The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-02-18

something does nearly every day. you
know, let 1t go unreplaced. That was
In the spring and, would you believe 1t.
l didn't even get myself any clothes,
but kept wearing my old last years
dresses. At the end Of three months
my husband struck. Oh, wish you
could have heard himl 1t Just rejoiced
my heart. BE said his grocery bills
were three times what they had been.
that everything in the house WIS get
ting very shabby because didn't take
proper care of 1t. and that l myself
looked too dowdy for anything, and
that he was ashamed 10 be seen with
me, for no man liked TO so with wom-
an who looked conspicuously different
from other women. And that's good
point for every woman TO remember.
dearic."
"Wpll2" 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 a woman TO do shopping, ind a
great deal of it, In order 10 run u house
without friction. He was converted,
and from that dry TO this he always
spea';s Of shopping us dignified pro-
fession."
ut is that very thing, toe" 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
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 dol
lar in her life for which she has not re-
ceived 100 cents worth ofgoods."
"As this seems sort Of open discus
sion, | suppose may speak Also" put
in stout woman sitting next to Mrs.
June Bride. "No matter how much
money man makes. l don't think
woman has right to neglect her pros
fession Of shopping. But many do.
How often does ii happen that IL wom-
an. when she Is first married aud her
husband is poor. tries to make every
cent count. but neglects this wifely
duty us his income increases. She
leaves the marketing largely to her
cook or the butler, and that means that
the bills are three times rs large us
they should be; she orders her gowns
from drcssmaker or tailor without
stopping to find that she could buy the
same material herself for one dollar
yard less, aud when she needs anything
for the house she gets the first thing
that suits her, regardless of the fact
TINT by going to another shop she could
get it cheaper. The wife of IL man with
constantly increasing income has
grave responsibilities, MS grave us the
wife of the man who Is barely making
living"
Quite right" agreed Mrs. Golden
Wedding. II have 10 patience with
these people who say: oh. what is It
for Mrs. Astorbilt to shop? Money is
nothing to her. The more money one
has TO spend the greater responsibility
all the money she wants, is it any easier
for her to keep nm establishment with
40 rooms and 20 servants In running
order? No. Everything is equally pro-
pnrtioncd In this world aud the more
money one has the more complex Is its
expenditure"
"Why doesn't man think of all
this?,' nsked the newly married woman.
you'll find, after you've lived Il long
WHILE" answered the old Indy. "thnt
nan is more creature of habit than of
thought, SO far us his relations to wom-
al 60. IT. is n habit with him to say and
think that shopping is her most foolish
pastime and her best loved one, and my
opinion is that ii will be n long time be-.
fore public sentiment IN regard TO this
,pnrticulnr thing is changed. Every
woman will have TO content herself
with doing little home missionary
work along this line among her men
folks. endeuvoring TO convince them
that unless woman did spend n great
deal of time shopping his home would
be comfortlcss and cherries and his
bills very lnrge. Also that she can't he
the sam" dainty feminine creature TINT
he loves SO we'll if she does not person.
ally select and purchase the things
which go II very long way toward en-
HANGING her looks. We're 1t not for tho
women and their shopping I'd like to
know where the country would be-"
81 believe you" said in chorus half n
dozen voices. and the young matron
smiled rs if greatly COMFORTABLY. Y.
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