The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-07-06

What His
WifeWears


the woman who had the floor. Ito any
one who will take NY husband off and
scquester him by threat, main force
or guile long enough for me to buy a
spring and summer wardrobe. 1t is
absolutely impossible to do Il so long
as he remains at large.
When | married John had no idea
he was SC fussy. think spoiled him
by unwisely complimenting his good
aste and judgment in regard to
clothes, and he got conceded about it.
He shouldn't have taken me seriously,
for woman has a right to say any.
thing nice to man that comes into
her head When she is trying to en-
snare him into matrimony. If he
played the game fair he would charge
all her compliments up to profit and
loss and use common sense after he
was married just as a woman does
but men are so foolish
Johns conceit was great shock
to me. because everything had done
little better than just all right with
John.
My awakening came when | pur-
chased the linen dress. | found it in
one of these exclusive little shops
where they have clothes all ready to
wear tn beyond your widest
dreams of S q. The linen dress was
the last cry. can't exactly describe
1t except that 1t was coarse, heavy.
natural ecru linen with panels Of
heavy lace 10 match and an odd Grim
son suede belt and fascinating snatch.
cs Of hin net let In here and there.
Any woman can tell from this de-
/ scription that it was exactly the stun
ningest. most unusual thing you can
ever hope to see.
Il simply grabbed 1t and had it fit
ted TO me. When it came home
d0nned it and casually walked out in
front of John.
Il hadn't exactly formulated what l
expected him to say. but it was some.
!
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," limited.
"John coughed. looked at him in
surprise. Then he took hold Of a
sleeve with a eingcrly thumb and fore.
finger. What is it,? he asked. hesi.
tatingly. 1t looks-er--it looks like
potato sacklng N cousc.' he added,
hastily and politely, I know it isn't.
But--cr--isn't ii queer
"Oh. he ,ricd to he polite. he really
did Eat he suffered so while he was
doing it that, having tender heart,
| couldn't stand It. lie simply couldn't
see that linen dress. TO him 1t was
Il moAstiosity. blot on the landscape.
and at the thought of his wife appear
Ing In a garment which to him was go
ing to draw the scorn and amazed
/ amusement of the populace was unen-
durable
so long as that dress was in the
house John was nervous, anguished
and tormentcd, so | took it back |
told the store people that I'd pay them
to take ii back, because if kept it
knew 1t meant divorce in the family.
but they We're very nice and said
could change it. SO | bought lovely
tailota gown. 1t WAS Il changcablc silk
with puflnga aud quilings and
quaint lace iichu
NY dear. you'll never believe mo.
but when | Put that dress on John
just sat and locked puzzled. Isn't II
terribly old fashionei.' 10 asked. TIM
idly. 1 rcmombc, n.v great aunt IN
dress like that Why don't You sot
something Low and stylish?'
Wasn't chat ian less? | explain 4
to him carefully that it was the m.cs;
style, but John vowed that i: WAS ar.
ciont and that they had imposed on
me ana any how he dislihed change.
. able silk. So sold II to my sister for
s. less than paid Tor il. was now
SIS to the bad. as the second dress
had cost SO mere than the cricinal
; linen. told john that when he could
. take day off and accompany NE on
shopping tour Id huv dress. hut m.
Ill then | would devote my attention
.. TO hats.
4 got perfect love OF a hat with
a bunch OF these white uncurled os
trich feathers on that everybody
knows cost like sixty-and John threw
up his hands. He said looked as
though | had been caught out in the
rain and hadn't money enough TO get
the feathers recurled He rayed SO
about 1t that sent the hat back.
Then l sat down in front of John,
and by painstaking labor extracted
from him the description of the kind
Of clothes he would like to see ME in.
He said he liked tailory things with
shirt waists that had collars and cuffs
they've been out five years you
know-and sailor hats. John said that
nothing on earth looked SO trim and
stylish as perfectly plain sailor hat.
What would they do to me at a fash.
ionable tea II appeared in such gar