Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-12-21
Mr. Blanks Suit

q Iect the material for suit. He never
 iby any chance takes his wife's advice Y oA the matter of clothes, so he has
 her 50 with him merely to show him what to avoid apparently. It is 3 ] semi-annual journey that they under
 take. however, and has so grown to
 be . tradition in the family that Mrs. Blank put on her best hat with
 plumes in it and went along this day
 without murmur.
 En route she began to tell her bet
 tor half certain troubles of her own. 'I would get a suit, too" she said, If { ! could find anything that would do
 am undecided whether to go to .
 tailor. dressmaker or shop for it;
 whether to have broadcloth or vel
 vet, whether to have strictly tai
 n0red suit or a dressy one; whether
 to have blue or black or gray or
 mixed goods. Once these slight diffl-
 culties are decided shall order the
 suit immediately"
 Just like a woman" said Mir.
 Blank. Never could make up her
 mind about even small thing like
 oomething to wear. won't be five
 minutes selecting my clothes. Just watch me"
 MT. and Mrs. Blank walked into the shop and the former greeted the pro- prietor cordially. T want to see some auitings." he said Something proper Nor . business suit, and yet neat. so that when 1t is worn in the afternoons nt will not look fa,t of place"
 Then he walked over to table piled with rolls of worsteds and placed his hand on one. This is what ! want" he said.
 It was really a beautiful piece of 8oods-blue. with white line in 1t, of an especially desirable shade, and An unusual but attractive pattern. < Mrs. Blank had come to the table and was looking at the goods estat- 1cally. 70. Charles, that won't do for nou at all" she said. Why not!" asked Mir Blank, i'm patiently.
 '. Because blue isn't becoming to bpu."
 <. "Nonsense; anything is becoming to . man."
 :. "No, 1t isn't: and besides. you have had three blue suits lately" = 50 I have. and I recollect now that you told me on several occa- sions looked very we'll in them"
 'But they were plain blue. This has white line in 1t. It's the white line that makes the difference" < The tailor started to speak, and met . glance from Mrs. Blank which sffectually gave him pause.
 Now, here," went on Mrs. Blank, l~is . beautiful piece of goods. It will make you handsome and dur able suit. It will wear better than the other. not be as likely to fade. And Is preferable in every way The tailor started to speak, and Was stopped by ferocious glance from Mrs. Blank that was worse than the first.
 T like the blue." declared MT. Blank.
 "No, you do not" insisted Mrs. Blank, it would take the color out of your eyes,"
 !, "Ridiculous."
 "It isn't ridiculous at all. It is true. That brown would just chime pn with your complexion, and would De most piquant."
 MT. Blank squirmed at the adjec. tive. He Is not used taking Mrs 'Blank's advice. as was said before, but she seemed 90 earnest this time, DO frantically earnest, that she made An impression upon him, and he de- cided upon the brown. Two hours later Mrs. Blank ap- peared at the tailor shop again. T lwant to buy from you eight yards of that blue material my husband looked at this morning" The tailor stared. "Its this way" Daid Mrs. Blank. denantly. T have been trying for two months to decide upon a suit. and the moment I saw that goods I knew 1t was the thing of my dreams. the material I had most wanted all my life. It is far and away the prettiest goods I have ever seen. and want to take it to my tailor and have him begin on what will certainly be the swasgerest 3rock I have ever had. It will be perfectly ripping.
 T hope you don't think I was very horrid to my husband" said Mrs. Blank, with her sweetest smile. "I really wasn't. you know. It doesn't make any difference what he wears. and that brown material would do just as well for him as this. In matter of any importance I would deny myself for him, but this"
 The tailor murmured something ebout Mir. Blanks sensations when be ekw his wife in her new suit.
 NIe'll never recognize it. repl,ed that lady. imperturbably. He viii never know it again. When I ap- pear before him in it I will tell him he helped me select it. and he will never remembed this incident al all Good-by.--Baltimore News.