The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-07-18
Led by the Ear.
Cincinnati Commercial.

! Led by the Ear.
Cincinnati Commercial.
J There has been considerable com.
motion raised in this city during the
past two weeks, on account of the
publication in the Commercial of an
incident which happened at the
grand opera house two weeks ago to
day. where an exasperated husband
led his wife out by the ear. In fact
We might say that it caused sensa-
ton throughout this part of the coun-
try, for it has been the subject Of q
great deal Of newspaper comment,
and opinions Of every shade have been
freely expressed.
The reporter of the Commercial
who happened to witness the "scene"
hunted up the gentleman last evening
and had a little chat with him in re-
ference to the matter.
He was inquired of whether he had
read the comments in the papers re-
garding his action, and he said he had,
that he had been much amused by
them, and had started a scrapboOk,
and hoped the discussion would con-
tinue.
He was then asked whether he re.
GREETED what he did, when he said:
mo, do not! 1t has had good
effect, not ooly in my Own household,
but in a good many others. 1t has
forever put q stop to my wife attend
ing matinees and has called public at
tention to a terrible evil. My wife is
not the only woman in Cincinnati who
has neglected her children and her
household affairs to visit natinees once
or twice every week. but are there hun
dreds of them, and it is time that hus-
bands and fathers enter there protest
against such practices, the result of
which in many cases, has been the dis
ruption of families. l stood it as long |
as could. bore it uncomplainingly |
for years, and only when l saw the |
habit was fastening upon my wife did
[ ask her to desist and when / found
that argument and entreaty did not
avail threatened to lead her out by |
the ear. I did not even do that until
I saw that our children was allowed
to roam the streets, meeting with seri-
Gus accidents. Then | got angry, and
though Mrs. Hayes, of Marysville, who
is doubt less a very sweet woman, you
NAV not believe it, then, for the first
time i'm my life, used harsh language
to my wife. In fact, 1 used cuss
words and where is there man who
would not have done the same under
the same prOvocation would have
been a sheep to have allowed the &C.
pass ever without an effort
to stop the practice, and only did 80
as last resort. | see that one lady
correspondent wanted to know if there
were no men at the Grand that after
noon, or were they all towards that
they permitted such an outrage.
tell you l would have made it pretty
warm for any man or body of men if
they had attempted to stop me.
"How does your wife take - We
next inquired.
"Oh. she is getting alorg nicely.
She never refers to it, and is better
than ever"
did her attendance upon matinees
interfere with her work on other days
than those of matinees
Il don't know that it did, particu-
Iarly, but she knew the characters
and plot of at least a hundred plays,
and was forever talking about them.
She gave me no rest in that particular.
and was worse than a stage-struck
youth. who is eternally quoting from
the drama. Nearly every move ]
made or opinion l expressed. on any
subject she likened me to some char
acter she had seen at the theatre One
night came home and had the tooth
ache like thunder, and was walking
up and down the sitting-room floor
With my hand to my jaw, when she
oeered in at me, and after looking a
moment said: "Hello, Hamlet, to
pull or not to pull ?" At another
lime she was coming home ill street
ar and engaged in conversation with
! man who said he was a stranger in
he city. When she told me of it l
surprise that she would con-
verse with a man she did not know.
She then went to her bedroom and
brought out pillow. and on handing
t to me said: "See here, Othello, 60
md rest yourself" One night | was
n market and saw q fellow selling
ome sort of liquid for silver-plating,
md bought bottle and took it home.
Nv wife took it and called me Toodles.