Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-27
HIS WIPES HAIR.

| '"Talk about your barometers, rheu.
 matisin, gourds, goose-bones and corns | as weather prognosticators," said the
 man who knows, they are not i'll it l when 1t comes to my wife. Il would
 rather have her promise as to weather
 any time than that of Captain Blythe or the best and luckiest weather bureau
 observer who ever engaged i'll the pre-.
 dieting Or weather foreeasting busi- l ness.N For years Iahave taken her. advice as to what the weather would be during the day, and for years, |
 havesdressed and prepared myself acsj
 cordingly. Long ago, found out that | my wife spoke truthfully when she told me, rain would fall, or that the
 day would be fine, and she never made
 8 mistake once in hundred times.
 accused her of all sorts of things suchf as having rheumatism, q goose-
 bone and almanacs. and I advised her to go to chiropodist for I imagined
 that it was by, her feet that she was
 able to so truthfully foretell the weather.
 During all these years have been
 guided by her, and when she tells me in the morning that rain will fall I wear dark clothes and carry an
 umbrella, and I find have use for it before l return home at night. On
 her promise that the day would be fine IL have invariably worn light clothes and left my umbrella at home, andoI Aave never found that had use fop itn1A shower may fall during the day, but the sun always comesy after th0t icsf Ina if, has missed truthfulIy forecastipg4 the weather. But she was never able to tell what the weather would be ex- cept for twelve hours, and she would never risk her reputation by making predictions for longer than that. And her predictions were always for the day aonly, and never for the, night, and often when we went out at night we were caught unprepared by rain. On these occasions I frequently twit- tedrny wife with being false prophet, or rather a bad one, but could never get her to venture prediction on the weather at night
 @All these years the matter has been q graat mystery to me, and Il was never able to fathom it; but few dayseago she explained how she was able to so closely tell what the wealth ef would be during the day, and her explanation of the matter was so sim pie that I wondered why the solution of what l thought q mystery, or the possession of second sight on my wife's part had never. occurred to, me before. Like many other women, my wife's hair is not curly, and, like many other women. she puts it up in curl papers, or kids, when she retires for the night and brushes it out curly in the morning. When her hair emerges from the curl papers damp, dark, l sticky and heavy, she knows there will be rain and plenty of it, before night; when it is a little damp, she knows there will be showers or some rainfall, but not a real rainy day; when she brushes out her hair and it is dry, light and fluffy, she knows to a l certainty that the day will be a fine one: and then she markes her predic- tions'with great assurance and earnest ness, and have seldom found her wrong. I suppose other mems wives can tell in advance the weather by the condition of their hair, but my wife's hair is better for this purpose than any barometer that 1 have ever known. New Orleans Times-Democrat.