The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-10-25

,N/ told, Is reserved for hunting.
w When We started out to cele-
brate the humble household
TASKS day by day, through whole
week, we were disconnected by the
emptiness of Wednesday.
But after inquiring among the hus-
bands here about II was discovered that
on Wednesday the wives all hunt. Sort
OF general exodus in search of every
ming that they have wanted during the
This subject is so interesting that a
mere enumeration of objects hunted
should be enough. 1t was for us.
How Wives Spend Wednesday.
One woman got up at z. and was down
town by 3. going to every store in
the city, and arriving home at z at
night. hunting chiffon to match her
coat. She spent two car tickets, ~ cents
Tor lunch, little over ten hours. her
entire strength. and didn't get the
chiffon. But she had q grand time.
Another just went out without any
particular object, We imagine In sort
of free lance spirit just hunting here
and there for bargains. She didn't get
wants one OF those dollar-nfty shirt
waists. plain with large pearl buttons
But she hasn't decided just yet because
she forgot where she saw them.
Mrs. j. told her maid that she was
going to the dentists. That was at
1880 in the morning. She got home at
sharp, just in time to get her hair
combed and get smoothed up for dinner
and to keep her husband from going
to the door when the two shirt waists,
pair of fancy shoes. the materials for
two new hats. and her new lingerie
al
when she gets started and sometimes
when she doesn't.
We couldn't md out what Mr.. ks
wife hunts on Wednesdays because he
didn't say. but he DID say that she
never wanted any dinner on that day
and that she was crazy over the movies.
and that chocolate sundaes and candy
always kept her appetite low.
The very incest man we know said
that he never knew where his wife
went on Wednesday afternoons, but
that last Wednesday after dinner she
told him just what the, Jonses had in
their house from top to bottom, to-
gether with intimate facts concerning
the private lives of some Of his men
friends.
How do we spend Wednesdays? Well.
you see, it's a little like the jam in
"Alice in Wonderland" We always
have to do our work one day ahead,
and on Wednesday we are always do
Tuesday when we are DOING
Wednesdays work and Tuesday when
we have FINISHED 1t, so that we are
never quite sure that we ever even
HAVE a real Wednesday to spend.
Advice to Men.
Don't marry a woman just because
- - hat
are divided into two classes. those who
wear their hats. and those whose hats
HIDE on their heads. Each character
istic has a peculiar significance.
l. The woman who wears her hat well
is usually a nagger, talker. small
minded busy body, gorgon, pin
picker, an enemy to lodge. beer and
p:"G But the woman whose hat tyrannizes
over her a little is nine times out OF
ten. amiable, easy to get along with'
broad-minded. and adorable.
As usual with good advice, one must
make exceptions.
The woman who wears her hat
straight, always. with no effort. either
put 1t on or not, is an exception to the
first rule. It's the woman who breaks
her neck doing 1t, and feels as II her
reputation is gone II her hat isn't on
straight. that we mean.
Likewise the woman whose hair Is
never combed and whose hat is always
in danger OF slipping off backwards as
a result is probably very sloppy In her
personal habits. She isn't the one
meant In rule 2.
The Gentleman on our Left has been
away for a long time. He got back
today In time 10 suggest the subject
for tOday's column. He must have
been hunted at one time or other
Wonder whyf
News Note.
War has made German women thiI
and has given them elegant lines"
We always knew that Sherman's view
of war was not only wrong. but entirely
masculine.
But at the end of the same story Il
the statement: Germany wants peace.
Evidently they like 'em fat.
THE CONDUCTOR.