Daily Kennebec journal., 1884-02-25
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A wife who will smile when he brings
friend home unexpectedly TO dinner.
Who will not go through his pockets
for loose change.
Who won't talk about money matters at
the dinner table.
Who will have the meals promptly
served.
Who will keep thema,ch safes constant
ly supplied:
Who will provide fine dinner every
dav-with a poor COOK in the kitchen.
Who always has smile and kiss to
greet him
Who never tells him that his breath
smells as though he had been drinking.
Who refers TO her mother in q disparag-
ing sort OF way :.
Who will wear her watch instead OF
turning her husband into sun dial:
Who can run the house. clothe herself
and family. and never ask for any money.
Who won't lumber up the mantle-plece
with cent fans.
Who won't hang his overcoat inside out
Who will consign her armchair Tides
to the spare room.
Who will always have his slippers with
in easy reach.
Vino won't poke him in the ribs when
he snores and who is too much of a lady
to snore herself
Who won't look scornful when he tells
her he has been to the lodge"
Who doesn't awaken him in the middle
of the night with the startling information
that there are burglars in the house.
Who is as neat and tidy after marriage
as before.
Who. when she borrows his pocket
knife, will return it promptly.
Who will fix his cuff buttons in his
cuffs and his shirt studs in his shirt.
Who will keep his tooth brush where
the children cannot get hold of it to scrub
the floor with.
Who doesn't insist upon his going to
church with her every Sunday morning.
Who will believe the biggest kind of a
lie
Who will listen with deferential atten-
ton when he tells her how his mother
does this thing and how she does that
thing.
Who likes to go off with the children
tor visit occasionally. and permits him
to board at a hotel.
Who can spank the children without his
assistance.
Who is not only careful about darning
his stockings, but her own also.
Who doesn't get excited in a dry goods
store and overdue the matter.
Who. when he comes home with head
ache. doesn't ask him if he isn't smoking
too many expensive cigars.
Who doesn't tell him that the money he
spends for tobacco every week would
keep the children in shoes.
Who is willing that he should 60 to
New York for a week without expecting a
letter from HIM every day.
Who, when he takes her for ride and
the horse SHES. doesn't scream and grab
the lines.
Who isn't always complaining that the
kitchen stove won't draw.
WHAT WIFE LIKES TO SEE.
A husband who is not always "a little
short
Who gets home at reasonable time of
night and in reasonable physical cendi-
ton.
Who always lets her know beforehand
when he brings friend to dinner.
Who doesn't want to sleep until noon
every Sunday morning.
Who takes pleasure in buying his wife
spring bonnet.
Who compliments her occasionally and
calls her pretty. whether she Is or not.
Who. when he comes home late at night,
will come in like a man, and not like a
thief
Who can lie in bed while his wife walks
with the baby without swearing like a
trooper.
Who isn't always telling her that times
are hard and business is poor
Who will give her credit for working as
hard as she does. and sometimes harder.
Who is willing to put up with a poor
dinner on Mondays.
Who won't keep the dinner waiting.
and then growl because the roast is over
done
Who doesn't labor under the impression
that cigar ashes on the carpet tend to keep
the moths out.
Who is willing to give his wife half of
the bed
Who knows when it is time to get up,
and does not rely on his wife to arouse
| him.
Who is blind to the follies of women.
Who takes his wife along occasionally Y
when he runs down" TO the CITY ION bus =
! mess"
Who allows his wife to get dress or a
diamond ring charged"
Who. when he takes his wife to the
theatre will not go out between the acts
Ito see man."
Who will give her stated sum per
month instead of growing about "the
bills"
Who won't sharpen his lead pencil on
the carpet.
Who will empty the ashes and carry the
coal when the cook has been bounced for
impudence.
/ Who. when he builds an addition to
the house. will allow his wife to ar
range for 'closet room"
Who admires his wife. and has the COM
mon sense to tell her of it.
Who will not insist on having the pill
low with the most feathers.
Who does not require coaxing to ge,
his wife new dress or a piece of iewelrv
Who will he as polite to his wife as he
is to other women, and will lift his hat
to her when he meets her on the street.
Who can be generous to himself if he
is only just to her.