The Sweet Wife's Victory.
Wife (to hasband who is arranging oil toilnl at the mirror)—' Can't yon take me to the play to night ?' Husband (decisirely)—'No; I eanaot. Play, indeed ! Do you think lam made of money ?' Wife (after • paase)—' I don't tee any need of your upending ao much time brush* ing your whiskers, dear.' Husband (turoing round with an angry glitter in his eye)—' Why not ?' Wife (smilingly)—: Because one brush* ing is enough without going to all that trouble; it would be hard to make yourself any handsomer—at least in my ejn —tbao you are namrally, to Blatter whit care yon giro to your toilet.* Husband (after completing bis toilet)— 'I'm going down town for i. while. By the way, Bella, on second tbonght, I think I can manage to set a couple of tickets) lor the Bijou, so that you can consider the goiDg settled. Ta, ta.' Wife (solos after his departure)—' I thought I would fetch him.'
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Thames Star, Volume XIX, Issue 5823, 28 September 1887, Page 1
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162The Sweet Wife's Victory. Thames Star, Volume XIX, Issue 5823, 28 September 1887, Page 1
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