The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1893-08-03
PLAYING 1T ON HUBBY.
Some Wifely Little Schemes for Obtain
ing Fine Clothes.

Some Wifely Little Schemes for Obtain.
ing Fine Clothes.
They met on State street one sun
shiny afternoon.
How is your husband?'' asked the
woman with the forgetmenots on her
bonnet, after the first greetings We're
over.
Feeling pretty well, thank YOU
replied the woman with the lace cape.
''He always is we'll in the middle of the
month
The middle of the month";" blankly
repeated the woman with the forget
menots on her bonnet.
why, yes; there are no bills coming
in then you know. You see about the
2Sth he begins to complain that he is
feeling badly, on the goth he is worse,
and by the first of the month | really
tremble for his life under the excite
ment of going over the accounts
"Humphn' calculated the woman
with the lace cape. That's nothing;
why, my husband threatens to get a
divorce every time my dressmakers
bill is presented"
do you cry?" asked the other wo-
man, breathlessly.
Not at all; tell him there,is moth
ing which would please me better"
But you don't mean"
'Of course, I don't; but he is so con-
! trary that he wouldn't do it then for
the world, so he just pays the bill and
says no more about it."
''Oh! Now my sister Julia has an ex-
cellent plan-you know she is awfully
| extravagant-well,w when bill comes
| in that horrifies even her she let's down
all that yellow hair of hers and when
her husband comes in he finds her
weeping bitterly"
Yes, yes; go on" cried the other
woman, eagerly.
''Of course he asks why she is crying,
and she says, o, Harold, l am such a
wretch; here is Soandso's bill and it is
awful. You are so generous that l
know you'll pay it without word, but
| just hate myself for costing you so
much money Then she cries and tears
her hair
"Wen?"
"Well, he says the bill is not so large
after all; kisses her, comforts her, and
pays it without another word"
What an awfully nice man her hus-
band must be. Now, there's Cora; her
husband used to rave like a madman
over her bills, though he has plenty of
money. Finally Cora determined to
stop it. O, it is too good! What do
you think she did?"
Il don't know. Tell me quick"
''She laid all her plans, and one day
her husband brought home a swell
friend to dinner. AS they mounted the
front steps an errand boy with a huge
bundle came up also. Cora met them
| at the door"
"What is this?" asked her husband.
You see, he thought she had been buy
ing dry goods
"Yes, know; go on"
They wants the things on Satur.
day, mum, said the boy. All right,
said Cora, taking the bundle. Then
she turned to her husband and said:
You know, dear, you told me that |
was running you with my extrava-
gance; this is some plain sewing | in
tend to do in order to pay my bills-it
shall never be said that | ruined my
husband
"Well, never; what was the end OF
it?"
''Oh! her husband has never com
planned of a bill since, she says. And
YOU know how Cora dresses?"
''Yes There's Gwendolen, too, she
manages we'll"
|. What is her plano
"Why, about the last week in the
month her table begins to grow
poor
But that is no way"
''You don't understand Her hus
band is a great eater, but awfully
stingy. He complains; she says: Yes
dear, know, but fear we are living
beyond our means; the bills will be
coming in soon and we must econo
mize.'" "
What them
''He flies into rage and says he pay:
the bills and he won't starve to death.
''Well?"
''Wel, when the bills do come in anC
he complains she just says: Yes, dear
| see we must economize on the table
That settles it,
"Of course. Oh! look at those lovely
India silks. | am dying for one"
And so am but, really, my bill!
And mine, too. Still, we might try
Gwendolen's plan; let's go in and lool
at them anyway''-Chicago Tribune