The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-10-10
ADVICE TO HUSBANDS.
What is Sauce for the Goose is Sauce
for the Gander.

Burlington Hawkeye: The world
is full of ''adyIce to wives" and
even the cheap commodity. by
courtesy addressed ito married PEG
ple," is mostly onesided, and in
tended for the ears of the weak sex
only. We can scarcely pick up q
paper without reading the oft reit-
Grated injunction to always meet
him with a smile" (whatever may
be his delinquencies); to be always
neatly dressed (whatever work on
aand); to never complain to him
(whatever the weight of your
cares }, and all the rest of it. which
everybody knows so well. For the
sake of more evenly balanced
state of things let us administer
little of the same dose to the other
side of the house, on the old princi-
pie that "what is sauce for the
goose is sauce for the gander."
Husbands should always appear
before their wives in neat and be-
com ing attire. Remember that was
one of your chief attractions during
courtship. A man is not all beau
tiful en- disha6ills, and how can you
expect to retain womanIs love if
you suddenly drop all the blandish-
ments that won it2 Husbands, be
neat. Never come to breakfast
with hair looking like fig-tree sha-
ken by a mighty wind, or soiled
collar and neck-tie. Never lounge
about of late hour in the evening,
in stocking feet, sans coat and vest,
and with slouchy suspenders. Had
she CHANGED to see you thus in
counting days it would have taken
a vast amount of romance out of
her, depend upon it. Suppose your
circumstances In life are such that
you must assist in doing the morn
ing chores, then steal to your room
before she has seen you and change
the working-coat for the dressing
gown, polish your boots and make
yourself ntable, that no sug
gestion of the barn-yard may &C
company you TO the breakfast ia
BILE. The look of fond regard that
will surely greet you from behind
the fragrant coffee pot will be a suf-
ficient reward.
Never wear a clouded or angry
countenance in the presence OF your
wife. No matter what the cares
and annoyance of the day have
been, before her you should be all
sunshine. Thus you will make her
happy and forget your own troub-
les. In her own sphere she has
petty vexations to bear that would
break the spirit of any man alive.
Don't add the burden of yours, too.
Ii the children are noisy or peev-
ish, quiet or amuse them with as
much tact as possible, in order that
you disturb not their mother, who,
in the evening, should find the rest
and tranquility that will prepare her
for another day. Above all, allow
no impatient word to rise to your
lips should your wife object to your
spending money on such selfish
qualifications as expen sive and
choice cigars, while she is econo-
MIXING in many little ways. Though
you may think her in the wrong,
you had better be ruled by her
wishes, as thus you may avoid flu
ture unpleasantness.
If you wish to be the true COM
panion of your wife, don't allow
yourself to degenerate. into a mere
drudge and money catcher. Keep
your intellect refreshed by reading
good books; read the things she
reads and repeat to her the news,
both political and general, that you
may CLEAN in the world outside her
sphere.
Bear in mind that many over
taxed wives are mere bundles of
nerves, so to speak, and subject to
a thousand and one irritations that
enter into mans philosophy to even
comprehend; therefore write it in
your heart and prove it in your dali
ly conversation that ''soft answer
turneth away wrath, but grieyous
words stir up anger"