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Show GOOD WIFE SCENTED TRICK Now Hubby Has an Idea That He Is Not as Smart as He Thought He Wan. In one of the Indianapolis suburbs, where agents for labor-saving household house-hold articles are daily visitors, one of the married women hsa made many purchasaa of agents. Most of them are rank failures. One day the husband hus-band came home and found his wife had madA another purchase, in fact, she expla'ned the merits of the new article ar-ticle in glowing terms. Mr. Husband listened patiently until un-til the story of the merits was told, then said to iis wife: "It's a fact that tramps mark houses, as guides to one unother, where something some-thing to eat can be had. I'll bet that agents do the same way and that this house Is marked. I'm going to Investigate." Inves-tigate." Walking to the door, followed by his wife, he palmed the stub of a lead pencil pen-cil and made a mark on the door. "Yes, here it is," he exclaimed, pointing point-ing to a large letter "E" on the door, "here it is, E for 'Easy.' " The good wife was convinced, but after pondering over the incident, in the course of an hour became "wise" and gave hubby such a lecture about the smartness of men in general, and himself In particular, that he Immediately Immedi-ately went downtown after a cigar. Indianapolis Star. |