Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 May 1884 — He Wanted a Chance. [ARTICLE]

He Wanted a Chance.

Husband—“Do you know, my dear, that the men would be happier if women would follow some of the customs of the Japanese?” Wife—“ Why, you horrid thing! You wouldn’t want me to blacken my teeth, would yon?” Husband —“No; but there is one thing the Japanese women do which, if you followed, might give me a chance to look in the mirror occasionally.” Wife—“ What on earth can that be?” Husband—“ They dress their hair only once in four days, darling.”— New York Journal.