The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1884-03-18
NUMBER 6.
Don't scold.


Don't scold. 1t Is very true that you
have more to contend with than any per.
son you ever saw, bat
Don't scold.
Your children, OF course, are worse
than any children YOU ever saw, and
want to eat oftener than any children In
the world they are harder to get TO
sleep and are easier to wake up than any
other children, but ~ @84 uaw
Don't scold. =
Your hired girl is the worst in town
and'you can do ten pieces OF work wbile
she isdoing one, and nothing she does
Is done right. bat
Don't scold.
Your husband Is the most careless
man In the world he never knows where
to put anythings he is nervous when he
should be in . good humor iorgets
things that he should remember SCENE
to think of every thing but home; cant
rock the child to sleep as we'll a. you
can forgot to leave the grocery book
as be went down town; forgot to bring
up pair Of shoes; didn't think to or
der a load Of wood, but hang 1t,
Don't scold. e :,
Whyp Simply because it will do no
good. II your husband is nervous ID
will make him more so. II he is for
getiul 1t will not in the least tend to
cultivate retentive memory. What
must you do, eh? Stop and think.
That's all right now, don't say that all
iof the lectures are for the women and
not for the men. Men have to hustle
like the deuce for bread. They possibly
deserve no credit for it because they do
It through affection, yet they do It. Men
have received more lectures than women
have. The sentirnentalist has even taken
the part OF women. A man has fifteen
Thousand and one vexations down town
that he probably does not speak OF as
home. He has been out all day work
Ing for living and he goes home to
rest. OF course you are not expected
to go around On tiptoe as though soma
one is i'll, but 1t makes him think more
OF his home If you meet him with .
smile. No, you are not expected to
laugh every time your husband comes
home. No one said you had to laugh
but you would make Mr.. So.and so feel
much better by meeting him with .
smile You have been neglecting this.
Yes you have, and you needn't deny it.
You have been looking our at him when
be came homee He has been absorbed
in sonethine that you don't care 10 un-
derstand. Don't say he has been down
town enjoying himself. Probably be
hasn't \
Don't scold. se
Give the poor fellow q half of show,
will you? foa have thought that You
we're very HsmArl" when you asked him
a question thstshe could not answer inn
mediately. le may have forgotten
where he was alta certain time. He may
be honest but iorgetful .Oh. yes,"
some fellow who wants to be sentimental
will. hop up and say. "look at the hus-
hands who abuse their wivesl" Hold
on there, silvery tipped artist Of sentI-
rnent, you are no doubt the respected
champion OF q glorious cause. but hold
on. The man who mistreats his wife il
too mean for the severest kind of pun
ishment. He is not in any respect 9
gentleman. He is not considered 10 this
discussion. He couldn't he discussed
with as. He is beyond the line. This
conversation is within the border OF re.
fined consideration.
Don't sCold.
The main point In this thing is to re-.
epectfully request that no one will scold.
There is nothing that makes commu-
nifty so unsatisfactory as q scold.o ID
this regard, the smallest kind of cloud
can create the worst kind OF hurricane,
but there is remedy for this
Don't sc3ld S
All, yes, Nj. Piggleworth, you think
that mean advantage has been taken
Of you, ehf Yes, you always think mat
every one is wrong and that you are
right. But there Is a way that you can
do great work for your fellow citizens;
and that Is,
Don't scold.-ArEansdw Traveller.
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