Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 January 1891 — A Horrible Mistake. [ARTICLE]

A Horrible Mistake.

Here is a case of absent-mindedness which caused tne victim a good deal of embarrassment, although, as he afterward said in a melancholy tone, he might have fared worse than he did. F was to attend a theater party one evening and went home rather early to dress. He ascended the steps of the house where he was to join his friends only about half an hour before the time set for starting for the theater. When the maid opened the door he stepped in and, unbuttoning his overcoat, threw it back. She looked at him in a peculiar way, and then turned her head quickly, as if she were trying to hide a smile. F happened to look down at his shoes, and then said hurriedly to the maid: “Oh, you needn’t announce me yet, and don’t say anytlung about this, that’s a good girl,” He hurried out again and rushed for a cab. “Drive as rapidly as you can,” he said breathlessly. He startled his family by bursting into the house like a tempest. “What’s the matter, Will?” asked his mother; “you will be late, won’t you?” “What’s the matter?” cried F——. “Look at me!” and he threw off his overcoat. He was in evening dress--that is, he supposed he was. But when dressing lie had put on, in a fit of absent-mindedness, a pair of light checked trousers. The combination of evening dress as regards coat and waistcoat and immaculate shirt front and light colored trousers was so ludicrous that F ’s brother simply roared with laughter. F , however, had torn upstairs to dress himself properly. He was down stairs in a wink. His brother followed him out to the cab, and as the vehicle whisked away, F stuck his head out of the window and said: “Great Scott, suppose I had gotten into that room full of people before I discovered how I was dressed.” He was a little late, but very contfented to escape so lightly. —New York Tribune.