The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-08-02
The Minister'S Wife.
How She Would Look in Dress of MauVc--Some Peculiar
tiles Which Bah Finds in the Country.

they are. being to rest for a little while
and then. when we gain the flush of
health which permits wearing Of the
new blue and showing plumpness Of neck
which allows a decollete bodice, we VIII
start away from the children, dogs and
birds. leaving them to find health and
happiness i'll the green pastures and amid
the red COWS. which are pro
ductive Of n very good time. Most
of the neighbOrhood has called on Us.
and We nave had no end Of opportunities
to give advice, which is always 50 pleas
ing and which we would not take our
selves if an angel from heaven offered
it free of charge.
In the country they always ask YOU
about the fashions. The minister's wife.
a lady who is inclined to be intellectual
and who has read Kant and quotes Em-
erson, whispered to me confidentially her
desire to know the fashionable color. l
told her that New York was entirely
given over to red in doing. not in wearing
though. For wearing every shade OF
heliotrope which ranges from the shade
that seems blue to that which IS close
to royal purple is in vogue. She sad
she was glad to know this, because she
had always thought there was something
genteel about mauye, and then every
body couldn't pronounce the name. she
added that she would get her husband
to bring her home some samples OF Il
certain shade next week. when he went
to town to buy Il new concordance. ana
| thought what a love Il man must De
when he is willing to get samples OF Il
color that is developed in Seyenty-five
l.Ir -. .. 7 4l;,l- -, 81 Il pLc. of
mauve the minister's wife would look
like a lemon. since it will bring out ali
that is yellow in her complexion and
harmonize with all that is bilious in her
temperament.
Then. too, we had Il great excitement:
the water pipe burst. Now, when we
came to this house. we We're told that 1t
had all the improvements. and the in
provement we specially admired WAS the
bath tub. In the city when Il pipe bursts
YOU send for three plumbers, being sure
that one Will come. You allow him TO
boss YOU and then you give VI your
new gown. or whatever it was YOU in
tended to get, to pay his bill. In the
country things are managed differently.
| never knew how a leak could be stop
ped without the aid of the gentleman
who pIumbs. This one began as do ali
TEAMS. at the lily StiC lioui vi =. LIN u ~
ped down from the third to the second
story before its dire purpose was dis
covered. BY that time it had ruined
Il lot Of books. some rag carpets and
some chairs of the vintage of 1UG.
Two men and one woman had started
out to discover it. and it was the woman
who found it-with Il bonnet pin. We
were Il rather rocky looking lot. The
two who did the most looking and work
ing We're in WrapD2rS. put on hastily
over their ~nightgowns. TIL one who
did the most talking sat on the side OF
the bed. dangling her feet and admirin2
them, clothed as they We're in Turkish
slippers. The man WAS quite presentablG
in Il pair Of trousers and 4 bike jacket
while his feet were like those people
Milton. modest i'll their nudeness.
while his feet were. like those people il
Milron. modest in their nudeness.'
They didn't trouble anybody very mucl
until he succeeded i'll stepping on a pin
and then he talked louder and used more
expressive words than | ever dreamed
were in the vocabulary Of job. Whe1
the leak was found the question wa
how could it be stopped. Everything
was suggested. one small boy even offer
ing an India rubber ball for the pur
pose.
What do you think was utilized? \
porous plaster was slapped across tn,
place where the leak had been. and afte
considerable pressure, it stuck 50 tha
it prevented further damage. The mex
morning the plumber scorHed it. Bu
it had answered the purpose the nigh
before. and who but Il woman woul,
think Of stepping Il bad leak with sue
a funny thing? After It was finished
moan the ann1icotiDD of the nl1StpI-ih
genius refreshed herself with ginger ale
while all the rest of us sat around an
thanked heaven for the wit and WiSdoI
that belonged to us.
Half the town came to see the poron
plaster, and our andlady felt that W
had added honor to her house. althoug
she was kept busy making angel cake
for she is the kind of woman who think
you can't stop in to pay Il pleasan
visit without having something to en-.
But this angel cake is so light that
meltS in your mouth. and it has got jus
such Il little bit Of crust on top as to +,
mind YOU that, although YOU are suhsis
ing on angel food. the ordinary everyda
crust will still cling to you and hold 70
back to this earth.
Several girls came to consult me j
regard to earning money. and. as we
as | can understand, each one Wantc
to stay ut home, have several assistant
do nothing, and for this have a large il
come paid her. Said /: In the frs
place, the world is crowded with W,
men who want to work. Those VIII
have good homes where they really ear
money in helping to keep them in orde
have no right to go out into the bus
world and take work from those womp
who are homeless and who must ear
fhnjp l,nn1 a1l I,tt,u W., .:1 l.
an idea that you will be able to Dire
into Il d~igniiied position where We
will sail around in an expensive tailo
made suit and then have your employ.
fall i'll love with you. In this dreal
YOU are mistaken. Things do not c
in this way. IN the large income. fro
Sc to so a week, YOU cannot get
taitor-made GOWN, while in an office the
is always plenty Of technica work, f,
the girl to do. and her employer is nil
times out of ten red Of face. fat Of boo