Milford chronicle., 1910-02-04
THE GRANGE ENJOYED A CHANGE.

the women had nothing to do but be en-
tertained, and the men nothing to do bu
o be entertaining This innovation was Sc
y pleasing and successful that there proba
bly, will be more of them in the future
b If those who were not present could have
B. known what was in store for them. they
would have come in hurry, right through
/ all Of that snow furry.
Mr. Griffith, as chairman, called on the
following members: Mr.. Phillips, Mr..
Hopkins. Mr.. Austin and Mr. Begley, all
q Of whom gave humorous readings
a The subject considered was "The Mod.
el Wife"
Mr. Rosa did not like the word model,
, giving the following as bis reason The
wife Of one year, went TO her mother one
day, in high spirits, and told her that her
husband said that morning, that she was
a model wife. Her mother told her to look
for the word model in the dictionary, and
to her surprise she found it meant "a
small pattern miniature Of something
on large scale"
DR.. Miller was asked to speak in rid-
culous strain on the subject. He finds
the model wife Of today no longer won
dering what the husband is doing in the
lodge. He sees many Of them in the
Grange, in fact in all the improvements
in life. When he asks what they do in
their lodges, they say, it generally takes
them about one hour to greet each other
and about one minute for a meeting, and /
then about one hour to bid each other
good bye. Talk about secrets, could not /
find one to keep a secret, would have TO /
go to the deaf and dumb asylum He
wondered where the Changers found their
model wives and found they came from
Maine, New York State and some from
Florida and Virginia and even from
Delaware. He knows they are better
pleased than they used to be, when they
found the men we're up in the Grange
and did not know what was going on.
Mr.. Jones read an amusing paper, de-
scribing a model wife. "Ob, She model
wife, all right, and one Of the best shop :
pers in Milford We we're in Philadelphia
sometime ago, and she went to one of
those big department stores to do some
shopping This is what she told me when
she came home We'll, the time I've had y
this day, running myself to death around u
those old stores, when / might have j.
stayed home and been comfortable. But u
10, I'm always putting myself out for
everybody else, and much thanks ! get
or it, and the sales people they have at
ONE Of the stores are enough TO drive one n,
Wild. l always get nervous when I'm IA
hopping You never know when a store N;
elective is behind you. I've never for. wi
ot the day saw a woman accused of -,
loplifting. The detective said Madam
hats to prevent my turning you over 1s
the police? She said My goodness Ia
heres that shopping list ! had ? Oh, HI.
ere 1t is. Let me see if l got everything. mc
ait till / open the bundles aud run over ma,
e list again. Yes, here they are, bed vii
vers, dish covers, corset covers, fat On,
1ns, curling irons, tincture ofiron, moth
''s' ia'se quih'ne pilis, "hlch Is which. thr
}, yes You can tell by the smell. In
zach food, baby food Which is the sts,
by food? They are both put up in tin wb
xes. Face powder, insect powder. va.
stage stamps, trading stamps, rubber enc
mps, no, rubber shoes, but it's the ohm
ne thing. Ladies cloth, broadcloth, vss
oilcIoth. That's all. But | 4
got to put down gloves and yelling and ina,
,se we're the things wanted most. Oh. wss
u, | can take some of these things back he
morrow and exchange them. Oh Won't dis,
melody get me a cup Of tea. I've a nell
rible headache" 80,
ir. Fisher rendered a solo on the bar. sitv
Mica. He will respond to the applause deo,
It time. 70
We had the pleasure of listening to the
lething out Of the ordinary, a selection Eni,
the Jews harp by Mr.. Bolts. isb
he Joker'H Budget, by Mr.. Harris. A
sed peals of laughter. mad
. female chorus filed the room with onoI
lins OF happy song, in order to encour Phi
the men to hurry the food along. rail,
It last the feast was spread, and saw, Eos.
ias a sight for sore eyes. mean. an Viii,
PITY stomach. The women had had to and
ure so many iests on their sex that n
y felt the strain, and we're now ready coma
10 justice to the esealoped oysters and ico !
The good things that passed their wav torr
dishes ofrosy red apples placed along the
tables formed as pretty a decoration of a
he roses that bloom in the spring and tho
ed accordingly. -,
he men deserve a great deal Of credit S,rs.
their entertainment, and the only RI
= that can be said in their favor is. ton
at the refrain in the near future. Irnio
: having become thoroughly rested At q
one thing necessary is new 'front.' iude,
e, or, in other words, a new subject s92
he 'Modei Wife" was hit so hard 10
it is feared she turned into a small I'm
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