The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-10-24
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bump VI sugar. aud hUlIHd hHrsHlf a. M
mhtf wafer
Mr. Tublcs was startled "M, dear
ct laura. .ip reclaimed "WhHt can
such n hpartrendinH .lah nDln on ihe lirs
uf bride but just returned irum boz hon.
cymoouf'
- do mot mind admitting 60 you. dear
Marie. said Mrs noss-, putting her nov
empty cup upon the table, "th1t I have
ALREADY found out that the fate ui u doe
tors wife Is not in Hll rc4pcCts an rnvinhle
one
"Why. Laura, what do You meant You
eau ~ set have had uu experience Of inter.
rupird dinners, midnight calls aud bad
bllsn
AS you know, dear Marie" replied
young Mrs Bugus. eve started imm,di.
ately after our wedding Tor Chicago. aud
my first triul began the very evening Of
our arrival. We reached tho hotel about
% O'Clock 60 find that instead OF The Zine
suit vt rooms we had engaged only one
rather shabby bedchamhrr had been
saved for u.s. OF course it was too late
to change our quarters that evening, even
surprising that we could do better NJ one
Of the other hotsa felt very dusty aud
made up my mind that nice warm bath
was the thing needed, aud ~ ] rang the
bell aud ordered one prepared. Upon hear
ing the order, Mr. Boggs turned TO me
with look Of horror upon his face
"'Do you mean TO say he cried, that
you would actually take "A bath In pub
lie tub in which anybody who pays "A few
I cents can hatheF
Certainly replied, when | have
not a private one. must keep clean
Laura. cried the doctor, do you
not know that number Of dreadful dis
easea may be communicated in that very
way You really will have to countermand
the order. | am very sorry to disappoint
you, but not for thousands Of dollars
/ would have you run such a risk
"And so of course had to give up my
much coveted bath"
"Poor Laura, " said Mrs. Tublets, very
/ little smile Of amusement curling the cor
! ner of her mouth But Mrs. Boggs did
not see it and continued sadly;
"Nlost people had trouble in getting
| their luggage, and we were among the un-
| fortunate in that regard, but | consoled
myself with the idea that the next day
could easily 20 TO one Of the dry goods
shops and buy some clear clothes y shall
not mind the inconvenience nt all, / re
marked cheerfully to william, because,
/ you know, | can t~v them on and be sure
/ that they u nicely Alas, poor little
mel I.s.amal dcsJincd to shock what
call his prejudice.
"'Of course you must he joking he
cried. rut ! assured him ! was never
moIe serious ia my life. Then he looked
actually gaieved at my Ignorance and re
markod that shopkeepers who allowed I'M
dergarments to be tried on ought to be
subject 10 arrest and fine, if not actually
to Imprisonment OF course none but
thoughtl,ss. careless persons would dream
of wearing ready made underclothes until
they had been Numbered, considering the
fact that they are commonly made in tene-
ment houses full Of dirt and bacteria, but
to actually go to n shop where people were
allowed to try on such garments, thus
propagating disgusting skin diseases, one
must be simply mad.
"Of course | was very angry at being
called mad, and then and there we had
our first quarrel.
"You might have supposed that this
would be n lesson to him not to interfere
with my personal liberty, but not at all
Hardly two weeks had passed when one
chilly morning, when we were going to
breakfast in the little sitting room which
we had finally secured, slipped on n
lovely wadded ,Jananese wrapper of male
blua siIl, most eIobnrotalv ambroidered in
canary coIored floss and M I tool n LAST
GLANCE at ,nvself befora Iaovins, my, bed-
room I felt that I Looked very nica indaed
uyyben anne,red at tbe bre,lf fast IN.
lilo however / s,,,, I, sbada of disnIaos,,ra
cross INV husbands face ne he loolied With
marked disapproyol Mt INV nrettv wronner
~ "sTanra -; he said yery serioHsiv ,hayc
YOU ever worn that gown beforey,
"'No,' | answered, wondering what
was coming next.
"sThen do me the favor to take it of
and never put il on again. Yes. nv dear
| know it is exceedingly pretty, but as
likely as not the person who worked all
that elaborate embroidery was leper or
the victim of some cutaneous disorder.
Those orientals are so prone to such dis
eases, and / cannot allow you to run the
risk of wearing the garment, rich and
comfortable rs it is
"Of course after that | could never take
any pleasure in the dress, even if he had
not absolutely forbidden my wearing it.
l was so disappointed that / cried as
changed it for plain American tea gown
of cashmere"
ain early September we went to the
mountains for couple of weeks. We
were at such nice hotel One of the first
things that charmed me was the fact that
, every evening we found in our room a
nice pitcher of ice water. The doctor had
ascertained shortly after our arrival that
the water was safe to drink, and | was
enjoying n glass of it in my room one
on are not drinking water with Ice IL
II, trust
- non nv reDlyiuR that | was he < cd