The Washington herald., 1906-10-21

Why frOWned he. savage. CT1n
She turned her back on him,
Ned two weeks 10 a day
She turned her back on hin.
And lightly tossed her head.
Was it hate that seemed 70 brim
Beueath his eyc-lids' riml
She turned her hack him.
Please button IL " she said.
Talking about frocks that fasten up the
back, If something I heard yesterday is
true. husbands are going 20 have another
argument to reinforce them in the I'M
pleasant position they take toward the
fashion So far as I can learn, there
are not three husbands In Washington
who don't have one sort OF fantads or
another when they are asked to wrestle
with a row of perfectly simple buttons or
absolutely uncomplicated hooks. The very
best of them say things about the idlocy
of wearing things like that just because
other women do, till more than one woman
has been driven to seek aid from the
policeman on the beat rather than men
ton the back Of her blouse to the part
ner of her joys. And now a teacher of
physical culture tells me that buttoning
ones blouse is the very best possible eX-
I
1t is good for the lungs, too, she says, and
I'm not sure that she didn't mention the
diaphragm and the pineaI gland in this
connection Button your own blouse. she
says, and If your shoulder blades don't
fiatten it will be because they've been
pulled out by the roots She didn't say
anything about what the effect on the
muscular development of ones temper
would be, but of course that doesn't mat
ter. The thing is to Justify husbands in
their slothful and selfish course They
never have been nice about the matter.
and now they'll have the approval Of
their conscience in backing out alto
getheT.
I don't know why wives put up with
the things they do from husbands. any
way, unless it's a habit they inherit from
Eve. who hadn't any other woman to
back her up in an assertion of her rights
Eve just been listening to a man who is
making most cruel sport of his dear lit
tie wife's effort at economy.
shes been buying a hat" he says,
and she told me before she fell into the
milliuers clutches that she meant to get
a plain little street nat II was to cost
only about H2-sEt was very firm about
that She showed me the hat last night.
II was sort OF saucer thing, with a
green owl broiling on top.
1T was SIS she said. unabashed
! thought you were going to get
cheaper one / said.
was she answered. but this is
really just as cheap. because it will last
You see. hat usually gets 10 looking 80
shabby before the seasons over. and
always wear hat all season. Now. this
land she brought out a veil big enough 10
make bars for a bed. this is veil / got
TO wear with this one TO keep il nice.
1t goes all over the hat you see. and
that Will keep the bird from getting rlf-
He'd It's a great economy The miIliner
said so. "
'Aad did she throw in the ven?' u
asked.
Oh. no. she said. still unperturbed
The veil was S. extra. but / can wear that
old bar pin at the back OF it. so I shan't
have TO buy a new veil pin. the way
everybody else is doing think it's real
saving
And that's a wOman's idea Of econ
omy.'
4 do think banks are the most unrea-
sonable things, says d woman who has
an account in one They don't seem to
have bit Of common sense. I had word
the other day that check gave
cousin or mine had been returned to her
by dressmaker or somebody because my
bank wouldn't pay It. OF course I was
upset about IT, because 1 was pretty sure
/ hadn't OyerdraWH nv account, and I
went right down TO see about IT. What
do you think the matter was? Why.
had written note to my cousin when
sent her the check. and l was in
dreadful hurry. and the cook was talk
ing 10 me at the time and I suppose l
got little ratified. and ! signed the check
yours adcctionatelv. Julia And the-idea
OF bank making fuss about that.
when If they'd only taken time 10 look
they have seen it was my writing"
Dramatic art is pursued under some
difficulties in certain parts Of these Unit
ed states. A manager who was here last
week tells me that last season he took
his company through the Northwest on a
series Of zone night stands" At Grand
Forks-I think Grand Forks was the place
there was an interminable wait when
the curtain should have gone up for the
second act. The manager went around to
find out what the trouble was The local
stage manager had been suddenly called
away, and the necessary scenery could
not be set in place till he came back lie
was the town barber and the mayor had
summoned him to his shop across the
street. The play didn't proceed till the
mayor had had his shave.
4 never supposed I'd have to go TO
Philadelphia to find out really up-to-date
things" says n Georgetown woman. but
[ saw something new there last summer.
was ON nay way to Atlantic City. and
stopped off 10 take luncheon with my
cousin George. Just as we went into the
restaurant. J remembered that / hadn't
given my cook my Atlantic City address.
and that I ought to send her word at
once. I told George about 1t. and he
said he'd fix it. We had Il lovely little
table at the side Of the room. and when
the waiter came over To us, George told
him 20 bring US two settler lemonades
and a telephone / thought a telephone
was some new kind of a drink but for
tunately / didn't betray my ignorance.
II was real telephone. The waiter
brought it and hooked it on to something
In the wall. and George called up Wash
ington, and there I was lunching COM
fortably and talking to my cook at the
same time. And my, but 1 was glad
hadn't let George know ] wasn't used to
having telephones on the bill Of fare"
One Of our esteemed fellow citizens got
into trouble over in New York the other
day." says a lawyer. Il was in the
police court with a friend who had bust
ness there, when the Washingtonian was
brought IN for trial. He had q round.
5addle-colored face and he presented to
the Judge an expression Of what 1 took to
be htlaTity.