The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-05-18
GOES SHOPPING FOR HIS WIFE.
And Takes the Credit Of Pleasing Her,
l5 But The Sales Girl Knows
!. W Better.

at the desk. " -
%"Is this the place where you sell
patterns 20 he asked.
.tYes, y said the girl. "What do
you want Z" g.. ...,,.- e..
1T want pattern. "
"What Kind ~, .-'
<""Now you've got me. What kind
would you want if you were me9"
"That depends. Who is it for7"
=. "My wife,
els she youngq"
"Five years younger than II"
,"That's not answering my ques-
tion.'
"Oh, isn't it2 I thought it was.
Yes, she's young. She was 35 the 10th
Of last November"
The girl looked Dandy up and down
with unblinking coolness.
" "Dear me-" she said, Chow some
folks do hold their own."
There was a pause.
cit is hard work,' ventured the
girl presently, "for man to select
becoming pattern fora woman. Why
didn't your wife come herselfq'
"She couldn't. She has the rheu-
matism and can't get out Of the house.
You advertised a sale Of $3.50 pat
terms for 13 cents today 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-" y
"Whyq"
1T married her.
"That is no sign you can buy a
pattern for her dresses. Most men
can please a woman by wanting to
marry her, but few can keep OH pleas
ing by choosing her clothes after
ward.'
"There may be something in that;
still, I've got to get pattern. What
would you advise7"
cit all depends upon your wife S
style. What kind of looking woman
is sheq'
"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
-
"I can. Her eyes are like-what
is the color of your eyes, pleaseq'
"Gray.'
$50 they are. I hadn't got close
enough to get a good look at them be-
fore. My wife's eyes are gray. They
are like your. They've got those same
little pmplish specks around the pu-
pill that are found in only one pair Of
eyes in Million"
''It depends, too, upon the material.
If she has a voile gown"
"It is voile. I 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 shade Of brown. Her
: complexion is a little muddy now, on
account Of the rheumatism, but when
she is well her color is as fresh and
delicate as yours.'
"The eyes, nose, hair and skin
really have little to do with the selec-
tion of becoming pattern. They are
not hard to fit. It is the figure that
counts. If you could give me some
idea of the height"
\ "She's tall.'
"Here is a pattern that T think
would suit her. The skirt hangs in
folds-'
"Oh, that is one Of those balcony
things with sixteen drawstrings
around the waist. I think they Nare
J, beastly ugly. I swore when I left the
house that T. wouldn't get one of
them.''
b. "I have one Of them on now. My
friends think it rather becoming"
"Stand back minute and let me
see. Yes, that does look nice, but
q then you would look charming in any
thing"
"Thank you. IF you had only re-
membered to bring your wife s meas
urements along"
"I have them right here in my
pocket. Waist, %; hips, 44-a-ahem.
Seems to me that's little more ro-
bust ,'H >...
: The girl clasped her hands at Ell
ther side Of her 81 waist. .>
81 "'It is rather" she said, "but this