The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-18

their spring clothes. sort OF fresh
an new, That's what said to
Mrs. Schultz yesterday. says I;
when the trees an lawns begin
to. put on their new suits, it's
time for human '. bein's to do
the same says: I: There isn't much
It grows It don't come out in somethin'
fresh ev'ry April, am I. dunno but what t
folks deserve new clothes as much as ma
pie trees A maple tree can't feel better
when it's all leaved out. IN a man. or A
woman does in a new suit, an when you
feel good you act good. seems if =: 1.
Mr. Schultz won $40 on lottery this
week, an as soon as Mrs. Schultz foun it
out, she jes' took the money an the three
girls an went up town an bought new
suits for 'em all. :: They put 'em on las
night an paraded roun' to let Mr.. Schultz
an the neighbors fin fault with EN- an
see what bargains they got
:" did you ever know $40 to go so far
says Mrs. Schultz, a-beamin' on everybody,
/ for she had made ev,ry dollar do the work
of 0Oocents an had a right to be pleased.
"'Hum,' says Mr.. Schultz, says he, If
YOU d let me an the boys have it we could
have stretched it over full as much ter
r't'ry,' says he an he sort Of acted as If
e:feit he ought to have had the spendin'
Of that money eythimseyf. ~ = y: :<::>, 80.
Ladies frs. piped in Tildy, whose
mother .tryin' to bring her up proper.
Seems If the more you haye to spen',
the harder it Is. to do it an the longer it
takes. Mrs. Schultz didn't leave home till
nearly 3 o'clock an she was back in time
to have dinner on the table at 7 sharp.
Now Mrs Peck's been busy for mos a
month a-buyin', one suit. She's looked
at the goods lin ;ey'ry store in town an
| been; to ev'ry dressmaker It she heard Of
till they were all ready to- add somethin'
| extra to her bill for loss Of time. Mrs.
tiPeck never knows her own min an she
can't buy so much as a pocket hank
chief 'thout askin' the advice of eev'rybody
she meets, an then she don't know whose
to follow.
After she'd taken a couple Of hours
| time from a dressmaker, she didn't dare
! say she wouldn't get anythin' an she'd
order a suit an ten the dressmaker: not
| to make it up till she heard from her
| hopin' she'd forget. She did that in five
! diff rem shops an ordered suits all the
way from SIS to-. $125 an then she got
/ frightened. She was 'fraid to tell the
dressmakers she'd changed her min an
she did so much worryin' she gotta. bat
headache. The more she thought bout Il
4 the worse she felt til at las she jes wen
to bed. "A dressmaker's one person tina
mos women are scared Of an I. dunno
/ but what they have reason to be- for the!
know more bout EN- md be wise fo
I emfto tell. When they couldn't get Mrs
Peck to: answer the phone, they callef
| up Mr.. Peck an asted him what his wifi
/ was goin' to do bout her suit. He.
1,quicker' at maxim up. his min n Mrs
Peck an. 1t didn't take him long to sa,
! she wasn't goin' to do anythin'.
1 when he asted her what she meant b.
orderin FIVE suits in one spring, she sait
she couldn't make up her min which on,
she liked the bes'. didn't really meal
to take 'em ALL" says she.
I should hope not says he, a-think
i in. of the conversation he'd had with tW,
1of 'em... isl
I dunno what I'll do now says she
i You've made it jes' bout impossible TO
me to go to decent dressmaker in town.
ct hope So says he again.
i But Mrs Grace says there's an aw
full good one over in st. Paul she says
more hopeful. But Mr.. Peck tor her /
she couldn't fin somethin' In Mfnneapoli
she could wear her OF clothes. Tn no
slgoin' to sbe called names Sby every SEWN
IMoman IN the northwest says: he. feelinYy
Tn mos sure It Mrs. Peck was re
,t1feved to have Mr.. Peck get her sout 30
1 the tangle she was in, but he don't know
! IT. That's the way some women manag.
1 their husbands --by aTys maxim ,em thinl
They're In the wrong. II they didn't the,
/ wouldn't have anybody to fin fault with
an some folks tongues take more nat'ra
lily to blame n to praise. seems il. Z
"Nra Phelps hrs hdd her new suit fol