Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-02

reyal dreadfuIiy! Now, what were
| you-oh, there goes Louisei Lou-c-
e-eze! If You are going to the village
yarn? You were saying, Harry 8
aBy this time all Harry's fine young
enthusiasm had oozed away and he
replied tartiy that he was saying l.
rain. thank you! If it hadn't beer.
for that sweater the Droyer girl
would have been Mrs. Hinckly to-day:
When women get to the point where
they will let sixein Of yarn inter-
fere with their Hfe,s happiness
"Oh, my goodnessi" said his wife.
II guess there are other men besiles
Harry Hinckley and she knew It;
remember her sweater, it was thai
lovely shade of bright green that looks
so well on the linlks!"
HUH" said the man. @On the
links, maybe-but like the dickens
getting there and coming awayt II
man hydrophobia it is to see a large
stout lady galumphing down a BUSH
ness street toward the train attired
in a green sweater that casts it's rays
searchlight in New York
81 particularly hate green and every
other woman made a green one this
summer! Whenever I saw Mrs. "a
body surrounded by her sea of green
wool I wanted to shed bitter, heart
felt tearsi How any woman with a.
yellow complexion like hers could
deliberately choose green is a question
for the alienistsl Somebody always
was matching green yarn in the VII
lage for that Peabody woman-it was
the most thriving industry at the
Iakei
shades of different green's and dis
tinctly recollect that the swimming
match was postponed because ali the
young men were securing tine sur
rounding towns for another skein of
green yarn to finish Mrs. Peabo iy 81
sweater! And when she got it done
it stretched down to her heels because
she had knitted it too loosely, and Il
looked like the mischief and she i'm
mediately had to start another With
she was going to knit tightly:
and I'll bet when she got the sec
ond one done it was like the Ostrand-
er girls. which was SO tight she had
to give it to her sisters baby aged
months and then the infant nearly
choked to death in its stern en-
brace! Why, you can buy a sweater
ready made that looks like a sweater
and doesn't cost any more han tie
You don't understand" his wife
interrupted. THE bought ones are
machine made and nobody who is any
body will wear a machine made sweat
There is some class to things made
by hands!'
you women are the doggonedeSs'
said the man. When knitting ma
chimes first were invented the women
all went crazy over their real n.a-
chine made clothes-and now that
machines are common as grass in
the back yard nothing will do out
sweaters toiIsomely made by hand
You could get a fair start in a foreign
language in the time you'll spend on
that sweater. and you could make pro-
ftable use of the language, but I'll bet
that when You get it done the sweater
won't be good for anything except to
use as a wooden floor mapi Listen to
reason, woman! By the way-wh-
wh-what color is this sweater you've
Started2"
The mans wife hesitated She
stuffed something into her knitting
bag.
Tits green she confessed n a
defiant small voice.
ooh, my world" groaned the man |
You do believe in doing things thor /
oughly, don't you? I hape it trails on
the ground when you get it done-od
shrinks into a washcloth, I'm a des-
perate mani"
You're an idiotic onei" she told him. |
Maybe when I finish this I'll knit one |
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