The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-02-21
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Josephine is buying her trousseau.
Consequently Josephine Is threatened
with nervous prostration. ,..5.4 Is
Tom-the future husband-declared
the other day that if he found her. tret-
ting again over her gowns and hats he
would elope with her. Whereat 40
sephine Immediately proceeded to fret
nil the more. She says she can't let
Tom begin delivering ultimatums so
early in the game. ut will be hard
enough to manage him when we are
married." says Josephine, "even II 4
keep him under complete subsection
during our engagement" H.. III
The difficulty began when the would
be bride went to a friend who was mar
ried last June and asked for some sug-
gestions about her new outfit. 5u .
"Shall get a lot Of things or just a
few" asked Josephine. you've been
married long enough to have an opin-
ion on the subject" .,..u. g-.'
Then take my advice and buy only
as few things as you'll actually need
contided the bride. when was mar
ried 1 laid in years supply of gowns
and wraps and hats. Now, what's the
result? I've been married only four
months and yet I'm actually loaded
down with things which are all out of
style. Why, / haven't yet had some
of them on, but they look as If they
might have belonged to grandmamma.
They're too good and expensive to
throw away, but I feel like fright in
them-and my first winter, too, when
a bride is so much in evidence. Ev-
erybody will say: Poor thing! Why,
those sleeves must have come out of
the ark or Nobody wears those feath-
ers now"
Josephine is a level-headed girl.
Therefore, while she thanked the bride
sincerely, she dropped in on her way
home to see an old friend who has been
married four years instead Of four
months, and who has a husband, a
house and two babies to claim her at
tention.
what! Lay in only a few thjngs?"
echoed the young matron, trotting the
youngest baby across her knee while
she craned her neck to see what was
the cause Of the struggle between the
nurse and her first-born down the hall.
at will be the mistake of your life,
my child, If you don't buy everything
your father will pay for. had good
many clothes, but, dear me, they didn't
last half long enough. Why, l had to
begin making petticoats and putting
new collars on waists before I had
learned to manage my cook. If l re-
member rightly, I haven't had a decent
stock of gloves since my honeymoon.
Oh, no, Henry isn't stingy. On the
contrary, he's the soul Of generosity
But when the brides frills are frayed
out and the husbands top coats begin
to look worn about the buttonholes ard
you both need shoes at the same time
and the prices Of meats and vegeta-
bles go up like balloons-oh, it's per-
feet delight to drag out some old treas
ure Of the trousseau. Henry has as
good aslary as most young men, and
we spend all we feel that we may
spend conscientlously, but the rents
are high and servants demand more
every year and the babies need SO
much.
What! Going? Puzzled? l dare
say you are. But take my advice;
smile your prettIest at your papa to-
night and ask him to make that last
check just twice as large"