Bisbee daily review., 1913-09-04
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q am going to offer a prize" saiC the woman who had the floor, to any one who will take my husband off anc sequester him by threat, main force or guile long enough for, me to buy spring and summer wardrobe. 1t i' absolutely impossible to do it so Ions as he remains at large.
 When I married John I had no idee he was so fussy. think I spoiled hiT by unwisely complimenting his good
 taste and judgment in regard tC clothes. and he got copceited about it
 He shouldn't have taken me seriously
 for woman has right to say any
 thing nice to a man that comes int
 her head when she is trying to en
 snare him into matrimony! If ht 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 foolishi
 Johns conceit was a great shocE
 to me, because everything l had done or worn or said had invariably been 9 little better than just all right with | John.
 My awakening came when I pur i chased the linen dress. I found it iD ] one of these exclusive little shops ! where they have clothes all ready tt wear that are beyond your wildest ! dreams of style. The linen dress was 1 the last cry. I can't exactly describe ! gE t-& sF haa | natural ecru linen with panels oi heavy lace to match and an odd crim 1 son suede belt and fascinating snatch | es of thin net let fin here and there I. Any woman can tell from this de ! scription that it was exactly the stun
 ningest, most unusual thing you car ever hope to see
 q simply grabbed it and had it fit
 ted to me. When it came home donned it and casually walked out 1T front of John.
 'I hadn't exactly formulated what : expected him to say, but it was some thing to the eliect that he was over come totally by my air of magnih cence. Instead, he was strangely si lent. had not expected him to be SC i overcome.
 Don't you like it?" I hinted~ 1 "John cOughed. ! looked at him iI ] surprise. Then he took hold of ; sleeve with a gingerly thumb and fore i finger. What is it?' he asked. hesi
 tatingly. It Iooks-er-it looks lik' T potato sacking. Of couse1 he added
 hastily and politely. T know it isn't But--er-isn't it Gueer7
 |, "Oh. he tried To be polite, he reall, ?, did. But he suffered SO while he Ea
 doing it that. having a tender heart ! I couldn't stand 1t. He simply Cculdn' , gee that linen dress. To hiTr 5r r'a ' a monstrosity, a blot on the landscape p and at the thought Of his wife appear Q ing in a garment which to him was go ing to draw the sco-n and aTaazct D amusement of the populace was U1en
 durable.
 "So long as that dress vas lu th house John was nervous, auTuishe | and tormcnted. so took it back l told the store people that I'd pay then l to take it back, because if ! kept it - knew 1t meant a divorce in the fauily ] but they were very nice and said Q could change it. So I bought a lovel.
 taTcta gown. It was a changeable sill p with outings and Cuillings and D quaint lace fchu.
 P My dear. you'll never believe mo , but when I put that dress on Johi 1. just sat and looked puzzled. Isn't ! D terribly old fashiOned7' he asked, tin
 idly. T remember my great aunt in b dress like that. Why don't you se s something new and stylishg ,- Wasn't that hopeless2 eXpiaine' 2 to him carefully that it was the lates I style. but John vowed that 1t was an 0 cient and that they had imposed o
 me and anyhow he disllked change able silk So I sold it 10 my sister 10 g. less than l paid for t. was nov s sf5 to the bad. as the second Gres '. had cost $l0 more than the oris4na 2 linen. l told John that when he coul