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Show AND WHAT WAS HE TO DO? Almost Any Married Man Will Appreciate Appre-ciate the Situation Poor Hubby Got Himself Into. "What a beautiful new hat and coat!" she cried, as soon as he came home that afternoon. "Isn't it? I mean, aren't they?" he said proudly. "Bargains, too. The overcoat was $16, reduced from something, some-thing, and the hat was $4, but they're going to raise the price next week." His young wife crowed with delight. "Herman, .you look stunning!" she exclaimed. "Let me put them on, to give you some slight idea of the general gen-eral effect. You can never tell on yourself, you know." And she put them on. . The coat was a nobby plaid Balmacaai, and the hat was a Nile green felt, very swagger. "By Jove, Cecile," he cried, "if I look half that good in 'em I'm satisfied!" satis-fied!" She walked to the pier glass. "You look very fine in them, dear," she said hesitatingly, "but truth compels com-pels me to say they're more than twice as becoming on me. You know, the women are wearing men's hats and coats this winter. Don't you think you could get yourself another outfit tomorrow to-morrow something in colors a little more becoming to you, perhaps? We have fried chicken and waffles for dinner, din-ner, just the way you like them." And but what's the use? |
