Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-04-13
THEIR FIRST QUARREL.
1t Was Caused by a Combination of
Wrong Dressing and Bad Temper.

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Wrong Dressing and Bad Temper.
"And you and Fred really never, never
quarrelW
The caller, who was also a privileged
and intimate friend, expressed increasing
skepticism in the crescendo tones of her
/ voice.
I'VE never do"
as he then, an angelo Remember, Meg,
] was your chum at school. Can you say
Rs well that you never have quarreledY
Perhaps it is my duty to give you an
unbiased account of our first and only
] quarrel. 1t may serve to avert a like
catastrophe in your own life on some
| future occasion"
| At which the caller blushed but was
| quite sure that she would quarrel any
| way in spite of the warning unless Tom
| let her have things her own way
Girls who talk that way always make
the most obedient wives. But to my story
You would never guess that the quarrel
was all caused by a dress, or rather by
wearing the wrong dress in the right place,
as Fred afterward said / was doing my
own housewOrk in those days and sending
the laundry ont. On this particular morn
ing ] allowed myself to feel a little cross
over the fact that | had oversight myself
The second mishap was that my clean
print dress had not returned from the
wash, so put on pretty afternoon dress,
for / made it "a rule always TO look neat at
breakfast, This was some years ago, when
gowns were made less plainly than now,
and my i'll temper was not lessened by the
sound of ripping as my dress caught in the
knob Of the kitchen door nor by the sight
Of the most vicious Kind of a three cor
nerod tear
Moments were precious. Fred was
obliged to take a certain train every morn
ing from our suburban home to the city,
and there was no time to repair the dam
age except so far as pin could be made
to hold the parts together However, !
struggled pTayerully with my growing ir-
ritation and gathered the materials for my
biscuits, when, to my further annoyance,
| found it impossible to raise my sleeves.
The woman who can make bread or biscuit
with her sleeves down to her wrists and
still pursue the even tenor of her way is fit
for CanOnization.
81 comforted myself with the reflection
that biscuit dough should be handled very
lightly. with finger tips only, and was sue
Ceediug very well when / felt my biggest |
hairpin slipping down my back ! had |
hastily twisted my hair into Psyche knot, /
and it was on this pin that the structure /.
mainly depended / could not 20 to It's /
rescue with my hands covered with -four |
and when Fred looked into the kitchen /
and suggested that lac had less than an hour !
iH which to breakfast and reach the depot /
felt myself outageously i'll used His at |
tempt to Pacify me with q Joke on my /
llowery appearance / resented as an in |
suit, ltseemed TO me that many woman /
had obtained "a divorce ON less grounds.
"WeU, that was all there was about our /
first quarrel at least all that | care to .
repeat, for / said a great many unjust and !
understandable things i'm my anger and it |
might have had a much more tragcal end ]
ing but for Frpd's sweet temper 1t was a /
most one sided quarrel You see dear, |
plead guilty to all the reproach implied in .
that little feminine speech, Remember. |
Meg. | was your chum at school, But.
really you would not find me such a bad |
chum now, for 1 trust / have improved by /
association.
when Fred left home after his most
cherries breakfast I sat down to indulge |
in itt Of retrU-pectiou over the events of /
that i'll starred morning. | am willing to
say now that IL was all the fault of my
temper, but then laid it all at the door of .
AItti maj Dt'i4Sitt 3itSH " zen itS ab1fnihd-
BILE draperies. ! made "a resolution then
and there never again to wear any but "A
suitable dress in my kitchen, one made in
such manner as to bid defiance to door
knobs and keys, and one with sleeves wide
enough to roll up. Next / decided that |
would never again trust to one hairpin,
and, thirdly, that my boots should always
be buttoned before | left my room. for
got to mention how largely my unbuttoned
boots contributed that morning to my I'm
happy frame Of mind.
You don't see any particular moral?
There are several. First, be sure to marry
a man with the best disposition this side Of
Paradise. Next, cultivate an even temper
yourself, if you are not already blessed
with one. | mean one evenly good, not
evenly bad. Again, if you do your own
housewOrk, wear suitable dress. Don't
take your old street dresses for wear in the
kitchen. Better send them to some mis-
sion"
However, the caller assured the moralist
that she never intended TO do any kitchen
work, and so that sermon was lost.-New
York Raogr41ar