South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-09-24
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Z MARRIED LIFE THE :
: FIRST YEAR AFTER
: THE HONEYMOON :
BY Mabel Herbert Urner.
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RY NAREI HERBERT T-RNER


, The sheerest nainsooks. cambrics,
silk fannels and laces, Most of Hell
ems days were now spent in the buy
ing and making up of these things.
over each dainty bit of material she
thrilled and the JOY and wonder which
only young wife knows.
The Infants Department" With
what secret pride she would enter a
large department store. and ask TO be
directed TO the infants department"
And the shop woman who waited
on her-hOW charmingly she would
be taken into her confidence. And
the poor-wearied, black-gowned wO-
man who spent her life behind the
counter-how interested and eager to
help she would be-
4 want these just for little morn
ing slips you know-they should be
plain-shouldn't they?"
"Oh. yes" and the shop woman's
tired face lit up with all a woman's
interest. They wash so much better
if they are plain-and you'll need so
many"
Yes, that is what I thought-the
plainest cambria slips for the morn
ings. And the finer dresses I'm going
TO make myself-later" with soft
flush, when / can't go out so much"
Yes. | know" the woman murmur-
ed. That is the way my sister did
and she so enjoyed making them"
Her Happiness Secure.
Her sisters child! This was prob
ably the nearest TO maternity this
poor woman would ever come. And
as she left the shop Helens eyes filed
with tears as she thought of all these
women wasting among counters and
shelves the best part of their lives
the best of their womanhood. Did
their arms never ache, not only with
lifting down and putting up goods,
but with the longing to hold in them
something of their own?
Surely even the tenement mothers,
with their droves of ill-kept children
and drunken husbands had more of
life-a Womans life-than these col
orless. sOul-starved women encased
in their black gowns.
Helen's own happiness never SEEM
ed so secure as now. Warren's gen.
tleneSs and tenderness almost swept
from her memory those months of
his irritability and selfishness. Par
entage-that was the rock on which
their love was to be safely anchored
at last.
Never had she waited with such
joyous expectancy for him to come
home in the evenings-and never
had he come home with such prompt
ness.
and how is my little woman to-
night?" was always his greeting now
as he took her in his arms. Has she
taken good care of herself?"
Their Evening Together.
And she would smile up at him.
"Oh, yes. such very good care!"
And what wonderful things has
she bought today?"
oh, the dearest little-but no, you
are not to see or be told of anything
until after you've had your dinner"
$50 | must have my dinner first?-
you dictatorial little thing"
Yes. / told Anna to have ii early
so we could get through and have
long evening together"
Then when dinner was over and he
was settled in his big, easy chair by
the light. she would bring out the
things she had bought or been work
ing on that day.
His masculine ignorance and clum-
siness were an unfailing source of
delight to both of them.
And what's this?" pulling a bit of
lace. is that what you call Ham
/ burg edging?"
mo. no. she laughed. You think
everything is Hamburg edging. It's
the only name you remember. L sup
pose it reminds you of Hamburg
! steak Material person." with
| kiss.
We'll. what is this them" still
holding to the bit of lace.
That" with her most instructive
air. which he loved. that is Valen-
ciennes, narrow Valenciennes."
And what is this pit looks just
the same, only straighter."
That's the insertion-the other
was the edge. You see. / am sewing
them together like this-to put
: around little yoke.
But If you have to sew them to-
gether. why don't they make it that
way.
He Learns Many Things.
''Why-because - because" - this
was disconcerting, for as she thought
of all the lace and insertion she had
sewed together, she wondered why
they didn't make 1t that way. Be
cause-it wouldn't be the same"
lamely. Now don't ask puzzling
| questions"
string fOr?"
that's the finishing braid to put over
| little seams"
And this-are these buttonholes
! by the yard? And won't the buttons
have TO be rather large?"
"Oh. mono; that's beading TO run
ribbon through. I'm going TO put
] that around the neck and sleeves of
4 this little slip. and then run in this
narrow ribbon. Won't that be dainty
an dsweet?"
He drew her. laces, ribbons and all
into his lap.
Dear, it's all going to be very
sweet"
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