The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-08-06
Polly's Husband.
Iron the New York Tribune


just now. tie way Of all Pollies; in stately
drawing rooms Of country seats, or IN
boats knocking about in seif off Mount Des-
er, or milking Brindle, while Steve, the
driver, leans ever the fence ofthe coward.
When next June comes, she will lie a mar
ried Polly, and know the difference be
tween the husband of her dreams and the
man she has seen in doors and out, hun
CRY and full, sea sick and shaving. AS to
how Polly accepts the difference, and the
temper with which she bears it, for the
rest of her l.fe-these are matters which
actually affect our welfare and that of the
next generation more than contraction or
treaties with Canada. The husband of her
maiden fancy IN those midsummer reyeries
is usually a masterful fellow, with hair and
wh.kers of the complexion of Stere's or
/ Tbeodore's; there is vague background
| behind him Of bank or Office or stable, out
of which will come unlimited tupplies for
a cosy lttls house and mex polonaises
through the procession Of years to come
polonaises of velvet CT de tege, as tie case
may be; but he, the central figure, will give
/ up his whole existence to loye-love. OF
course she means that he shall cut good
! figure among othe-' zen; the world will
take him for an Original, strong fellow
but she knows that be will be only a big
/ ger. rou,her Polly; her opinions, her
whims, her tastes, nade into flesh and
moustache, coat and trousers. lie shall
have that outwardly dominant, aggressive
! way, without which no hero has been al
mirable in young women's eyes; hut il
fact, he shall obey her lead eve rywhere, Il
home in the church, or in society, just a
/, the thread follows the sharp little needle
! in her hand. Now, by Eext June, Polly
/ having been Mrs. Theodore or Steve To- -
I year. her husbands likeness to this IDEAL
lover will have vanished altogether out of
sight. Ten chances to one that as they
HE to the salt wave or husk corn IN the
kitchen IN company, he will not give ten
minutes day to the love-making in which
his soul delights Just now. Tortures Of
Jealousy and raptures will give Eay to
remarks on Potts new turnout or grunts
over the lean ribs of the young porkers.
Ills faith in his wife will be written down
side by side with his faith ir his Maker,
and he does not dare to handle either, or
make them common with talk. IT does
not occur to him to adopt Polly's ideas and
taste; though he leaves them to her good
humorcdly. lie laughs when SIZE lauds
Mr.. Middleman as second Wlfitefefi,
and rents front pew for her to listen to
the lowery platitddes but stays at home
himself. lie keeps silent When she nags
the cook and berates the shop girls ;thcrsh
he does no: believe they are al u GORDON of
sharpers and cheats eneirelihs her. In
short, he has his own opinions, and is Ste
We, quite willing that she should keep hers,
and Polly. In year or Two bther doors,
unknown now, may ope2 ii lis nature;
capabilities, pursuits, even passions appear
wherein Polly can tat3 no thare. Souls
nearest akin do not lie parallel all the way;
and, assuredly, some cay .he plump little
wife will find a strange bird III her nest, to
whom her husband viii pay far mere vigor,
Gus court than he has to her. for many a
day, Not woman, necessarily; A lucky
chance in corner lots, perhaps; d morning
newspaper to push: bill to lobby at AL
bany; new fertilizer or rut;, baga .urnip.
III the same. Polly WIZ recognize her
rival. She and her lo7er Are not twin souls
any more there arc . dozen points at
which they go " 1T tangent from each
othcr--cigars, say, or Bobis schooling, or
the fit of his shirt collars or the length CT
his married sisters visits. II Polly belong
to the minority Of wemen, she vii keep
her ideal picture olosete4 away in her III
ner consciousness and set out in search Of
the original, leavirg her mi 1dlei-aged Ste
ven or Theodore u the lurch; in this train
come all divorce aud adultery cases and
countless miserable, unclean hist6ris witch
never find their way into the courts. But
our Polly, most probably, is enc CT the mass
of healthy, easy-tempered, unnoteworthy
women who keep The worlds a.iYa:s' ways
clean and sweet only by living ia them.
In all Likelihood her early IDEAL viii drop out
Of sight, as ridiculous N her remembrance
Of the old fashioned gown in which she
was married, and she viii patiently wait
until the truant fancy of her husband
comes back to her. There is no magnet
to hold him like the certainty CT the Cteady
love Of a sweet tempered wife. Now when
| she is first building her nest in this sum
mer Of courtship, we hare one more word
of advice to give her; .rat there is no way
certain to bring man back faithfully to
his wi:etn house. as to give him room to
make an occasional fight outside of them
/ Our neighb or's grApes are always sweet as
long as they are forbidden. But herein
lies philosophy which Polly never learns
| or practices.