The Forrest City times., 1895-02-01
A PAIR OF BLO0MERS
Why Mrs. Cranstons Husband Al
 lowed Her to Wear Them.

Before bicycling became craze with women there had never been so much as shadow of quarrel between Mr. and Mrs. Cranston. But after Mrs Gran ston bought bicycle and learned to ride well, there was disagreement which came very nearly breaking up happy home. They had been married three years, and they had often said that their married life had been one long honeymoon. ~
 Tom had yielded so readily to all of his wife's whims that she had uncon- sciously gained an opinion that her word was to him like the laws of the Medes and the Persians B
 But this idea was all knocked to pieces when one morning as they sat at breakfast Mrs. Cranston said:
 Tom, I'm going to order my dress maker to make suit of boomers for me to-day. I do so much bicycling now that the skirts are too heavy for me-"
 What" shouted Tom, dropping his spoon in the oatmeal and splattering milk all over his necktie, looking at her as though she had announced that she was going to commit suicide.
 Mrs. Cranston also dropped her spoon and looked in surprise at her husband.
 "I said" she repeated that 1 was going to get bloomer suit. What strikes you as particularly strange about that?"
 6 What strikes me as particularly stranger" he repeated, with wild look in his eyes. Do you think for one mo- ment that will allow my wife to race around town looking like Autograph of variety entertainment? Not much.'
 But Tom" said Louise, in tone that had never failed to persuade her husband that she was right and that he was wrong, II don't see why can't have bloomers. Mrs. Kynaston and Mrs. Bentley and Mrs Jennings all wear them and their husbands don't object, so why should you?"
 "tt makes no difference why should" said Tom, doggedly. II don't intend to have my friends or the ex- change coming to me and saying: Tom, I see your wifes wearing bloom CTS. Not ii know it.'
 But, Tom" she began, 'I-"
 ''Oh, don't talk any more nonsense, Louise" he broke in. II am sick of it. You shan't wear bloomers, so that set ties it." and Mir Cranston, whose ap- petite had been taken entirely away by his wife's announcement, got up from the table and started for the door.
 "Good-by,n he called from the hall, and then the door slammed and Louise sat at the breakfast table wondering how it was that she had never before known that her husband had will of his own.
 She had told all of her friends only the day before that she would be wear ing bloomers within 8 week. and when they had suggested that her husband might object she said:
 What. Tom object? Why, he never objects to anything"
 And now Tom had absolut tely refused to allow her to wear them, with q fla cial expression which showed that he would not stop short of the divorce courts to prevent It, a#
 Finally she arose from the table ana went to her room. A8 04 Ao1A@
 She had an idea which she thought, if properly carried out, would gain Toms consent to the wearing of bloom CTS. She wrote a hurried note to her dressmaker ordering a bloomer suit of a pattern which she had already se- lected, and then donned her old bicycle suit to pay call on Mrs. Kynaston,