Mrs Guddel's New Hat

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 192, 19 April 1902, Page 4

Mrs Guddel's New Hat

“ Another uew hat, Jemima? Who is going to pay for that? 1 ' X am Jack j don t you be afraid.' 1 “ You are ! Got a legacy or found a note, eh ? ’Pears to me there’s no end to uome women’s extravagance.” “Bear me f. Or poufse, a man’s not ■ evtravagant ; oh, ho } U’s § the ) poor wife-” 1 I Well. Mrs GuddelJ, I know f can't t chord to pity- for new hats at present, with the MtjJyneux seven feet above norma* and ® uch ft hta P of dredging “ Dredging grandmothers : Why don’t you talk like that when you’re buying tobacco apd cigars, white waistcoats, and I I B uess ik PVmW have been a -good job for us, if Eve had just been as selfish as some women I.know.” i " ' ! “ You That’s the man all over, yi knowit’s always ‘I know.’ It’s .enough to gjeken a common eat ” ! “ How you do talk, .Jemima, fjpt . i what about the hat •?. \\ “ Well, it’s a beauty, a perfect du,;k of 1 look ten years younger in it 'Jack." . o , “Who told you that? The saleswoman who sold it, I bet,” I “ But doesn’t it suit me Jack ? Come mow , be genemus.” ‘‘Oh, yes; it suits you all right. But I how am I to pay for it ?” “ • Why I’ve paid for it I” ■ “ Wha—wha—what ! Wheie d’ve -et the money?” * ° 6 “Saved it.” wS il? "■!>«„ ■■ “ a Sp°d boy, Jack, and listen.” j Ira all ears.” . I'lHh the £ re Pretty bi - Ja<ik i but lately? 1 V ° Ur lea bfcen ROod “ Bather ; I’ll say that for you Jem imu you know a good cup of Tea, and can make it, too,” ‘‘Well, I used to use ‘ Jonkin’s ’ blend at 2s a pound; but Mrs Podgy put me on to Cock o the Imrth,’ at the same price, and I found 11b of it just lasted us long as three lb of ‘JenkiuV blend : and a purer and better Tea, too.” „ Oh, I see.” “So do I; sol dropped • Jeukin’s blend, and as a result the HondaiBanka Tea enabled me to save as much SA? T^f 18 a 8 P»>d for that hat. What d’ye think of that ?” You’re a smarfcie, Jemima: I always said so. Well, that ‘Cock o' the North’s’ a rattlin’ good Tea, anyhow-” M Z should think it is.” But, Jemima, with next three months’ usefuP” badn>t J ° U bCtter buy B broe.thing *• Jack, you are a tease.” *! I may be a tease, but I’m evidently a chicken m knowledge of Teas compared to you.” r M Oh ! what a pun I” (Exit wanes):