Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-07-30
COT BILLS COAT
He Simply Couldn't Understand
About Wife's Hands.
Doing Only a Small Part Of House
work Allotted to His Helpmats
His "Fins" Were a Sight,
but Hers, Never.
Bill is wearing gloves I

Any time you see Bill wearing gloves
know We that something has occurred.
1t may be death and Bill may be
going to attend the funeral, or II may
be that Bin Is bound for a wedding
or else there is always the chance that
the Improved Order of Joints Is going
to have some sort of ceremonial ana
that Bill is going to be participant
1t was knowledge of this peculiar.
ity which caused all to look at BIZ
In an inquiring sort of way when he
! came in t'other night and which
prompted Joe to ask: whats the big
idea. BIZ, that you've got your fms
coveredw
"Wife sick"
Bill said no more. You'll agree that
1t was far from a satisfactory ex-
planation. Joe voiced the sentiment
when he remarked. petulant like.
''that's a h--l of d reason!"
Huh"
1t was plain Bill wasn't going to be
voluble on this subject of them
gloves. Now If there is one thing in
this world that Joe delights In more
than another 1t Is In pecking away
at Bill, and Bill equally enjoys seek
ing to harass that persons nanny.
81 said that wasn't much of rea-
son." repeated Joe MY wife's been
sick and didn't wear gloves; don't
see no reason ON earth why you should
be wearing gloves just because the
Missus Is i'll, unless you're expecting
her to pass over and are making pre-
limindry arrangements for the serv-
ices"
That nettled Bill. Smart. aren't
you,"i he asserted. "It's the great
wonder Of my life that some of the
funny papers like the Undertakers'
Herald havenst engaged yoH-' to con-
duct tbeir humorous column You're
about as funny. as, .as--as a stick
of wood. Now you're so darned In
quisitlve. inst look Mt them"
BIZ peeled off the gloves and dis
played his hands.
Say, but you ought TO have seen
'em. Redi A fresh boiled lobster
was a durk blue compared 70 those
hands!
There's the answer" says Bill.
''The wife's been sick and I've been
| doing the housework. I didn't mind
1t much at first, sort of fun, you know.
Made me think was some cheese
around the house. Didn't do 1t just
because / wanted to, but because
had to. Couldn't get any help and the
wife had to be cared for. had to have
bite to eat and the house had to be
looked after. l did 1t; yes. | did. l
cooked and swept and / washed
dishes and, believe me. did some
chore but gosh almighty, don't un-
derstand 1t yet, why my hands got so
blasted red.
"Just look at 'em." Again Bill dis
played those hands. "Look at 'em;
aren't they beauties! Honest, the only
thing | can think of every time look
at those hands is Joe's nose before
the first of last July.
Those hands, 1 suy, began to get
red. They got redder and redder I'M
til they're what you see displayed be-
fore you. VIII they stop there? 1
dunno. But this here is what gets
me: When the wife is on her feet
doing the work, she does 100 times
as much as I've been doing; she not
only washes the dishes, but she scrubs
the floors and washes the clothes and
cleans the house and gosh only knows
what and by hockey. I've yet to see
her hands when they look even slight.
ly red. What's the answer Tell meY'
Sam. in Lewiston Journal: ~ y,