Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-09-26
Her Unappreciated
Efforts

Men, SAID MES. WlCCanC0 empnaLI-
eally, haven't the remotest idea OF
economy! They ARE turally extrav-
agant!"
Wittance snapped at the bait like
terrier at a rat. There you got" he
cried. with one of your offha.nd judg.
ments that have no sensible founda-
ton! Rank nonsense! have just as
good an idea of economy as you have!"
''You may have the idea," said Mrs.
Wittance, with the crushing sweet
ness that is the privilege of wives.
but you have it tied up in pink rib
bons and laid away in your safe If you
have! That's all the good it does you"
Wittance began to turn purple and
clinch the chair arms. Just specify"
he insisted. "Just name one example
you can't do ite"
II cam" insisted Mrs. Wittance.
"Any time you feel like hearing me
run off a list of several dozen perfect-
ly good examples, and have the time,
don't hesitate to ssk me to oblige you.
because being agreeable Is about the
best thing ] do.
For instance she went on, "a few
minutes ago you made the remark
that you must remember to buy your
self new straw hat. You never stop
ped to wonder whether or not you
had a straw hat left from last sum-
mer which would do to start out the
season, did you?
Nov, a woman's first instinct when
she needs anything is to wonder
whether or not she has something laid
away that would do, and so would
save her from making a fresh pur-
chase. What is past is past to
man, whether it is his last summers
clothes or a presidential election.
Now, as it happens, you bought new
straw hat just d few weeks before
the season closed last year, and it is
all right to wear 1t may be neces-
sary to have it cleaned"
There you are!" cried Wittance.
do you think I'm going to travel
downtown with al hat in paper bag
and waste good time hunting up
cleaners and meantime lose a Gus
toner or so? That's woman's i'd "a
of economy, all right"
IF you're so fussy," said Mrs. Wit
lance, "I'll clean it for you myself.
can do 1t PERFECTLY well with some acid.
I used to do it when l wore sailor
hats myself"
Wittance groaned. eth look home
made" he compl aimed. Something
on the order of knitted wristlets and
mitts! I don't like the ideal"
"You leave it to mel" said Mrs. Wit
lance sternly. If you are so anxious
to get rid of SIS just hand it over to
mel"
So Mrs. WittaAce scrubbed last
summers hat with acid she was
rather in hurry because she wanted
to get to a club meeting, anG so she
did not remove the band before she
scrubbed it. She left it to dry with
the consciousness of deed well done,
but when she gotI home she found to
her horror that the black band was
all splotched with dull orange where
the acid had touched it. Witta uce's
arrival was simultaneous with hers.
so he, too. saw the tragedy.
IT hope he said severely, that you
now see the folly of trying to do the
work of professional who knows
what he is about! / shall buy new
hat, for l wouldn't be caught dead
wearing this thingE'
You'll do nothing of the sort!" de-
cIared his wife. There is my econ
omy theory demonstrated again!
can buy a new corded ribbon for so
cents or less and lsew it on just like
this one. Don't be SO silly"
Mrs. Wittance WAS determined to
prove that she was sensible. So she
went downtown the next day to buy
the ribbon. When she got it sewed
on she found it was shade narrow
err than the old one, but the black
was sufficient to display little line
OF SATIN black and orange, on the
straw.
Wittance refused to argue the mat.
ter 81 will net wear that haiti" he
stormed. II shall buy a new one!"
Nobody can see that little mark,
persisted Mrs Wittance. you are
sxtravagant, that's what you are!"
She laid the haE tenderly away in
it's box and put it ION the shelf in the
coat closet downstairs.
The next day Wittance paid S. for
new hat and when he arrived hom6
that afternoon and saw the box he
jerked it down and grabbed out the
old straw hat in desperate fury.
Tenderly depositing the new one in
the box, for he id a neat man and
dislikes dust, Wittance damned the
old straw into the ash can and raked
ashes over ii to hide it.
The next day the temperature had
fallen 40 degrees and it was early
for straw hats, anyhow, so Wittance
wore his derby when he went down
town
Mrs. Wittance had resigned and
injured expression at dinner that
night.
you made such fuss over that
straw hat l cleaned and fixed up for