The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-07-02
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
What She Wanted
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callers had gone, when Mrs. Benks
asked if helped in our garden, and /
had to admit that did every single
bit of it and you didn't raise your fin
gerl"
admit" quoted the other half of
the sketch with vast irony. why, Err
nestine, you know you nearly choked
to death in your haste to publish your
wrongs to the world! You waved ban
ners and turned on regular brass
band so nobody would miss the an
nouncement!"
"Pm glad you're ashamed" said his
wife. "You ought to be! Any strong,
healthy man who will sit and smoke
and let his wife break her back gar
dening because she is trying to be pa
triotic and save money as WELL should
just crawl off in a corner and hide!
He
"But I'm not ashamed" her hus-
band corrected. Il remember just as
well back in the merry springtime
when you said you should be SO glad
to have garden because then you
would get outdoors more and the
fresh air and exercise would be so
beneficial"
at makes no difference!" said the
young woman in the taffeta gown.
ats the principle of the thing! Do
you suppose like to have other wom-
en- plying me and acting glad that
their husbands aren't like mine?
Why, you should have seen Mrs.
Benks when she told me that Mr..
Benks gets up at a. m. to attend to
their garden! She was perfectly hate
full about it! know my face got red.
l was so embarrassed! She added
that Mr.. Benks was so thoughtful and
so afraid she might overwork! Look
at that picture in contrast with a man
who lets his wife spade and hoe and
dig"
81 told you to get the furnace man
to spade!' cried her husband. why
on earth"
well, Oscar die spade!" said the
young woman in the taffeta dress,
mutinously. "But If he hadn't been
there to do it. and you wouldn't. why
/ should have had to do it myself.
shouldn't 1? SO it amounts to exactly
the same thing! It's just as L@d as
though you had sat by and watched
me do it! And know Mrs. .;enlls
thought so! And If l didn't spade
guess / planted all the SEEDS, and
that's no joke l nearly got apop!exy
from bending over, and l knew of
woman who died. once. while she was
planting radish seeds! just tcpplod
Overt Maybe if had done that you
wouldn't be SO gay about it, And YOU
might at least, now that all the hard
est part of it is done, take some inter
est in it,"
II am vastly interested in it," de-
clared her husband. Didn't / stop
the other day and tell you the beets
were looking fine"
"And it was the cabbage bed you
were looking at" she famed. "You
can't stop thinking about your old law
cases long enough to tell a cabbage
from beet! The only time you pay
attention to things is when they are
cooked! Besides, even If you don't
care about gardening, you should take
an intelligent interest in things that
interest me! 1t is just selfishness on
your part! shall never get over the
awful feeling had when had to tell
Mrs. Benks you didn't care thing
about what did or suffered!
why, you new"
"Well, it meant that. even il those
weren't the precise words! She'll go
around telling every one that I'm
woman to be pitied!"
well, l can't understand you at
all! declared her husband "You sug-
gested having garden, and were
tickled to pieces at the idea of work
ing out in the warm sunshine and
breathing the fresh air, and have been
perfectly cheerful about 1t up to now,
and just because Mrs. Benks-"
Il never realized before now l was
slaving!" she told him. "And no man
respects woman who will let him
impose on her! He just let's her do
more and more! Pretty soon you will
expect me to shovel coal and take
care of the furnace. | shouldn't, be
surprised if you set me to cleaning off
the sidewalks when it SHOWS hard!
heard about man once who made his
wife scrub their auto every Sunday
morning while he read the paper, and
IL we owned machine. I've not the
least doubt"
Great Scott" exploded her hus-
band, Il had no idea you felt this way,
Ernestinel Why didn't you ask me be-
fore? If it is necessary 1 will gladly
do any work in the garden you want
me to! Come on out now and show
me-"
WELL" said the young woman in
the taffeta dress doubtfully. Il don't
just see how can show you-the
trouble is you won't do things as ]
would do them, and you'll always hoe
the wrong rows and you'll cut roots
that grow lateraily and you don't
know single thing about it I've
taken such pains with the garden
can't bear having it spoiled And
really, enjoy every minute work in