The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-03-23
SHE WASN'T
ENVIOUS

woman with the sharp nose. I'm not
envious nor jealous. There isn't an
envious hair in my head. and I'm just
sorry for people who are different.
Take my sister-in-law, for instance.
That woman Is SO afraid she won't
be first In everything and have every
thing nicer than anybody elses that
that she had any disposition to boast
of at the start, though my brother
Henry couldn't do thing but rave
about her sweet nature before he mar
ried her
Shed hardly got into their new fiat
before she was running down my
dining-room rug to my face, just be-
cause hers wasn't as good. She did
1t In polite way, of course. When
mentioned that wouldn't give one
body brussels rug with roses like mine
for ten dull, oriental things like
hers she just smiled and said mine
wouldn't wear nearly as long as hers
and to some tastes my colors were
crude. Just because she was sorry
she had spent all that money-three
times the sum put In my rugs-and
got nothing so good looking for It'll
She's kept hers all this time out OF
spite to make me think she is per-
fectly satisfied
"She is perfectly foolish about
spending money. Goodness knows, il
I'd ask for 1t I could have lots more
money to spend, but don't believe in
nagging your husband. She's got my
brother SO terrorized that he just
hands money over as though he liked
to, but guess can read between the
lines. She makes my brother think
she's delicate. guess I know these
slim, wiry women-they're as strong
as a horse. She's not nearly SO deli
cate as I am and there's no sense In
her being pampered.
She's just plain foolish over her
complexion. / guess other people on
this earth have had compilations as
well as herself and, land knows, hers
wasn't so awfully much! Why, when
I was a baby-I've heard my mother
say so many times-people used TO
stop her to exclaim over my complex
ion. Mrs Perkins, they'd say, 1t
isn't natural for any human child to
have a skin like that, an you want to
look out. You'll never raise her.
Of course, 1t wasn't natural. for 1t to
stay SO marvellous after I grew up.
but If sat with my back to the light
1t looked all right Only | never
boasted Of it-and Miranda making
such a fuss over her skin! She has
my brother hypnotized into thinking
1t wonderful, too.
Put on veil, dear he says to her
when they go automobiling. I don't
want you to ruin your face with the
dust AS If dynamite blast could
make her face look any worse than 1t
does
ct makes me sick to see man so
fooled by a woman who buys her COM
plexion at the drug store and puts 1t
on with a trowel.
Some time when get q chance I'm
going through Miranda's top bureau
drawer and pull out her rouge and
powder truck and leave EN- lying
around where my brother can see 'em.
It's perfect shame for him to be 80
deceived and so happy about 1t. You
needn't talk to me about being able
to see her color come and go-she just
hypnotizes people into thinking 1t
does.
THAT electric car Of hers is the
worst! I've walked or taken the
street cars all the days of my life, and
If that's good enough for me it's
plenty good enough for my brothers
wife. Just because her father gave 1t
to her that is no sign she shouldn't
have been woman enough to refuse 1t.
Loading my poor brother down with
the expense of keeping it! Her father
built the garage in the rear of their
lot to keep 1t in and she says she
and Henry take all the care OF 1t
themselves-bu that's no excuse. It's
Just genuine, reckless, downright ex-
travagance, and it makes me sick.
Why, I'm perfectly sure | could have
six electrics If I'd ask for 'em, but
7 have toe much sense and better
idea of my duty to my husband.
Miranda drove around the day after
she got the electric and said she'd
come to take me for ride, but
wasn't going to let her have the pleas
ure of gloating over me and thinking
she had so much more than did. She
lust wanted to show off before my
neighbors and have them plying me
because I didn't have things like my
brothers wife.
80 said: No, thank you, Miranda.
I have my duties at home to attend to-.
as a good wife should, and I've no
time to go flying around town, when
I might be better employed In darning
nv poor husbands socks, who is work
ing hard at his Office said it point
eddy, too, but don't believe she took
It to herself, she's so satisfied with
everything.