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Show USE FOR HIS OLD CLOTHES. Wife Exch.-.nccd Them for Useful Domestic Do-mestic Articles. Somo peoplo aro so dellclously frank that thoy render plebolnnlsm attractive. attrac-tive. Admiring n daggod lambroquln on a friend's mantelpiece, I was Informed, In-formed, "That? Oh, yos; It reprosonts threo suits of my old clothes." Whllo broiling n vohlson steak ln a hand-somo hand-somo chafing dish ho remarked: "This Is a nico dish; cost mo two pairs ol 'pants.' That coffeo pot wa3 tho prico of a coat and vest." It was Impossible to Ueop from laughing. Ho went on: "Ono dny my wlfo got a housecleanlng I streak on her and found ?200 worth of clothes hnnglng up In my wardrobe. I had grown n littlo too stout for them, j and sho proposed to soil thorn. She got J5 for tho lot nearly nil brand now. I raised such n racket that sha now trades for culinary objects nnd parlor decorations. It's all I can do to Icoop an extra Biiit of clothes ln the house." ... i |