The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-21

with his military S~2shes. wnro. sns..
given him for Christmas present, she
said:
"Bobbie, you know, Tread somewhere in
Household Hints in some paper that
sweet milk would clean white gloves
beautifully, today l inaugurated our
reform on little things by trying the
suggestion. The result is a perfectly
good pair of white gloves is now hanging
up on the back gallery totally ruined. And
the joke of it all is that the milk | had
to buy to clean them with cost exactly
l penny less than l would have paid the
cleaner. So. economy No. l wasn't ex-
actly a success.''
Turning to him, she added:
"Bobbie, please hook me up the back;
| just can't do it myself with the out
| rageous way the dressmakers put hooks
on"
"Oh, cheer up. grille" said the BEST
o. Husbands" happily. Accidents vi
happen and you've got to experiment be-
fore you succeed"
They will if you use milk TO cleanse
gloves with instead of gasoline" she
commented humorously, land that is the
only fluid that l know of that will remove
this Birmingham dirt from white gloves
Have you tried pressing my clothes
for me?" he asked, instead of sending
venience?''
"Oh, I get all wound up in the long
string of it. and can't manage it to save
my life,' she replied. you see Pm only
an amateur tailor and I'm going to ask
Mary il she minds if I put an iron on
the kitchen stove and do my pressing out
there"
When the BEST o Husbandse began
to root about in the closet for his Tux
edo, he found it in a perfect mess He'd
spilled some tomato boullion on the front
OF 1T. and it had never been cleaned The
April Bride had forgotten it, and SO they
got busy and finally both of them rushed
into the kitchen for the cook to put on an
iron and get out the ironing board
which put her all in furry as it was
nearly dinner time, and the meal wasn't
ready and four extra guests were ex-
pected.
To make a long story short. the coat
was cleaned and pressed, but during the
meal the host and hostess noticed a
rather detected and discontented express
sion upon the cooks face. (She was as
sisting the maid in serving the dinner)
The dinner being over, and the guests
and the Best O. Husbands" having re-
tired to the living room, the April Bride
made her way back into the kitchen to see
what was wrong with Mary.
will yer husban' be alter wantn' his
when dey's jests er comm in?" asked
Mary disconsolately, showing plainly the
cause of her i'll temper.
mo, l think not" the April Bride
said. scenting the situation plainly.
We'll, jes' thought I'd tell YER Mary
went on. that"
"Oh, don't bother, Mary" the April
Bride pacified. There's a tailor not far
from here, and this time it was merely
an accident"
When the last guest had gone, and the
Best O. Husbands and the April Bride
We're sitting tete-tete before the big log
fire, she said sweetly:
Wasn't that a good dinner. Bobbie?"
"You bet it was" he replied, land
didn't the Smiths and the Robinsons en-
joy it?''
Undoubtedly" she said and paused.
Resuming, she said "Bobbie, which do
you think would be the cheapest, to send
your clothes to tailor or-or-lose a.
good coolx?"
"Oh, let's keep Mary by all means" he
said gloomily, and then added:
81 guess we'll have to economze on
large things and let the small ones take
care OF themselves"
Which, while the statement was reck-
less, was valuable as far as a peaceful
household was concerned and that meant
more to him than anything else
Never mind" the April Bride said,
sweetly, and took hold of his hand;
| we've done our best"
''Yes-ruined a brand new pair of white
gloves and nearly lost a jewel of q
cook l guess we won't try to econo-
mize