The Washington times., 1909-03-03
Young Husband Has Attack
of Blues After First
Venture.
TAKES A FLING
AT SHEATH GOWN
Thinks Tailor Made Skirt and
Shirt Waist More Eff
fective.
4 friend who has done much chaper-

4 friend who has done much chaper-
oning In her time told me the following
"A certain young husband-one who
had settled among us from a distance
and had married one Of our most at
trsctive glrls-made his way to where I
sat the other evening and sank on an
ottoman at my side, with an exhausted
sigh.
Gee" he said. bill mo for any other
part of the season or me for sana-
torium after each performance"
He spread his fingers out and exam
iDed them carefully.
What is it, a sprain?' asked anx-
iously.
1T is dangerous 10 get a fish-hOOk in
the hand l said. cOmfortingiy, they
cause bloOd-poison and er-lOckj jaw,
you know. You'd better consult a sur
geou at once
Hooks, Rows of EN-.
q" 'Surseonl A ait-jacket. most like
ly.' he said. desperately. Hooks, don't
you understand? Rows of 'eln. Barbed
fences of EN- all the way up the back;
yards and yards. JOvei I should think
you women would have TO be expert
calculators and civil engineers to get
even with such thing as that.
He pointed to tall and graceful
sheath gown moving before us with the
SAY What d you call those tight
fitting overalls that have to be hooked?
L suggested that perhaps he meant
'Slip7' he said. contemptuousIy.
Call that Il slip Give me a skating
rink for choice, It's no slip. It's d
barbed Hghtning-rod. I've done nothing
since dinner but hook and CnhOol1. and
where's the beauty in 'em when they're
once safely on? They look like weep
irE willow or-or-a chicken feather in
the RANT
Sometimes Artistic
They are very artistic on the right
person. 1 said. so slim and graceful
when not TOO extreme.
Well right person or wrong. told
her she couldn't wear il again, he SAID.
most emphattCally. ICs-irs nonsense,
YOU know. Isn't it rather foolish for
women TO think they must all dress
alike? And just because one style
makes its appearance. to follow it?
Il suggested 10 him that there was
always a good reason for uniformity,
that il lay deeper than the mere follow
ing Of style. that there must be a Ger
In matters OF convention. Now, sup
Jose all men dressed differently 1
suggested, tOler3ntly, wouldn't IL have
rather \ weird and chaotic efect2
" oh. they do he said, positively,
M 80 Gaps dress exactly alike
No one would imagine it I muir
individuality OF style. Still, you would
prefer your wife to dress differently, Of
course / added with artlessness-
Why he asked suspIciCusly.
80 Because most men think that they
do after they are married
Women Extremists.
But you women are such extrern-
lists be said. 1T seems to me if wom-
en- dressed plainly, even for this sort Of
u
a shirt waist and tailor skirt uni
foTm?-' 7 asked.
Mot exactly he admitted. 7
suppose she would have - have some
sort Of an evening dress
! said most OF Us found il conven-
lent.
II mean unostentatiousiy. he went
on. so that she would be UnnOticed-'
L told him that this was an excellent
Idea, quite Oriental in fact.
Naturally, man would Ike his
wife 10 be a wren in the midst of the
birds Of Paradise 1 agreed. I shall
present you TO the very girl; you Will
ind her most ongenial.'
Before he could protest I launched
him beside an excellent young woman,
good girl with ideas. who can talk
suffrage and-er-tenements and settle
ments and downright seriOus-ninded
things She refuses strenuOusly 70 adapt
herself TO any style and wears the
plainest things imaginable and, too.
never wears a roll but combs her hair
hack smoothly. I left him 10 this con
Eeniality and for a time forgot him.
So Awfully Chic.
Presently another man stopped be
side me and remarked.
Doesn't Mrs z look charming To-
night? Shes awfUiy chic, DO YOU
know, 7 think her husband is the luck
taet CHAP alive.
Now. Mrs. b is the wife Of man No
One.
What constitutes her chief charm?
] asked No. TWO.
We'll. 7 knew her long before she
Was married. and Che watched he
through the crowd for a moment do
YOU know. she's nice and bright and al
hat, but she's always well dressed. too
and a man likes that awfully, don
you think 500
IF he doesn't he'd better learn how,
] agreed.
oh! but all men do. They hate q
trump
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