Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-24

written specially for the Bulletin-)
1t is proverbiaI that the first thing
that the newly wed have to settle is
who is who. or which is it; and this
problem is being settled all the time
along widely different lines.
When Jane Jones married Bill Bent
and was called by her old chums
Mrs Crooked, just for fun, it was not
conceived that there was much of
problem to settle, for Bill carried
prosperous looking front and knew
it ALL and Jane had cultivated a very
humble appearance and pretended to
know nothing They were believed to
be adapted to one another because
opposites in life have usually made
good mates and good records, matri~
monially speaking
Bill was the head of the house and
carried the wallet and had not reach
ed the Development which prompted
husband to make his wife an al
lowance for weekly expenses; and he
was decidedly cranky about the way
his credit was used by his partner.
Jane had been trained along bust
ness lines and did not always like to
appear as Bills trusted agent, or 70
be criticised as being a. little too ex-
travagant when she was using the
strIcteSt economy So being ayerse to
getting trusted on Williams account
she used to let him do most of the
shopping and allow her fifty cents now
and then. TO be PIN money for ribbons.
sweet meats, etc. When she wont to
buy things for herself she decided to
take her husband with her and let him
pay cash for the goods, and this was
agreeable to Bill for it showed posi-
lively that he was the head of the
house and was so acknowledged
Just as the honeymoon was in its
decline Jane came to the point where
her wardrobe had got to be replenish
ed so she decided to invite her hus
band to accompany her on a shopping
tour through the big department store
of their little town for the selection of
waists and things of which she was
sadly in need.
Bill Bent regarded himself as man
of superior taste and of good judge
ment; and felt somewhat fiattered to
think Jane appeared to recognize his
value even as an advisor, at least, in
the selection and purchasing of her
clothes: and that it put him in a po-
sition to guard against a wonan's ex-
travagance to some extent, for he be-
leved down deep in his heart that all
women We're more or less careless of
expense when it came TO garbins
themselves. So when the evening
came for the shopping tour Bill was
delighted and went with the same jo-
vial spirit that he would start for any
place of amusement never dreaming
that he had a lesson to learn and was
on the wayto the school of experience
when learning comes high, especially
If modification accompanies the les
son.
The twain were no sooner inside the
big department store than Mr.. Bent
saw that he was like a boy at the
menagerie for the first time. and must
follow his leader. Mrs. Bent was
bound for the waist department and
he tagged on noticing that Jane was
passing the prettiest waists he had
ever set his eyes upon without even
looking toward them: and he put
her down in his mind as a pretty poor
observer. and decided to tell her the
first important thing she should learn
was to use her eyes; and when she
had reached the waist counter and he
gan to pull over a lot of waists that
were nowhere near as pretty as those
she had passed, he was in no humor
to remain silent and to let Mrs. Bent
do her shopping according to her taste
and her means, so he said:
What did you come clear in here
for Jane, when you could have done
so much better back there; and the
waists are SO much nicer and more