The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-07-26
What His
Wife Wears

or guile long enough for me to buy
spring and summer wardrobe. 1t Is
absolutely impossible to do 1t so long
as he remains at large.
When | married John had no Idea
he was so fussy | think spoiled him
by unwisely complimenting his good
taste and judgment in regard to
clothes. and he got conceited about 1t.
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! II 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 woman does
but men are so foolish,
Johns concelt was great shock
| 70 me, because everything had done
or worn or said had invariably been a
little better than just all right with
John.
My awakening came when | pur-
chased the linen dress. found It In
.
where they have clothes all ready to
wear that are beyond your widest
dreams OF style. The linen dress was
the last cry. | can't exactly describe
It except that 1t was coarse, heavy,
natural ecru linen with panels OF
/ heavy lace to match aNl 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 ii 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 II came home |
donned it and casually walked out In
front of John.
Il 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 magnlh-
cence. Instead, he was strangely ST.
lent had not expected him to be so
overcome.
| Don't you like it," hinted.
John coughed. ] looked at him In
surprise. Then he took hold of a
sleeve with gingerly thumb and fore
finger. What is it?' he asked, hesi-
tatisgly. Tt looks-er-it looks like
potato sacking. OF 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 It that having tender heart.
I couldn't stand it. He simply couldn't
see that linen dress. To him 1t 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.
80 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 It back, because II | kept It |
knew It meant divorce in the family.
but they were very nice and said l
could change It. So | bougls lovely
taffeta gown. 1t was a changeable silk
with puffings and quillings and a
quaint lace flchu
my dear, you'll never believe me,
but when | put that dress on John
Just sat and looked puzzled. Isn't 1t
terribly old fashioned he asked, tim
idly. I remember my great aunt in a
dress like that Why don't you get
something new and stylish?'
Wasn't that hopeless? | explained
to him carefully that 1t was the latest
style, but John vowed that it was an
cient and that they had imposed on
me and anyhow he disliked change
able silk So | sold It to my sister for
IS less than | paid for 1t. ! was now
SIS to the bad, as the second dress
had cost $40 more than the original
linen. told John that when he could
take day off and accompany me. on a
shopping tour I'd kiy a dress, but un-
til then | would devote my attention
TO hats.
81 got a perfect love of hat with
a bunch of these white uncurled os'
/
knows cost like sixty-and John threw
up his hands! He said I looked as
though I had been caught out in the
rain and hadn't money enough to get
the feathers recurled He raved &c
about It that / sent the hat back.
Then / 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 tailOyy things with
shirt waists that had collars and cuffs
. they've been out five years you
know-and sailor hats. John said tina,
nothing on earth looked so trim and
stylish as a perfectly plain sailor hat
What would they do to me at fash
ionable tea II appeared In such gar
ments?
"Oh. no, didn't ask John that. Amy
; how, was in luck, because I know
one woman whose husband wants