Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1909-05-27
She Needed a Rest
Mrs. Brown Was on the Verge
Of Nervous Prostitution.

of DR.. Murray's house, while Mrs.
Brown received medical advice
Mrs. Brown sighed, leaned weakly
against him and murmured that she'd
tell him as soon as he had finished d.
recting the chauffeur
Its wonder I'm not in a hospital
right now, he says" she continued. II
have missed nervous prostration by
hairs breadth, and if I'm not very,
very careful, III get it yet. Perhaps
I'll die, too
A sob left her.
People are dying like everything
this spring" she resumed with emo
ton, from the same thing.
We'll, then, now, by hockey. p'raps
you'll quit juggling trunks and lifting
bookcases to look for a nickel that's
slid under EN-, and act like a woman
with at least an ounce of sense!" said
Mr.. Brown, eXcitedly.
"Lemme get out at subway sta
ton" said Mr.. Brown, and you go
home and get to bed. And stick there.
Don't cry like that, Pussy. Pm only
repeating what I've said before. You
mustn't do so much"
1t was 10 a. m.
"Ill just stop at the butchers and
have it out with him about those I'M
speakably scrawny chickens he sent"
she decided, and that's the only job
l shall do
After long argument with the
butcher she returned home.
DIR. Murray ordered absolute quiet
for me- Bessie she informed her
maid, so shall lie down all day.
guess he's right. | need rest. We
women go on until we drop. Men
stop if they have pain in their little
finger"
And they got very little sympathy
for females" said Bessie, dejectedly.
Little they realize how se feel"
They couldn't go through with
what we do and never even men
ton, because we're accustomed to
, being wretched," continued Mrs
J Brown.
They wouldn't understand, any
way" said Bessie, with angry resent
ment
Twenty minutes after she had re-
tired to her room Bessie appeared
to report that the top of the shower
bath had fallen.
Il hardly teched it," said she, AN
off it come. It's the thing with holes,
, what the water spurts outer"
Mrs. Brown remained still three
minutes. Then she arose and went
y to look for herself.
It's come unsoldered," she said;
get the hammer and some string
, I'll stand on the edge of the bath and
fix it,"
Half an hours toll put the shower
bath in good shape. (Mr. Brown was
paying the janitor of their house three
dollars a month to do odd jobs.")
Good land, look how paint was
dripped on the outside of the tub!' eX-
8 claimed Mrs. Brown.
9 She procured sharp knife, some
turpentine, and a cloth. After spend
ing 45 minutes, with her back bent
and her head swimming, she straight
9 ened and viewed the result.
4 I've been meaning to take that
PeiAI ol lOl WCChS, Sllc lcllletl hIu
OF course, it don't show, still | knew
it was there, and | cannot bear not
d to have house as it should be- Now
> III rest all the afternoon, and you
can bring cup of tea to me-"
: In ten minutes the tea was at her
bedside. One sip, and Mrs. Brown dis
l covered that the grocer had sent orange
!. pokee instead of English breakfast
. She tumbled into dressing gown and
. rushed to the telephone, whence, ex
u hausted but triumphant after scoldine
IS somebody hotly, she returned to bed
u bearing fashion magazine
20, goody, panels are coming in!'
she exclaimed. Il can change my
Nile green by using net overskirt
D and the cream applique from my ole
3 satin, and the panel and sleeves car
be of this all-over lace | bought nine
years ago. l was sure it would be
handy for something. It's In the
steamer trunk, under the four big
ones, in the spare room Or.it is il
l' the box with the hat trimmings.
put it away in the fall of 1899, when
went to Europe-yes, it's the steamer
Bessie! Come and help me-
The two, each weighing about lis
sailed resoluteiy to the trunk-room
With apparent ease chow often ha,
they gone through with similar per
formance) they brought a tier o
trunks to the floor and knelt besid
the steamer.
Bessie went back to her ironing
while Mrs. Brown sat on the floor an
cut out the new panel. Next sh
ripped the Nile-green gown and baste
8 the panel in place.
IS CHANGING up, she noted that tn
~ careless hand of Ma. Brown had pu
y books belonging To various sets in tn
| wrong shelves of the bookcase 1t wa
y. a good time to remove all the books
% and change them from case to case
k in order to make the room look di
II ferent.
a Mr.. Browns key sounded in the ou
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