Fair play., 1881-09-03
4 STORY FOR HUSBANDS.

4 STORY FOR HUSBANDS.
Never was Young wife happier and
NOR. disposed to be pleased with her
new home than the little woman whom
Philip Birney, one bright. sunny morn
ing, introduced AS mistress of the plain
brown house that stood If the entrance
Of the village of Rcdfcid.
I" 1t is capable of being made lovely
little place." she observed to her hus-
band, after a quick survey OF the yard,
fence and exterior generally. A
honey trained over that window,
and acoat of paint on the portico would
ircif 10 wonderfully. o.. Phil, ] shall
take such pleasure in IiGakiE.=A.,lr home
attractive and pretty! have Ga.- old
white dimity dress that belonged TO
mother-made before they gOred the
skirts, Won know-and l mean to make
curtains out OF it for the upstairs cham
bersr'
g Don't be tearing up your clothes,
Kate, to furnish the house. I'm afraid
there wouldn't be much economy in
that" was Phillips laughing reply rs
he led the WAY into the house.
Kate fitted from oIe room TO anoth
or, chatting gaiiy of her plans As she
found something desirable and conycn-
lent in each apartment cosy corner
here to sew in. a well placed shelf there,
that cupboard for her dishes and this
one for the table iinen-to all Of which
her husband listened with pleased
smile.
Yes. shall SO much enjoy keeping
. it tidy and ORDERLY" she said again and
= Atsf n n.r
ishcd. Ana - 1M5a,.srty the pretty
bride began housekeeping in earnest.
The furniture WAS cheap and plain, but
it was marvellous how cheery the rooms
locked after Kate, with 4 few graceful
touches, had disposed of numerous
small ornamental articles taken from
her trunk, which her nimbie fingers had
fashioned before leaving the home root.
ItEas wonderful, too, how much that
.runk contained. Almost every day
Philip WAS called on to admire some
new thing brought up from its depths
to add byightness and beauty TO the lit
tie hosss...atiI it became quite mat
.sr a;v OF ,ssan o. Ssssalrs: Whenever sssn.:
w.s 20 thsir stock # it*~"'-"'''''
Va time sped by. our young house.
aer S ioud full occupation for hand.
keGpS pSeart, ,Xnd although her increasing
snu ssnus,.ho}i uties, and the charge of the
Mu 1es1s Que sat was born to them. left
~ Nv, ,rsceu her pale face and bowed
onAaers, lost none of the enthusi-
ks-s ssA s,'se delight in keeping the
asin - pretty, which had char
house ne.s A'Ylnning of her wifeIy
acterized ncst,-was dotted with
esrssF The s,.n,si '' a asteh tss gE By her
Ur.n hands The we!lEcp. strawbeirs
patch. the thrifty grapsvincs ana cnoloo roe.
Young ArIts were also The result Oh her
ncip oflEs ilts ssse ones sS who Sss %srs far
oftener hinderance than an assistance.
and ali this had been accomplished n a
disadvantage, for Mr.. Birney was Il
Inian, who cared very little for these
7 things, or at least did not value them al
: their rea! worth. He rcishcd the fine
cherries and berries that added SO much
TO their bill OF fare during the season OF
fruits, quite Us much rs any one. but he
bad only vague idea Of the labor and
: care they cost his wife. He enjoyed
home iD the evening to his clean,
orderly d0micile. where he knew Al
WAYS that a palatable meal awaited him;
he realized dimly that the dooryard.
with its borders of sweet alyssum and
bright phioN, was one of the prettiest
sights IN the village, but he accepted it
all as 4 matter of course.
His wife was a model woman in his
ewes, and when he sometimes noticed,
IS The truth does f2Ece ITSELF on every
mind. that she looked care-wOrn and
r too old for her years, it never occurred
TO l,na that little thoughtfulness on
his pare-~spld save her many weary
steps. He had not leaihsd that lesson
SO many husbands need to learn, that
by exercising little care wife's labors
may be materially lightened.
Philip Birney would have resented
the imputation iierceiy had any one said
he was cruel to poOreKate, aud yet the
habit Of carrying in rim OF mud on
his boot, to be ground iDto the sitting
room carpet. FOR his weak-backed wife
to sweep out again, deserved no milder
term.
A hat-rack was part of the hall fur
niture. bu: so far as Mr.. Birney was con-
To cerned it might as well have been in
Jamaica A coat thrown over the back
:" >iistii, VI u ustt toSSssu ou tfIC hoof
was the invariable rule with the head
OF the house, and the fact that the order
ly hate wouA Immediately leave her
work to pnt them in their proper places
did not cause MIR. Birney to mend his
ways.
20, Philip, how could you" she said
one day on returning from visit, and
finding her husband had been making
his toilet in the parlor. leaving. as a
delicate souvenir of his presence his
soiled finer and a pair of socks in the
middle of the floor. Did this room
look this way when Mrs. Janlison was
here? The children told me she called
this afternoon while was gone"
90, I give You my word for it, Mrs.
Jamison never saw those clothes. She
only staid a few minutes, and she
looked out of the window all the time"
said Mr. Birney, half reluctantly, when
he saw how distressed his wife was at
his careiessness-
OF course she saw them; let wom-
q alone for that sobbed the poor
q, utterly broken down with the
Tight tiia. 4 stranger had witnessed
h(isorder, - and what dreadful
opitn she will have OF me"'
it wasn't your doings, Kate.
ooS Pc .as would understand that"