The Columbus journal., 1906-05-02

In thus advocating . new declaration
of independents although I feel sure
! of the solid married mems vote Of the
| United States on the following ::plat-
form:
One bureau or %chiffonier drawer In
each house for husbands exclusive
use.
One hook in one closet for hus-
bands exclusive ne.
A man who works from eight to
eighteen hours q day earning Q living
and paying life insurance. taxes. pay
ing for q cemetery lot. and trying to
lift the mortgage is entitled to this
much in his own house. He should
have the free and unlimited use eof .
hook on which to hang his olothe'.
and Q drawer into which to stuff his
shirts and collars and. furthermore.
he should have the exclusive uee Of
these.
When 1 first got married we lived
in the cutest, daintest little foul room
fat in the world. There were three
closets. and even now l recall with
alarm the fact that when we moved
into it I calmly selected the smallest
closet and remarked. "This will be
my closet" Thereupon l placed my
wearing apparel within that closet.
picked three choice bureau drawers
for my ether wearing apparel. and
placed my collars and neckties in the
upper drawer of a dressing stand, SO
they would be handy.
Nv wife wasn't used to being mar
red, either, so. perhaps that is why l
got away with my calm presumption
presumption of all those drawers and
hooks. figured that she could de.
posit her garments in the two other
closets and the other eleven available
drawers.
A month after We were married my
collars were ousted. Then. to my
surprise, I discovered feminine wear.
ing apparel In nv cloaet. Inch by
inch, I was evicted, until finally l
foun1 my dress suit and other treas
ures packed in q spare shirt waist box
and pushed under my bed.
Still, I hung tenaciously to q
hook, upon which I habitually hung
my nightsnirt.
have q habit of undressing rapid
" and peeling to the buff before
thinking to look for nv nightshirt.
and I never shall I, rRet that zero morn
ing when the j~anitor let the steam
die out. and I stood, clad only in
goose pimplss, in that darkened room
and paved for q nightshirt. only to
lind q new blue silk underskirt occu-
pvine the sacred place. I found that
nlghtshirt over the back of q chair,
Right under your eyes," as the
missus remarked. when I spoke OF it.
That was the beginning of q con
test that has lasted ever since. l
have for many years reserved q space
for mat niRhtshirt Cor its equvalent,)
carefully placed it there each day
when 1 arose, and each time l retire
have found it some other place. Ac-
cording to my statistics I have paved
in the dark on 2. 1872 different
nights, looking for that nightshirt.
aud found it in 2.O46 different places
ranging from the ice chest to the
baby carriage. On only three Occa-
sious have I found it on the right
hook. On these three occasions the
hook was the last place : looked
After q time, when I was becoming
house broke. we moved into a six
room fat, with five closets and, be-
fore the movers hal finished scratch
ing up the piano. I staked out q claim
to one bedroom and n closet. and
purhased q new chiffonier for nv own
exclusive use. My claim was jumped
We Strengthened things out.
the missus lust putting some of her
in there temporarily" In
tide Of two months the chiffOnier
had been moved out of the room en-.
tirely, and only two hook in the
the shirtwaist box, and a
were left for me. 1 stood it
Tor at me, then patiently and without
'ecrimination went down town and
another chiffonier.
I went home expecting q reprimand
or the bald sarcasm of my act. but
was met by thanks.
It was so good of you, dear" said
be u~lissus. giving me a little hug.
Just what I needed for baby's
I hung on desperately to my one
hook until the next spring.
when we bought q house. I looked
or q house that was all closets, and
inally found one with eight rooms
ten closets, besides china and
linen closets.
I invoicd YESTERDAY. l am still in
ole and undisputed possession of the
mall, right hand, upper drawer of
he oak dresser, two hooks in the
loset. q Of which bears a painting.
Night gown: don't touch" and the
aundry bag in which l keep my