The daily gazette., 1881-12-29
A wOMAN's STORY OF HUSBANDS
ONE WHO SEES THAT THE WORLD Is
WICKED AND MEANS TO OVERCOME

ONE WHO SEES THAT THE WORLD IL
WICKED AND MEANS TO OVERCOME
| From the San Francisco Argonaut.
We hear much about the art oil
winning a husband. Let US take q
step further and make a study out oi
keeping a husband. If he is worth
winning he is worth keeping.
This IS wicked world and man ia
dreadtully mortal. Let us take him
as he is, not as he ought to be. In the
first place, he is very weak. The wife
n,ust spend the first two years in dis.
covering all these weaknesses, count
them ON her finge ) and learn them by
heart. The tinge,s of both hands will
not be too many. Then let her study
up these weaknesses, a mesh for evc.'y
one, and the secret is hers. Is he e id
of q good dinner Let her tighten
the mesh around him with fragran.
coffee, light bread and good things
generally, and reach his heart through
his stomach. Is he fond of fattery
about his looks? Let her study the
dictionary for sweet words if her sup
ply gives out, Does he like to hear
her talk about his brilliant intellect ?
LeD her pore over the encyclop9 dia to
give variety to the depth of her ad-
miration. Flattery is good thing
to study up, at all hazards, in its
delicate shades, but 1t must be skill
fully done. The harpy who may try
to coax him away will not do it alb
surdly. 49,.
Is he fond of beauty? Here's the
rub-let her be bright and tidy I; that
is half the victory. Next, let her bang
her hair (metaphorically) and keep up
with the times. A husband who SCI
his wife look like other people is not
going to consider her "broken down."
Though it is a common sneer that a
woman has admitted that her sex con
siders more, in marrying, the tastes
of her friends than her own, yet il
must be considered ludicrous that 9
man looks at his wife with the same
eye that other people do. is he font
of literary matters? Listen to hin
with wide open eyes when he talks oi
for literary wife if only she b'
literary enough to- appreciate him
If she have literary inclinations, le
her keep them to herself.
Men love to be big and great tt
their wives. That's the reason why ;
helpless little woman can marry three
times to a sensible, self-reliant we
mans none. Cultivate helplessness
Is he curious' Oh, then, you have |
treasure you can always keep him j
you have a secret and only keep /
carefully. Is he jealous !? Then
woman, this is not for you ceas,
torturing that fretted heart whicl
wants you for his own, and teach hin
confidence. Is he ugly in temper ant
fault finding? Give him a dose o
his own medicine, skillfully done. |
he deceitful? Pity him for his weak
ness, treat him as one who is borI
with a physical defect, but put you
wits to work--it is bad case. 1t il
we'll not to be too tame. Men do no
waste their powder on hens and barn
yard fowls they like the pleasure o
pursuing wild game-quail and grous'
and deer.
A quail is a good model for a wifi
neat and trim, with pretty, swif
way about it, aud just a little capri
cious. Never lei yourself become al
old story be just little uncerta 10
Another important fact is, don't b
too good ; IL hurts his feelings an
becomes monotonous. Cultivate
pleasant voice, so that this very mol
tai man may have his conscience pric
him when he is in jeopardy, its pleasan
ring will haunt him much more than
shrill one. 1t is hard to do all this
besides taking care of The babies, an
looking after vexatious household care
and smiling when he comes home; bt
1t seems necessary.
"ro be born a woman is 10 be boz
martyr" says husband who for te
wears has watched in amazement hi
wife treading the wine-press OF he
existence. II is pitiful sight to SON
men. But if the wife does not make
study of these things the harpy WI
to steal away the honor from his silvl
hairs when he Is full of years, and u
father of sons and daughters.
At the same time, gudewife, ket
from trying any OF these things ON al
other mortal man but your own.'
These rules are only evolved in ord
to "keep a husband" The poor wet
creature would rather be good thi
bad, and it is woman's duty to he
him by every means in her power.
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