The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-06-03
Dandy Goes A-shopping,


Office nodded timidly at the girl at the
desk.
us this the place where you sell
patterns?" he asked.
yes" said the girl. What do you
want?"
81 want pattern"
what kind?"
NOW you've got me. What kind
would you want If you were me?"
THAT depends. Who Is 1t for?"
my wife,
rs she young?"
Five years younger than l."
That's not answering my question"
''Oh, isn't it? thought II was. Yes
she's young. She was IS the tenth of
last November"
The girl looked Dandy up and down
with unblinking GOODNESS,
Dear me-" she said. how some
folks do hold their own"
There was a pause.
1T Is hard work." ventured the
becoming pattern for woman. Why
didn't your wife come herself?"
she couldn't. She has rheuma-
tism and can't get out Of the house.
You advertised sale of $3.50 pat
terms for 10 cents to-day only. She
couldn't afford to let the bargain slip,
so she asked me to get pattern for
her."
"She must have faith in your judg-
ment."
"She has reason to-"
"Why?"
II married her"
THAT is no sign you can buy pat
tern for her dresses. Most men can
please a woman by wanting to marry
her, but few can keep on pleasing by
choosing her clothes afterward.
There may be something in that;
still, I've got to get pattern. What
would you adviser"
ut all depends upon your wife's
style. What kind Of looking woman
is she?"
Stunning"
"That is too indefinite. There are
lots of stunning women in New York,
and no two of them look alike. Now
If you could only point out somebody
-
81 can. Her eyes are like-what Is
the color of your eyes, please?"
Gray"
$50 they are. hadn't got close
enough to get good look at them be-
fore My wife's eyes are gray. They're
like yours They've got those same
little purplish specks around the pu
pill that are found in only one pair of
eyes in million"
1T depends, too, upon the material.
If she has wolfe gown"
at is wolfe. | heard her say so last
night. Her nose is like yours, too,
only yours turns up little bit more
just at the end. And her hair is that
same sunny shade of brown. Her COM
plexion is a little muddy now, on ac~
count of the rheumatism, but when
she is we'll her color is as fresh and
delicate as yours"
"The eyes, nose and hair really have
coming pattern. They are not hard to
III. 1t is the figure that counts. II you
could give me some idea of the height
-"
She's tall"
Here is a pattern that think
would suit her. The skirt hangs in
Odds"
"Oh, that is one of those balcony
hings with l6 drawstrings around the
waist. | think they are beastly ugly.
swore when left the house that
wouldn't get one of them"
Il have one of them on now. My
riends think 1t rather becoming"
stand back a minute and let me
ee. Yes, tnat does look nice, but
hen you would look charming in any
hing"
Thank you. If you had only re-
rendered to bring your wife's meas
along"
II have them right here in my
oeket. Waist, 2: hips. 44-a-a-hem.
Gems to me that's a little more ro-
ust-"
The girl clasped her hands at either
ide OF her q waist.
at is rather" she said, but this
lyle of dress is very popular. Every
ody wears 1t.
"All right, III take it. What's the
Sc of having a wife II you cant dress
err in style?"
Eight hours later Dandy sauntered
ito his own sitting room and laid the
attern on the table.
"Oh. you darling" cried Mrs. Dandy.
You did relent and get me one OF
lose full skirts, after all. This is a
eautiful pattern. ! always did say
ou had the best taste of any man in
lie world"
Thanks" said Dandy. Il think,
yself, | know a good thing when
'e tn. Y. Sun.