The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1899-02-16

something does nearly every day. you
know. l let II go unreplaced. That was
In the spring and, would you believe 1t,
I didn't even get myself any clothes.
but kept wearing my old last years
dresses. Al the end OF three months
my husband struck. Oh. wish you
could have heard him! II just rejoiced
my heart. He said his grocery bills
were three times what they had been,
that everything in the house was get
ting very shabby because didn't take
proper care Of It. and that myself
looked too dowdy for anything. and
that he was ashamed to be seen with
me, for no man liked to 60 with wom-
an who looked conspicuously different
from other women. And that's good
point for every woman to remember,
| dearie."
"WellY" exclaimed the young ma
tron.
II Just flung myself in his arms and
explained the whole matter to him,
proving to him the absolute necessity
for = woman to do shopping, and a
great deal of IL, in order to run house
without friction. He was converted,
and from that day to this he always
speaks Of shopping as dignifed pro-
| fession."
1T is that very thing, too" interrupt
ed the little woman across the counter.
pardon my freedom in speaking, but
you are talking about something that
touches all womankind, and can't re-
sist. A few years ago my daughter mar
ried. Now. If she had not been an ex-
pert shopper. they could never have
gotten along on his income, but she
read the advertisements in the papers,
and don't believe she ever spent a dol
lar in her life for which she has not re-
ceived 100 cents worth Of goods"
"As this seems . sort Of open discus
sion, suppose I may speak also," put
in stout woman sitting next to Mrs.
June Bride. mo matter how much
money a man makes. don't think .
woman has right to neglect her pro-
fession Of shopping. But many do.
How often does II happen that wom-
an, when she 10 first married and her
husband Is poor. tries to make every
cent count, but neglects this wifely
duty rs his income increases. She
leaves the marketing largely to her
cook or the butler. and that means that
the bills are three times as large al
they should be; she orders her gowns
from a dressmaker or tailor without
stopping to find that she could buy the
same material herself for one dollar a
yard less. and when she needs anything
for the house she gets the first thing
that suits her. regardless Of the fact
that by going to another shop she could
get It cheaper. The wife of man with
q constantly increasing income has
grave responsibilities, as grave as the
wife Of the man who is barely making
= living"
"Quite right" agreed Mrs. Golden
Wedding. ~ have no patience with
these people who say: oh. what 10 II
for Mrs. Astorbilt to shop? Money IL
nothing to her. The more money one
has 10 spend the greater responsibility
in spending II. Because woman has
J all tho money she wants, is II any easier
for her to keep an esta ablishment with
20 rooms and 20 servants In running
order? No. Everything 10 equally pro.
portioncd in this world, and the more
money one has the more complex is iti
expenditure"
"Why doesn't a man think Of al
this 2" asked the newly married woman
you'll find, after you've lived long
while" answered the old lady. "tha,
man is more creature Of habit than oi
thought, SO far as his relations to WON
an 60. It is habit with him to say and
think that shopping is her most foolish
pastime and her best loved one, and my
opinion is that 1t will he hong time be
fore public sentiment in regard to thii
particular thing is changed. Every
woman will have to content hersel
with doing a little home missionary
work along this line among her mel
folks. endeavoring to convince then
that unless woman did spend grea
deal of time shopping his home woult
be comfortless and cheerless and hi
bills very large. Also that she can't b.
the same dainty feminine creature tina
he loves so we'll II she does not person
ally select and purchase the thing
which go very long way toward en-
hancing her looks. Were it not for th'
women and their shopping I'd like t
know where the country would be-"
II believe YOU" said in chorus half
dozen voices. and the young matrol
smiled as If greatly comforted.--N. Y
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