The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-21
THE EVENING STOR T
BREAKING THE NEWS.

Mrs. Phillips, a blonde, blue-eyed lit
tie creature, generally acknowledged TO
have a way with her." has succumbed
to the temptation of q $500 lace gown
marked down to S140so and is engaged
in the diplomatic task of breaking the
news to her husband who dislikes hav-
ing her exceed her allowance. 1t is at
ter dinner-an extremely good dinner,
too, it might be said in passing.
Shells the light just right, George!
wouldn't it be better if / moved 1t, so!
And here's the footstool-you always
like it when you read
He somewhat vaguely WHATS
that? Oh. yes-so-I mean it's all right
the way it is
She-sI always want you to be COM
Portable when you're at home. Good
ness ne knows. see little enough of you
as it is, with all the business you nave
on your hands. I just know you VIII
work yourself into a nervous break
down..
I've worked all my life and ] guess I'm
pretty hearty. What's the use OF Wor-
rying?"
She (sitting in the most becoming
light)-"I went down town today, dear,
and 1 met Sallie Howard shopping.
never saw any one change the way sne
has"
He-eI thought she used to be a par
ticular friend of yours"
She-"Oh, well, that was before she
married Tom Howard. She hardly
He-"Umph. 1 don't know that Tom
Howard is so much. He is only
broker"
she (sighing)-''Yes 1 know. But,
l-according to Sallie, he is doing wonder
full things She said he had begun fuss
| ing at her of late for not wearing goou
/ enough clothes for her position. She
He abandoning the paper for the mo-
n1ent)-s'P Position! His.s'
She (soothingly)-'I know II, Gear.
/ Isn't such ostentation vulgar? When
SaIlie told me thought how glad was
/ that my husband did not care so much
| for show. don't mind in the least IL
| people think 1 look shabby, knowing
as / do that you could afford to give
me better clothes than Sallie Howard
ever dreamed of if you thought best TO
do so''
He Cuneonsciously swelling out his
| chest)-'sWel1, I rather guess L could
and do, for that matter. You wear
your clothes with such an air that any
thing looks well on you. I never saw
you look anywhere near shabby
| She Smoothing a refractory lock on
top of his head)-''You old fiatterer;
But you know women have a hateful
| way of remembering just how long one
has worn a dress and judging one
| wardrobe from that. They don't care
| whether a gown looks well or not II
it is old Why, today, for instance, Sally
| derfully well my tailor suit had worn
! and l only got it in the spring. Sne
says she gets two in season.
He judiciaIly)-''Wel, she can wear
but one at a time if she had a dozen!
| She (thoughtfully)-" is really
getting impossible and 1 think I'll have
| to drop her She quite hurt my feelings
/ today. / don't mind when people say
mean things about me, but when they
begin rejecting on you. then 1 do wan'
fA hao
4 He-aGood girl! Stand up for youi
Husband every time. don't you! Bu'
what on earth did the condescendine
Mrs. Howard have to say against me
lid like to know?
| She (removing a thread from his
coat 81 know you are too sensible tc
ilet anything she says hurt your IeeI-
lings, but it makes me so angry! we
really were bargains-$2 patterns
marked down to 4s.9s-and want
ed to stop and look at them
"'What S the use of wasting time
dear?' said Sallie in that superior way
of hers. 4 have so many lace gowns
inow and I shouldn't dare buy 1t, pc,
cause Tom would raise the roof IL
went over my big allowance-and, OF
course. your husband would feel ever
less like affording such an extraVa'
lgance--you really don't go out enough
to need a lace gown. Insinuating tina
YOU hadn't as much money or Weren
las generous as Tom Howard ever
dreamed of being!
He (hotly) What nerve: 1ol
lshould have ordered three or four JUS
Ito show her
She chastity SO glad you fee
that way about it, for was SO indig.
nant that l couldn't help telnng tht
clerk TO send the dress home to me-
Sailie really needed the lesson. was
not going to have her run you down:
He (rather weakly Err sup
pose not. Oh, yes, you-you did quite
ght!''-Chicago News.