The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1893-11-18
THOSE MEN.

THOSE MEN.
I've OhipDsr Women Agree That The
Are Hard to Please.
Men are awfully hard to please, sighe
the woman with the pansies in her bonnie
- she seated herself at the restaurant table
Indeed they are" responded the woma,
with the blue serge gown. II met Clar
awhile ago, and she says her husband cay
the mea0sst things about her new full
sleeves He threatened to get . divorc
just because she wore dress without an
ct ball last winter. Why, call that ii
logical"
$50 do l. Now, Frank is always sayin
lam 70 extravasant. 20 I Just dstermine'
to prove to him that am not. Well, ysu
serday saw some gloves advertised ct 4
cents pair, 70 ! decided to get soma
didn't exactly need them, you know, but
Wa 2 good chance TO show my HUSBAND
shas was willing to save money. I cam,
would you believe It'll foreot an sbou,
them. You zee, I had been looking Id vair
Tor black lace caps like Emily's, and tina.
day just chanced on one"
How awfully fortunate"
Yea, want IT. Well, when was a.
most homo suddenly remembered the
gloves. The truth was that had paid more
than I ought for the cape. 20 wanted the
ensap gloves to put my husband in . good
humor before showed It to him. Well,
was actually too tired to walk another step,
70 after lunch got cab and went back
after the gloves. And, don't You think,
after all my trouble Frank was disagree
able enough to say that it would have been
cheaper to buy the more expensive ones ct
hrst Oh. tell you men are awfully hard
to pleased
Indeed they are," sighed the woman
with the blue serge gown. ''Now, I lost
my pocketbook week or 20 ago. It was
an awfully pretty one, though. to be SURE,
had had 1t good while, and it was lit
tie worn at the edges. l knew Horace
would always ding my losing it in my face
until my dying day. 30 before went home
advertised it in two papers"
''And did you find iti''
"Oh. yes; I got it back after had paid q
reward Of q. Then told Horace all about
it. and what do you think was the first
question he askedr"
II don't know, but I'm sure it was some
thing horrid."
He asked. How much money was in
tip"
Before he even praised you for being 10
businosslfke-what . shame! But how
much was In it,"
only 20 cents, but the principle was the
sama"
"Of course it was. Now. there was Alice.
She lost her umbrella tho other day and
would not buy another-just to punish her
salt, she said. And, don't you think, the
very first time she wore her $25 bonnet Il
rained, and a. she had no umbrella it was
ruined. Her husband was too mean for
anything about it-said 1t would have been
more economical to buy cheaper bonnet
and an umbrella too"
I THE ideal And there IL Nora You know
how economical Nora H."
Indeed do. Why, abe made herself i'll
~ walking all over town shopping one
hot day last summer without any lunch.
You go she wanted to awe the money to
buy silver stiokpin. Her husband would
have given her the money. but she wanted
TO surprise him BY her economy"
"Welli"
! 'oh. II made her violently i'll, and shs
wa In bed two weeks, with the doctor com.
Ing every day and sending in an awful bin.
A for her husband, he didn't Appreciate
her self denial at all.''
"Of counse not. Well, she had An awful
experience the other day. She sold some OF
her husbands old clothes to . peddler and
bought some lovely flowers with the mon
sy." -
well, I'm surs"-
but. you ses, abe forgot to look in the
pockets, and in one Of them there happened
to b the receipt for big bill The bill
was sent In the next day, and a. the receipt
vas misaing her husband had to pay il
over. But II wasn't her fault II the shop
keeper was dishonest"
"Of course not. Well, must 10 home
now. Ny housekeeping book IL not made
mp for the weak and''-
why. how do you manage to keep one,
tEsed. but mine would never balance prop
erly."
Mine didn't use to. but have become
quite business woman now. Why, you
80, have my weekly allowance, and II I |
forget what I've spent the money for Just |
put down 'sundriss,' because, you know, I |
must have got something with it. II |
haven't enough money, I Just tell my hus-
hand that 1t must have gone for fruit-you
know he u perfectly devoted to fruit."
80 Well, wish l had your head for
hadneaA ! think my husband would be
- dasagreeabls II Ihad."-Chicagu Trib-
INA
Eskimos for tho Worlds Fair.
Two well known Swedish scientists
MN. Bjorling and Kallstemuis, arrived
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