The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-06-20
Tuesday, June ~. 1888.
A LIVELY ~Ci-CUSSlON.

Two wives Talk ovrr How {" Manage .
..usbanI.
They met on State street one sunshiny
afternoon.
How is your husband:" asked the
woman with he forgetmenots on her
bonnet after the first greetings We're over.
Feeling pretty we'll. thank you," re
piled the woIna with the lace cap He
always is well in the middle of the
month"
1.-The middle Of the month"; blankly
repeated the woman with the forgetme,
nOts 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 a9th he is worse,
and by the LIST of the month l really
trcmble for his life under the excitement
Of going over thu accounts"
.Humph." calculated the woman with
the lace cape. That's nothing. Why,
my husband threatens to get a divorce
every time my drcssmakcr's bill is pre-.
sented."
breathlessly.
mot at all. | tell him there is moth.
ing which would please me better"
But yon don't mean
.Of course [ don't. but he is SO con.
trary that he wouldn't do it then for the
world, SO he lust pays the bin and says
nON!orc abCgt it,"
"Oh! Nov, my sister Julia has an cy-
cellent pla', You know she is awfully
e~xtravagant. Well. when a bill come in
that horritIes even her. she lets down all
that yellow hair Of hers. and when her
husband comes in he finds her weeping
bitterly
.Yes, yes: 40 on" cried the other wom-
an eagerly.
"Of course he asks her why she is cry
ing. and she says: oh. Harold. | ann
such IA wretch. Here is So-and-so's bill,
and il is awful. You are 50 generous
that | know youll pay it without a word.
but | just hate myself for costing yot -,
much money Then she cries and tears
her luir."
"Wtll:"
We'll. he SAYS the bill is not 50 large.
after all, kisses her. comforts her AM
pays il without anothc. word"
What az awfnlly NEE man her hus-
band must IL. Now. there's Cora. Her
husband used to rave like "A mailman
over her bills. though he has plenty of
money. Finally Cora determined to
stop it. oh. it is too good. What ln
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
"a dinner. As they mounted the front
steps an errand hoy with II huge huudl,
caIne up also. Cora met them nj the
door.
".What is this:' asked her husband.
You See, he thought she had been buying
dry goods"
YES. | know; 20 on"
".Tley wants the THINGS on saturday.
num- said In. boy. All right said
Cora. taking the bundle. Then she
turned TO her husband and said: 'You
know. dear. You told me that | was ruin
ing you with my extravaganza. This
h some plain sewing | intend TO do l..
order To pay my bills. 1t shall never he
said that | ruined my husband
We'll. ! 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 PLAN
"Why. about the last week in the
Donth her table begins to grow poor
"But that is no Way
"Iou don't understand. Her husband
b n great eater. but awfully stingy. He
complains. She says: Yes. dear. l know.
but ! fear we are living beyond our
means. The bills will he coming in soon,
and we must e~conomize.
"What them"
He flies into a rage and says he pays
the bills and he won't starve to death"
..Well."
We'll. when the bills do come in and
he complains. she just says, Yes. dear. !
ere 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 l. but really my
And mine, too. Still we might try
Gwendolen's plan. Let's 20 in and look
at them anyway."-Chicago Tribune.