The Ruling Passion

1895

The ruling passion gets away with woman every time. At the theater the other night a lady appeared suddenly at the box office and asked the manager for an admission ticket.

"Don't you wish a seat?" the ticket seller asked. "We have a few good seats in the balcony."

"I haven't time to sit down," said the lady. "My husband is waiting for me outside, and besides I have seen the play already."

The ticket seller didn't know what to say to this.

"I only want to go in for a few minutes," the fair visitor continued. "I saw a lady pass in a few moments ago, and she was so elegantly dressed that I wanted to have a good look at her and see exactly what she had on. That's all."

The manager, to whom this explanation was made, escorted the dress fascinated woman into the auditorium, and she went around to a side aisle and made a thorough observation of what the ultra fashionable dame "had on."

"Oh, it was perfectly lovely!" she exclaimed as she joined her husband at the door. — Boston Globe.


Boswell's Wife

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