In her short story “The Colonel’s Clothes,” Caroline Howard Gilman wrote about a colonel and his wife experiencing comical everyday events. Gilman utilized a comedic tone to emphasize that both the colonel and his wife need to laugh at the simple mistakes that they constantly make with one another.
Infamous Outfits
Though the colonel dresses well, one of his peculiar tastes is his love for his old clothes. Even if his clothes are worn and have holes in them, he still wears them, claiming that they make him feel more at home than any new clothes could.The colonel’s adamant persistence frustrates his wife to no end. Despite all her protestations, the colonel won’t listen to her. She even goes so far as to claim that “the dressing-room [looks] like a haberdasher’s shop.” But her words fall on deaf ears and the colonel persists in wearing his old clothes.
