The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-04-05
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Mr.. Robert Newlywed turned up az
his office one morning last week with
grieyed expression, indicating very
plainly that be could tell tale OF woe
If he We're urged. Only two months be,
fore he bac run the gantlet of rice and
old slippers, and since that event life
had been developing for him in unex-
pectei ways.
None of your boarding houses for
me, " said Mr.. Newlywed. s'Of course
my wife doesn't know anything about
housekeeping, hut she will learn by
mistakes, and have already good
cook in view. y
That was before the old slippers and
rice. Judging from Mr.. Newlywed,s
fragmentary remarks ON life in d fiat.
Mrs. Newlywed has been learning s6me
things i'll just the way Robert expected
she would. Mr.. Newlywed's grievedexs
preston occasionally is understood by
his friends 70 announce AN acquisition
of knowledge ON the part Of Mrs. New
lywed. He told of the latest experiences
of this kind after reasonable amount
OF sympathetic urging.
Mrs. Robert has her own ideassof
good form. She not only objects to her
husband carrying home bundles of any
kind. but she further believes that her
servants should not be seen carrying
any of the results of n mornings mar
keting into tho rather aristocratic apart
ment house in which she lives
II think, she said not long ago,
"that IL is positively vulgar-no other
word fits-it-for one's servants to Ing
home a package of steak or whatever
the inarketman has neglected to deliver.
There are many little ways in which
such displays of ones household econ
ony or extravaganza may be avoided,
you know.
Mrs Newlywed had an opportunity
to test her theory one Monday evening
When she returned after some calls in
the afternoon, she found that her orders
for dinner had not been delivered. She
sent Mary out to get them. She told
Mr.. Newlywed that none of the other
servants in the house had even suspect
ed that her servant had brought in.the
dinner ut a late hour. and Mr.. Newly.
wed askedrno questions The next aft
eruoen the Newlyweds went up to
Poughkeepsie 20 dine witsi.old friends.
and II was the day following that Now
lywed's grieyed expression appeared IS
the office.
"Of course. he said, she won't do
this same thing again. for it was very
embarrassing. Our host thought it was
funny, and so it was, real funny-Iia.
ha-but very embarrassing. .
More sympathy for Mr.. Newlywed,
mixed with jndicious praise of Mrs.
Newlywed, provoked the tale.
II had Just time, said Mr.. Newly
wed, ''on Tuesday to fire my evening
clothes and some things, you know,
into u leather dress suit case and run
for my train. Ny wife went on an early
train. When / reached the house in
Poughkeepsie. made n rapid change
and was dressed just ON the minute that
dinner was announced. thought that
in an apartment we were not so con.
stantly reminded Of the presence Of q
kitchen ms wowere i'll this house. My
wife began TO look embarrassed five
minutes after / entered the room, and
SO did the hostess aud the other guests.
Say, I'm not going into the details of
this thing. 1t wasn't explained until
my wife suddenly asked:
Robert, y0u never packed your
things iii that leather box, did yon:'
That's just what did do, said /,
and made quick work Of 1t.
II thought my wife was going to
faint, Then she became hysterical, and
i'll that condition she explained. OF
course it was funny. you know, but en-
barrassing. Mary had been using my
dress suit case TO smuggle in tile market.
ing. Mrs. Newlywed and are fond of
fish, you know. Il was u clever idea,
now, wasn't it: But embarrassing
very. finished that dinner in my tray
cling suit Nothing like learning ly
mistakes, is there Now York Sun.