Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-07-12

Two Clipper Women Agree That They
Are Hard to Please.

Are Hard to Please.
"Men are awfully hard to please" sighed
the woman with the pansies In her bonnet
as she seated herself at the restaurant table
Indeed they are, responded the woman
with the blue serge gown. II met Clara
awhile ago, and she says her husband says
the meanest things about her new full
sleeves He threatened to get divorce
Just because she wore n dress without any
at ball last winter. Why, call that IL
logical,n
$50 do l. Now, Frank is always saying
am so eXtrayHgant, so | just determined
to prove to him that am not. Well yes.
terday saw some gloves advertised at IS
cents pair, so l decided to get some.
didn't exactly need them, you know, but IL
was good chance to show my husband
that / was willing to save money came
down town on purpose TO get them, and
would you believe It'll forgot all nbout
them. You see, had been looking in vain
for black lace cape like Emily's, and that
day just CHANGED on one"
How awfully fortunate"
YES, wasn't III Well, when was al
most home | suddenly remembered the
gloves. The truth was that had paid more
than | ought for the cape, so | wanted tho
cheap gloves TO put my husband In n good
humor before | showed Il 10 him. Well,
was actually too tired to walk another step,
SO 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 at
first Oh, tell you men are Awfully hard
to pleasel'
Indeed they nre,n sighed the woman
with the blue serge gown. Now, | lost
my pocketbOok n week or so ago 1t was
an awfully pretty one though to be sure,
] had had 1t good while, and It was lit
tie worn at the edges. | knew Horace
would always fling my losing It in my face
until my dying day, so before went home
advertised 1t In two papers"
And did you find it,"
"oh, yes; got il back after had paid
reward OF S. Then told Horace all about
it, and what do you think was the first
question he aslsedp
II don't know, but I'm sure it was some
thing horrid."
He asked, How much money was in
Before he even praised you for being so
businessllke-what a shamel But how
much was in itp'
Only % cents, but the principle was the
same"
"Ot course il was. Now, there was Alice.
She lost her umbrella the other day and
would not buy another-just to punish her
self, she said And, don't you think, tho
very first time she wore her s25 bonnet It
rained, and as she had no umbrella IL 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
"rhe ideal And there is Nora You know
how economical Nora is"
Indeed do Why, she made herself III
by walking all over town shopping one
hot day last summer without any lunch.
You see she wanted to save the money to
buy silver stickpin. Her husband would
have given her tho money, but she wanted
to surprise him by her economy"
"Wellin
"oh, it made her violently III, and she
was In bed two weeks, with the doctor com
ing every day and sending In an awful bill.
AS for her husband, he didn't appreciate
her self denial 40 ALL"
"Of course not, Well, she had nm awful
experience the other day. She sold some Of
her husbands old clothes to II peddler aud
bought some lovely flowers with the mon
ey."
We'll, Pm suren-
But, you see, she forgot to look in the
pockets and in one Of them there happened
TO be tho receipt fora big bill. The bill
was sent in the next day, and as the receip,
was missing her husband had TO pay II
over But II wasn't her fault II the shop.
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