Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-08-21
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Ou6 WHO Will lakS NY uuSUanQ Oh anu L
seQuester him by threat. main force |
or guile long enough for me to buy q
spring and summer wardrobe. 1t Is |
absolutely impossible to do 1t 40 long |
as he remains ut large.
when l married John had no idea |
he was so fussy. think i spoiled him |
by unwisely complimenting his good
taste and judgment in regard TO
clothes. and he got conceited about II.
He shouldn't have taken me seriously.
for a woman has a right to say any
thing nice to a man that comes into
her head when she is trying to en-
snare him into matrimony, II he
played the game fair he would charge
loss and use common sense after he
was married just rs a woman does
but men are so foolish.
Johns conceit was 4 great shock
to me. because everything i had done
or worn or said had invariably been a
little better than just all right with
John.
MY awakening came when 1 pur-
chased the linen dress. found It In
one OF these exclusive little shops
where they have clothes all ready to
wear that are beyond your widest
dreams Of style. The linen dress was
the last cry. l can't exactly describe
It except that II was a coarse, heavy,
natural ecru linen with panels OF
heavy lace to match and an odd Grim
son suede belt and fascinating snatch
es of thin net let in here and there.
Any woman can tell from this de-
scription that 1t was exactly the stun
ningest, most unusual thing you can
ever hope to see.
81 simply grabbed It and had 1t TT
ted to me. When 1t came home
donned II and casually walked out In
front of John.
II hadn't exactly formulated what
expected him to say, but 1t was some
thing to the effect that he was over
come totally by my air of magnifi
cence. Instead. he was strangely ST.
lent | had not expected him to be so
overcome.
Don't you like IT," l limited.
John coughed. / looked at him in
surprise. Then he took hold OF q
sleeve with a gingerly thumb and fore
finger What is it?' he asked, hest
tatingly Tt looks-er-it looks like
potato sacking. or couse.' he added.
hastily and politely. 4 know It isn't.
But-er-isn't 1t queer
"Oh. he tried to be polite. he really
did. But he suffered so while he was
doing II that having a tender heart.
l couldn't stand 1t. He simply couldn't
see that linen dress. To him It was
a monstrosity. blot on the landscape,
and at the thought OF his wife appear
ing in garment which to him was go
ing to draw the scorn and amazed
amusement OF the populace was unen.
durable.
$50 long as that dress was In the
house John was nervous, anguished
and tormented. so / took it back.
. told the store people that I'd pay them
to take II back, because II / kept II
, knew 1t meant a divorce in the family
! but they were very nice and said
could change 1t. So l bought Lowell,
taffeta gown. 1t was a changeable sill
with puffngs and quillings and
; quaint lace fichu.
: "NIy dear, you'll never believe me
: but when l put that dress on Johl
just sat and looked puzzled. Isn't
: terribly old fashioned?' he asked, tim
a idly. I remember my great aunt In
Q dress like that. Why don't you &c
Q something new and stylishT
y Wasn't that hopeless? | explaine
n to him carefully that 1t was the lates
a style, but John vowed that 1t was ar
!, Client and that they had imposed o.
0 me ard anyhow he disliked change
able silk. So sold 1t to my sister TO
9 IS less than l paid for It, / was no,
:. SIS to the bad, as the second dres
t had cost $40 more than the origina
, linen. told John that when he coul
= take a day OF and accompany me on
II shopping tour I'd buy a dress, but III
4. I'll then would devote my attentio
q to hats.
y 81 got perfect love OF hat wit
d bunch OF these white uncurled o.
e trich feathers on that everybod
(. knows cost like sixty-and John tire
n up HIS hands, He said / looked q
'e though | had been caught out in tn
" rain and hadn't money enough to z.
rs the feathers recurled. He raved s
II about it that / sent the hat back.
ut Then l sat down in front Of job
er and by painstaking labor extractt
IT from him the description OF the kir
ye of clothes he would like to see me 4
b. He said he liked tailory things wit
shirt waists that had collars and cuf
they've been out five years W
know-and sailor hats. John said tn
nothing on earth looked SO trim al
20 stylish as perfectly plain sailor hs
,. What would they do to me at a fas