The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-02-28
A MATTER OF BUSINESS.
The Hardships q Husband Must
Undergo in Keeping APP
pOintments.

"You were out last night, DEAR" said
Mrs Breezy. taking her seat beside the
breakfast table and fumbling nervously
with her fork.
"Oh, no." said Mr.. Breezy, "it wasn't
late. You see, darling, you were asleep
when came in and"
mo, Mr.. Breezy, was not asleep, but,
As YOU say, it was not late for YOU Moth
ing would convince you that the clock
struck three as You closed the hall door.
OF course business detained you, my dear.
1t is wonderful how much business a man
will transact after midnight, but OF course
We women know nothing about such things.
We never can understand you men, can
We, dear? We are always imagining all
sorts of horrid things when you happen to
stay away day or two without sending us
even line Women are SO nervous, are
they not, dear? What silly creatures We
are, to be sure
"If we would only go to bed, and 60 to
sleep, it would save us world of trouble
wouldn't it, dear? We might know that
You strong men can take care of yourselves.
Ii you are Obliged to sit uptill or 3 o'clock
i'm the morning, talking business with your
customers, it is really ungrateful in US to
complain for, of course, YOU have the
worst of it-dont you, ,larling?
How it must have bothered YOU and
how tired you must get, and think that it
is all for our sakes. When you come tot
tering home so tired that you can hardly
get up stairs and throw yourself on the
bed without even the strength to remove
your boots, we should appreciate your de-
votion in thus laboring to support us. Now.
last night, dear, when YOU stumbled over
the rocking chair and found yourself
obliged to cling to the headboard to sup
port your weary form, you presented a
really sad example of the OverwOrked hus-
band and father. When your shattered
nerves caused YOU to upset my fresh bottle
OF cologne and scatter the contents of my
work basket over the floor you really looked
the typical martyr of married life. OF
Course you do not remember, it dear. You
were too tired and worn out with that hOr-
rid customer to remember anything.
what 4 dry stupid time you must have
talking business up to 3 o'clock in the
morning. would really imagine you had
experienced severe illness if / didn't
know it was those terrible racking business
cares which pull you down so. l see you
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haven't even touched your steak Now,
dear, this will not do. You must not
apply yourself so closely to business. 1t is
killing you," and Mrs. Breezy's mouth
curled into decided sneer as she dug a
tablespoon into the fried potatoes.
"But, INV DEAR" said Mr.. Breezy, making
IN heroic effort to swallow a little of his
STEAK, sit was a most important engage"
"Of course it was" said Mrs. Breezy, as
she poured out cup of coffee with tremb-
ling hand. ''Of course it was, love. Your
engagements are always important. They
will never keep over until morning, never.
What ii these eneagements-thesev very I'M
portant engagements-do occur FIVE or six
nights out of the week? 1t is a sign OF
your prosperity. Should / complain if
you are obliged to meet your customers at
theaters and concert halls, and at poker
parties i'm out of the way hotels No, dear,
YOU are obliged to adapt yourself to your
customers mode of life. 1t is all in the
way Of business, and we shOrt-sighted wives
are very unreasonable to suppose for mo-
nient that you frequent such places out OF
choice, when even instinct should teach us
that you would much prefer being home
i'm the bosoms of your families. You dear,
abused husbands. How patient you are,
to be sure, with us fidgety, unreasOning
creatures~ and Mrs. Breezy pushed back
her chair with jerk and left the room.