Show Getting I Done Its strange I cant get my wife to mend my clothes remarked Mr Bridie disgustedly II asked her to sew the buttons on this vest this morning and she has never touched i You asked her observed Mr Norris Nor-ris with a slight shrug of his shoulders Yes What else should I do CYou havent been married very long and perhaps youll take a pointer from me remarked Mr Norris with a fatherly air Never ask a woman to mend anything Thats fatal Why what do you mean 1 Do as I do When I want to have a shirt mended for instance I take it in my hand and hunt up my wife I Wheres that rag bag Mrs Norris I demand fiercelyWhat I What do yon want the rag bag for she says suspiciously 111 want to thow this shirt away Its all worn out I reply Let me see she demands But I put the garment behind my back Cl No my dear I answer There is no use of your attempting to do anything with it It needs I Let me see it she reiterates IBut its all worn out I tell you NowJohn you give me that shirt she says in her most peremptory tones I hand over the garment CWhyJohn Norris she cries with womanly triumph This is a perfectly good shirt All it needs is And then she mends it Brooklyn Life |