? S'pose I'm going
ir stand on my head to get my arms
rs hose holes?" --.
al II don't think you've got it
ID right" suggested Mrs. Spoopendyl
i'll 'sIt looks twisted"
* That's the way yop told me. Y
de So Fo. l-.ss ~ .--1 and that {
I'd i'd .aei, -3 .-e= raaY asc, NJ
ed where doc. .as gss go
on Il made it according 70 The
nd tern" sighed Mrs. Spoopeadyke ke,
~ Then it's all right, and it's
'ai that's twisted" sneered Mr.. Spo
OF endyke. "I'll have my arms .
ns' legs altered. All I want Is to b
AS my legs jammed in the small Of
'p- hack and my arms stuck in my hi
OF then it'll fit. What did you take
inc pattern, a crab? Where'd ,
as find the l"hster you made this th
'e' from? s'pose I'm going into
sd. water on all fours? I told 20
he wanted bathing suit, didn'tI?
n.y. I say anything about a chair cove
hs ~ think if you take it of and
i, on over again it'll work." reason
Mrs. Spoopendyke.
" s.Oh! of course. I've only got
IT. humor the gasted thing. That's
it wants. And Mr.. Spoopend
wrenched it off with growl.
Now, pull it on." said \
Spoopendyke. R
Mr.. Spoopendyke went at it ae
-" and reversed the original order
l.