Daily globe., 1881-06-05
DOLLY's DELINQUENCIES

hdluCu. pOuU1liSiS.
Because it is not a fit piece for
you to see, darling" answers my
husband.
Il am the best judge of what is and
what is not fit for me to see,' l reply,
with dignity.
Will looks at me. and stares and
laughs.
"Are you! Upon what grounds do
you put forward your claims for su-
periority of judgement p
Married women are always
allowed more freedom of action than
single girls l rejoin, evasiyely. quot
ing from a speech once made to me by
a disagreeable married friend in re-
proof of some scatter Drained Offense /
had committed, and which I had de-
Tended by asserting that she had done
like deed herself.
''Single girls-married women !!
Ah, yeu dear little wife of nineteen
years !" cries VIII, attempting to kiss
me; but l am offended, and turn my
head away.
''I shall go - say, opposition only
having increased my desire to witness
the notorious piece now being per-
formed at the Variety theatre.
mo, dear, am sure you will not
when l tell you l do not wish you to
CO.
"Indeed 1 shall, whatever your
wishes may be- is my mutinous
reply.
"Dolly!'
"Will p
return his glance of reproving sur
prise with one Of unabashed defiance,
and then, with every appearance of
composTe, resume my work.
In and out of the canvass flies my
needle. Will has shut up the book he
was reading, and sits idly lingering
the paper cutter. He is the first to
break the silence.
''You said just now, dear, that mar
ried women have more freedom of
action than single ones. That is
hardly correct; for after marriage
woman has her husbands will and
opinions to consult
The lord-and-master style of this
address is too much for me. I never
could take kindly to control in any
shape or form.
"Then suppose you think q wife
ought humbly to ask her husbands
approval Of every trifing deed she
performs p
"No, I do not think anything of the
sort; but l think there are some
matters upon which q man must
necessarily be more able to form an
opinion than q woman, and in these
matters the wife ought certainly sub
nit her will to her husbands"
(Which, being interpreted, means
that I ought to submit my will to
yours, and not go to see Fact and
Fiction -
EXACTLY says VIII. evidently
imagining the whole affair comforta-
bly, disposed of.
1t was not, though.
"Well. don't agree with you at
all. l mean to go. You went. j"
Il know did, and that is the very
reason why / am anxious that you
should not. 1 saw and heard things
that do not think it right my wife
should see and hear
Well. you formed your opinion
from personal observation, and 1 shall
form mine in the same way
dolly, understand that l distinctly
and decidedly forbid your going
The only answer | make to this pro-
hibitiOn is a slight shrug of the shoul-
ders as / bend nearer to the light in
order that / might choose correctly
between two approximate shades of
green.
l do not know, after all, that l am
SO very anxious to witness this partic-
ular piece; but / do not like to be
thwarted or contradicted. Accord
ingly my husbands S vote decides me
1 shall go, please him OF displease
him.
1t is as well. too. to let Will see
that, though 1 am his wife. 1 have an
individuality of my own. / have read
and I have been told that husbands
are too fond of reducing their wives
to state of colorless, unquestioning
obedience, of treating them. in fact,
exactly as if they were creatures
possessed of no brains, hopes or ideas
OF their own.
That state of blind subsection is
not at all in accordance with my view
of the marriage contract. It is all
very well to say that one will love.
honor and obey ones husband. Love!
Yes, l do love Will better than any
one else in the whole world And
honor him do, too-he is good and
true and worthy of honor. But obey
That is altogether a different thing.
He is only man, after all, and not so
many years older than myself.
1t is right, of course, to obey ones
parents; but husband-no, that is
expecting too much. l cannot think
why they want to put such an absurd
clause into the services 1 do not be-
lieve that, when women utter the
word, they never mean to carry out the
spirit of the VOW.
Yes, having duly considered the
subject, am rather glad than not
that this cause of disagreement has
arisen between us, as / can now assert
myself and show Will that it will be
of no use ever to attempt to domineer
over me, as l intend to always have
my own way. Occasionally I may
yield to him, but only when it suits
me to do so. AS arule shall act upon
my own judgment. / Judged for N.Y.
\ self when l married him. That is |
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