Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 206, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 September 1914 — HUBBY GOT THE GOODS, BUT— [ARTICLE]

HUBBY GOT THE GOODS, BUT—

It Waa In the First Flush of the Honeymoon, and He Says "Never Again 1"

"Never again," was the conclusion of a story told by a young bridegroom of a month, after he related his efforts to please his bride by fulfilling her every wish. Sitting in his office a few days after the wedding he received a telephone call which was something like this: “Dearie, I do so hate to trouble you, but I have run out of lace for that dress I was making, and I can’t finish it until I have another yard. Can’t you stop at the store and-get some as you come home—Oh, I can tell you what it is like—just four leaves, then - a sprig, then four leaves, then a sprig, and so on—it’s just two threads over an inch wide." He hung up the receiver and mopped his brow. He walked by‘the store twice, finally entered and approached! the lace counter. She was pretty, but he had been married only a week and was busy repeating in his mind: “four leaves, then a sprig?’ “Well, after looking at 500 samples of lace, I got it, but—"—lndianapolis News.