Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-06-15
some GOOD ADVICE
ALL AROUND,
BY N. QUAD.

The six fOOter who yells through the
meGaphone to call up the carriages aft
eF the theater win persist that he has
never made a mistake, but you can
doubt his word II he hadn't ON this
night Mr., Bradshaw and Mrs. Dlns-
more wouldn't have found themselves
side by side in an auto, and Mr.. Dlns-
more and Mrs. Bradshaw wouldn't
have taken the same cab. Mr.. and
Mrs. Bradshaw had had something OF
a misunderstanding before leaving
home. and during the performance at
the theateF he had made up his mind
to say things on the way home.
For FIVE minutes the woman beside
him ignored his existence. She was
still In the sulks, and she might have
continued to ignore had not Mr.. Brad
shaw suddenly uttered a swear word
and announced to the chauffeur that
mistake had been made. Mrs. Dins-
more gasped and uttered a little
scream at the announcement but did
not lose her self possession. For three
long hours she had been thinking how
she would like to laeerate the feelings
Of some man, and she said:
I'm going to ask you how you use
your wife"
Madam, isn't that rather a singular
question: he replied.
You may think so, but I'm some
thing Of reader Of character If you
are not one OF the bossy kind around
your house then Im much mistaken.
| ] think you are also selfish and CON
ceited. You were at the theater with
your wife. I'll wager that you gave
her to understand that 1t was a mag
unanimous concession ON your part.
/ You'll expect her to sit with freezing
/ feet and save ton OF coal the next
| week to make even. oh, know your
sort. II you weren't SO self important
| you'd have never made this mistake.
You thought you owned the only auto
/ In town and that this must be yours
because it drove up to the curb. There
II feel better, and you can take me
home. am Mrs. Dlnsmore of342 Ma
pie avenue"
YES" said Mr.. Bradshaw as he
headed the machine In that direction.
at so happens that l know your nus
band. | know that he is hard up and
on the point OF failure, and ! have
heard a dozen people say that 1t is ON
account Of your extravagance. Don't
interrupt me. but you are living In a
too expensive house. Your wardrobe
costs too much. You keep too many
servants. Your husband Is afraid Of
you and dare not hint at retrench-
ment. You are wearing diamonds
now that will be In the hands of his
creditors in less than three months
II you don't hold up. Here is Maple
avenue, and here's No. 342. and there's
your husband and my wife waiting for
US
On leaving the theater and finding
themselves In the same cab Mr. Dins-
more and Mrs. Bradshaw discovered the
mistake by the time the driver had
travelled a block. The vehicle was or
dered to set them down on Maple ave-
nue., and they had been waiting there
half an hour when the others drove
up Meanwhile they had been talking
"Oh, SO you are Mr.. Dlnsmore2" re-
peated Mrs. Bradshaw. l have heard
Of your wife,"
"Yes?'
"She goes into society a good deal"
YES" was the reply, accompanied
by long drawn sigh.
That sigh caught Mrs. Bradshaw.
She was a sympathetic woman by ma
tire. and she had just witnessed an
emotional play and was more sympa-
thctic than usual Besides. she had
heard about Mrs. Dinsmore's extrava-
gance. Therefore, weakened and hum
BILE minded as she was In the presence
or the overshadOwing Mr.. Bradshaw,
she plueked up courage to say:
mfr. Dinsmore, am very very sorry
for you. but yet It is our own fault In
a way
just what do you refer tor
ITO your wife, Of course. Why don't
you sfsnd right up and tell her she
can't have this and that7 she may
have n temper, but firmness would con.
aucr that She may threaten divorce,
but pay no attention 10 that. That II
wOman's bluff. don't think It too
late to begin now. but you have got to
make up your mind to be firm."
II see," said Mr.. Dinsmore, who
hadn't interrupted her speech by rails
Ing so much as a finger. Mrs. Brad
shaw, it happens. queerly enough. that
, / also know something about your
family matters. You are a servile. su
! pine wife. You don't dare to call your
soul your own. You are bossed and
buIldozed. Your husband makes you
. efface yourself like q servant. Whiie
he belongs TO three or four expensive
clubs. buys the best wines and cigar
and has an auto for his special ben
: eft. you are squeezing the pennies and
? dreadIng the gas bills. Why do yot
do IL? Why don't you get up and a.
sert yourself;"
: Mrs. Bradshaw was gasping foi
Q breath when the other vehicle drov'
M. and the four saluted each other
e After a moment the men stepped asid'