Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 277, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 November 1914 — THAT LIST OF THINGS. [ARTICLE]

THAT LIST OF THINGS.

Just an Act from This Exasperating. Drama of Life. Scene: A breakfast table. Disclosed: -•*. husband and wife. He (sudenly rustling down his paper) : Have you got that list? She: What list? He (an expression of satirical" cynicism coming over his face): Weren't you going shopping to-day? She: Oh yes. He: And wasn’t it agreed between us that you were to make out a list of everything you wanted, and that we were to go over it together —in a businesslike way? She (vaguely): Were we? He: That was the distinct understanding. She: What for? He: You are almost enough to drive any one to drink. Didn’t we go over the whole matter —didn’t we agree that we couldn’t go on in this way, orde ing things that we could ger along without, and omitting things that we. really, needed, and all the time living beyond our income? Didn’t we thrash it out She: I believe something was said about itT - • • He: Gre: Scott! (throwing down his paper). That’s a nice thing to say. Well, we’ll do it We’ll make it out right now. She (a light dawning on her): Oh, you mean the list you talked of day before yesterday. He: Certainly I do. You said that you were going shopping to-day, and I suggested that you make out a list and that we talk it all over and decide. She: Of course —I remember distinctly. But lam afraid, dear, that it is too late now. He: What do you mean? She: Well, I decidied not to wait—and I went shopping yesterday. He: Ha! You did, did you? And what did you get, and why are you going to-day? She (smiling)/ Well, you see, dear, I got flit things terday, and to-day I’ve got to get the things that we simply can’t get along without