Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-05-13
SHOPPING JUST ONCE.
a BUSINESS MAN ACCOMPANIES HIS
WIFE ron ONE DAY.

WIFE ron ONE DAY.
She Proves Ia Him ConcIuslyeIy That Hay.
ing Thing. Tor the Family Is Not the
Easy Task Men Are Inclined to Regard
It-it Was an Ordinary One Too.
A certain New York woman has a hus.
band who made himself conspicuous re
Gently bya remark lie was reading aloud
In the newspaper the suggestion Of some
masculine happy thought that II would I've
a good thing " women would try to finish
their shopping To occupy the rars an hour
earlier than tile tired male workers needed
them, in which case the latter cunld bury
their uo>e~ In their newspapers without
any conscience pricks from the sight Of
standing women about them Aud 80
reading this husband remarked emphat
ically'
THAT'S n sensible notion Women can
just as well manage their shopping hours
to he through and home by o'clock"
His wife differing with equal emphasis
an argument followed which ended, as
many arguments do. in the husbands a.
sertion that he could do 1t. and he was no
shopper either Whcreupon his wife in
I Nibtu uiin 10 dNtoHlitnN heF on one lal =
ordinary round, aud la rash moment he
accepted the invitation \ day that week
was selected. aud the husband duly re-
manned up town after breakfast
Eve must start early" he said That
is one OF the points made" Z"
"Asearly as | can eve tart, " replied his
wife, aud the head ~ the family watched a n
hour slip away while his wife got the chill
dren of 20 school, talked with the cook
about the days meals, received an early
visitor on AN errand, saw the grocer's and
butchers men, wrote note ordering coal
put on her jacket aud bonnet, and finally
left the house with him at five minutes be
fore l0
AN EARLY START.
At the gate his wife was met and de
tanned live minutes by poor woman who
belonged in her charity visiting district,
whose call necessitated a return To the
house for an order as treasurer of relief
committee. Their residence is in West One
Hundred and Twenty seventh street, and il
| took ten minutes to reach the l. station
| five minutes more To catch train, which
| they left at Eighteenth street and Sixth
avenue at exactly seventeen minutes to II
/ o'clock
"Now takea transfer card, $ said the hus
band, 'and get everything Ia one store
4 That's the way you women waste time and
strength running about 10 compare prices
and save "A cent here and there
Ills wife said nothing II was her habit
TO use a transfer card
The large shop first entered WAS crowd
ed. IL was not easy to get to the counter
desired, but once there clerk was ready
Some white pique WAS bought, and then
/ some colOTed pique was asked for Only
/ two pieces were In stock. neither would
/ answer, this errand must be done else
/ where. The purchase was recorded on the
/ transfer and the hosiery counter was
sought stockings for Ned, Flossie aud
/ little Frank, said tue wife: two grades
/ school and best" The hosiery counter is
always besicged and considerable wait
ensued before she could be served Only
one part Of the order could be filled. Ger
tain sizes were ont.
A rug for the library. (which am Sc
glad yon can help me to select" was her
next errand They took the elevator for
the rug department and took seats for in
spection OF the stock Rng after rug was
spread before them until, rs the husband
confessed, "the choice becaHie madden.
ing" lie liked every one better than the
preceding and finally gave IL up
THEY GIT HOME LATE.
Then his wife priced. examined, consid-
cred the colorings OF the room for which il
was intended, and at last made "a judiciOus
selection. not, however, until good half
hour had been spent in the work.
One or two more purchases were made in
the shop as eXpediciously as possible, and
a number were tried for hut were not oh
tainable. There was u considerable wait at
the transfer desk for parcels and bills not
arrived there, and when they were once
more in the street the husband was aston
ished to lind that il lacked only quarter
to O'Clock. To get luncheon place, b,
served and discuss the meal consumed an
other hour and then the work was con
tinued
An exchange was TO be effected at on,
shop which needed considerable circumlo
cution, and at another the wife wanted tt
look up parcel bought the previous week
which had failed To reach her In this case
the dry goods red tape became very trying
and tha husband. like one of Ouidas he
roes, sworc "a little under his mustachc "
The colored pique proved difficult ncces.
sity To procure, the desired stocking sizes
were not all found AT one place. other pur
chases needed trips Ia more than one shop.
and /, was 5:2O before they left their last
shopping place aud boarded Third avenue
elevated train at Ninth street.
Both were tired out. the husband es-
pecially so 'ARd. said the wife, this is
an easy day OF shopping; | have bought no
bonnet or gown, the choosing Of either i'm.
plies more time aud effort. Yet you see
how weary IL is and huw memorable the
hours consumed. And | am au expert
compared To many women ! know, and to.
day have not looked at a single thing
outside Of my list, which one has TO do TO
shop judiciously.
The truth is the weariest person on =
car at night is the woman who has been
doing days shopping 1t is physical and
mental labor OF the most fatiguing sort,
yet 1t is rs important a branch Of the fam.
lily affairs as any other part. And If men
will only let us alone and let us choose our
own time il is all we ask. and they may
keep their seats forever
The husband replied never a word p Her
Point OF View Ia New York Times
Married woman's VIII
IL n woman makes a will before marriage