Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-10-04
The Wife.
Brinn Finds out That Ruth Wears
Expensive Clothes.
rJA pTEp XYXIII
BY JANE PHELPS


The Invitation for Mrs. Curtis din.
ner came Just ar Brian was leaving
for the office, The note had said the
dinner was 20 be Informal, and Mrs
Curtis had added: PLEASE don't
dress"
Thank goodness for that" he had
said. Brian hated 10 dress for din
ner He was naturally indOIent. and
unless the occasion was particular
ly formal one, he objected TO wear
ing dress suit. Ruth was exactly
tho opposite She liked TO dress,
herself, and was very pr I'D OF her
handsome husband when he was
"dollcd up," as he called IT,
II wonder who else will be there 2
she had said as as she stood In the
door 10 bid Brian good bye.
II thought you said Mollie King
was going" hc had answered quick
~. then looked uncomfortable.
"Good bye" he called and hurried
away.
why did he look s6iuncomfort-
able when he himself was the one
to mention hcr?' Ruth said aloud
az she closed the door. "He looked
sort of guilty ! wonder"-she didn't
finish the sentence. but as she
dressed for the shop she looked
very serious and once or twice she
sighed a little.
Occasionally there came to Ruth
feeling that perhaps she had
made a mistake In marrying Brian
until he had advanced further in his
profession. she had also wondered
once or twice II she had made "A
blundcr In taking a~positlon. but. rs
quickly dismissed the idea, Why
should she do things that were dis
agreeable and to save thirty or forty
dollars month (Which "A servant
cost them), when she could do
something she really loved to do and
earn forty week? There was no
argument al all that she could see.
No, II Brian were foolish enough
to be hurt. why ne would have TO
be, for while. until he became
more reasonable. He would come
around after while. Just as he had
about the mo"ing. When he had
seen that It was feasible. he had been
very nice about II. She never
dreamed that he had consented SIM
ply and solely because Of her re-
mark that II would give him a bet
ter standing. she had thought II
might have some weight. of course
but that he would have absolutely
refused to move had she not nut II
upon that score. she had no idea.
The dinner was TO be at seven
o'clock. Ruth took particular pains
with hor dressing, and she looked
very chic and lovely. She wore a
| dark blue chiffon with a girdle and
trimming OF oriental-looking stuff.
with -sllpperA- stockings of the
same shade as her dress She also,
at the last minute, slipped her pearls
around her neck. She had not in
| tended to wear them, but she would
| look her very best because pretty
| Mollle King was to be there She
had wished, while dressing. that It
had been formal affair so she
could have worn one Of her lovely
dinner dresses She had scarcely
worn them at all. she thought re-
gretfully. They would be out Of
style soon.
MY. but you look nice." Brian
had said lmpulsively when she
Joined him, That's stunning
dress"
Ruth was so pleased at the com
] lbi EOl MI dDouN
Mollie King. that she had really
dressed to outshine her, but in
trigued herself that she had made
herself attractive simply for Brian
Il am so glad you think I look
nice. The Curtises are your friends
md should hate to have them cal
me a trump"
mo one could ever say that about
you" Then, u thought striking him
for the first time. he asked: How
much did that dress cost?"
Aunt Louisa paid 5000 for II. OF
course that did not include the slip
pers and stockings"
opcn-mouthed Brian stared a
her, In all the months they haC
been married the cost OF her clothes
never had been mentioned. He haC
not the slightest idea OF the cost o
such clothes as Ruth wore. He haC
asked the question now only from
impulse.
IT'S lovely. isn't IT," Ruth wen
on. Aunt Louisa bought II at tn,