Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-11-29
MATRIMONIAL FAULTS.
The Way n Husband and Wife Criti-
eIzed Each Other, and what Came

eized Each Other, and what Came
OF &c.
Afler having been married some weeks,
it came to the head of a young husband,
one Sunday. when he had but little to oc-
cupy his mind, to suggest to his wife that
they should plainly and honestly state the
faults that each had discovered in the other
since they had been man and wife. After
some hesitation the wife agreed TO the pro-
position, but stipulated that the rehearsal
should be made in all sincerity and with
an honest view to lettering each other, as
otherwise it would be of no use to speak Of
the faults to which marriage had opened
their eyes. The husband was of the same
mind, and his wife asked him to begin
with her faults. He was somewhat reluc-
tant, but his wife insisted that he was the
first to propose the matter, and as he was
at the head of the house it was his place to
take the lead. Thus urged, he began the
recital. he said:
"My dear, one of the first faults l OBJ
served in you after we began keeping house
was that you good deal neglected the tin
ware. You didn't keep it secured as
bright as it should be. My mother always
took great pride in her tinware, and kept it
as bright as dollar"
81 am glad that you have mentioned it,
DEAR" said the wife, blushing a little;
thereafter you shall see no speck on cup or
pan. Pray proceed"
81 have Gifted observed" said the hus-
band, "that you use your dish-rags long
time without washing them, and then
finally throw them away. Now, when at
home, remember that my mother always
used to wash out her dish-rags when she
was done using them, and then hang them
up where they could dry, ready for the next
time she would need them.n
Blushing as before, the young wife prom
ised to amend this fault.
The husband continued with a most for
midable list of similar faults, many more
than we have space to e1umerate, when
he declared that he could think of
nothing more that was worthy of men
ton.
"Now," said he, ''my dear, you begin
and tell me all the faults you have OBJ
served in me since we have been mar
RED"
The young housewife sat in silence; her
face flushed TO the temples, and a great
lump came IL her throat, which she seemed
to be striving hard to swallow.
proceed, my dear; tell me all the
faults you have observed in me, sparing
none"
Arising suddenly from her seat, the little
wife burst into tears, and throwing both
her arms about her husbands neck, cried:
"My dear husband, you have not fault
in the world. If You have even one, my
eyes have been so blinded by my love for
you that as long as we have been married
l have never once observed it. In my eyes
you are perfect and all that you do seems
to me 10 be done in the best manner and
just what should be done"
"But, my DEAR" said the husband, his
face reddening and his voice growing husky |
with emotion, 'just think; / have gone and |
found all manner of fault with you? Now |
do tell me some of my faults; l know l |
have many-ten times as many as you ever |
had or ever will have. Let me hear them" |
"Indeed, husband, it is as tell you; you |
have not 4 single fault that I can see.
Whatever you do seems right in my eyes; |
and now that know what goOd-for-nOth- |
ing little wretch / am, shall at once begin |
the work of reform and try to make myself |
worthy Of YOU"
"NOnsense, my dear, you know some
times / go away and leave you without any |
wood cut; | stay up town when l ought to
be at home; l spend my money for drinks
and cigars when l ought to bring it home
to YOU
''No you DON'T" cried his wife, ''you do
nothing of the kind. like to see you en-
joy yourself; should be unhappy were you |
to do otherwise than Just exactly as YOU
dor
''God bless you, little wife!' cried the now
thoroughly subjugated husband; 'from this
moment you have not fault in the world!
Indeed, you never had fault; l was but
joking-dOn't you remember word saidi"
and he kissed away the tears that still
trembled in the little woman's eyes.
Never again did the husband scrutinize
the tinware or examine the dish-rag-
never so much as mention one of the faults
he had enumerated; but soon after the
women were wont TO say:
.It is wonderful how neat Mrs. -
keeps everything about her house. Her
tinware is always as bright as a new dol
lar; and do believe she not only washes,
but irons her dish-ragsl' And the neighbor
men were heard to say: "What a steady
fellow NJ has got to be Of late; he
don't spend a dime now where he used TO
spend dollars, and can never be kept from
home half an hour when he is not at work.
He seems almost to worship that wife Of
his"