Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1920-08-13
COT BILLS COAT
He Simply Couldn't Understand
About Wife's Hands.
Doing only a Small Part Of House
work Allotted to His Helpmate
pis Films" Were a Sight,
but Hers, Never.

Bnl Is wearing gloves!
Any lime you see Biil wearing gloves
know We that something has occurred
II may be n death aud 1911 may be
going Ia attend the funeral. or u may
be that Bin In bound for II wedding
or else there IL always the chance that
the Improved order OF Joints Is going
10 have some sort Of n ceremonial ana
that Bill IL going to be n participant,
II va a knowledge Of this peculiar
ity which caused all to look ut BWl
In M lnquiring sort OF way when he
came In t'otlier night aud when
prompted Joe to ask "Whnt's the ~
idea. Bill, that you've got your n
cOveredf"
"wife sick"
Bill said no more. You1l ngree that
Il was far from n satisfactory ex-
PLANTATION. Joe voiced the sentiment
when he remarked. petulant like,
that's n III OF Il reason !"
"Huh 7"
II n plain Bill wasn't going to he
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gloves. Now II there Is n thing In
this world that Joe delights In more
than another II Is In pecklng away
NJ Bill. and Bill equally enjoys seek
Ing to harass that persons nanny.
~ said that wasn't much Of n rea'
son." repeated Joe. "My wlfc's been
sick and | didn't wear gloves; don't
see no reason m earth why you should
be wearing gloves Just because the
Missus Is III. unless you're expecting
her to pass over and are making pre-
llmlnary arrangements for the serv-
ices
That netilcd Bill. "smart. aren',
YOU" he. asserted. "It's the great
wonder or my life that some Of tile
funny papers like the Undertakers'
Herald haven't engaged you to con
duct their humorous column. You're
about ns funny. as. ns-as n stick
OF wood. Now you're so dnrned In
quIsltlve, Just look at them"
Bill peeled OF the gloves and dis
played his hands.
Say, hut you ought To have seen
'ein. Red! A fresh boiled lobster
was n dark blue compared TO those
handsi
There's the answer" says Bin
"The wlfe's been sick and I've beer
doing the homework. I didn't mlnt
II much NJ first, sort Of fun. you know
Made me think ! was some chees,
around the house. Didn't do II JUS
because ! wanted TO. hut because
Ind TO. Couldn't get amy help aud ih'
wife had to he cared for, had to have
n bite TO eat aud the house had ia b.
looked after. I did II; yes. | did.
cooked and ! swept and ! washed
dishes and. believe me. I did som,
chore, hut gosh almighty. ] don't I'm
derstand II yet, why my hands got 81
blasted red.
"Just look NJ EN-" Again Bill dis
played those hands. Look ut 'em
nren't they beauties Honest. the onl
thing | can think Of every time I loo
at those hands IL Joe's nose befor
the first ~ last July.
'rhose hands, I sny, began TO &c
red. They got rcdder and redder ~
III they're what you see displayed b,
fore you. VIII they stop therei
dunno. But this here IL what get
me: When the wife II on her FEE
doing the work, she does 100 time
as much MS I've been doing; she nc
only washes the dishes. hut she scrub
the floors aud washes the clothes an
clenns the house and gosh only know
what and. by hockey. I've yet TO 80
her hands when they look even sigh
~ red. What's the nnswerf Tell mel
Sam, IN Lewiston Journal.