Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1886-08-12
A PLEA FOR WIVES.
Interesting Letter from Wronged
Wife. Whose Husband Gangs
with Other Women.


with Other Women.
To the Editor of the Ledger.
MEXICO, Mo, August 81 read in
your paper last week, or the week
previous, of how mer are driven from
their tiresides by "dowdy' wives
| admit such may be true once in a
great while. but 1 know it is often
the case that the neatest and truest-
hearted women become "dowds" just
simply through neglect and heartless
cruelty of the one she calls husband
and yet he-who is all the world TO
her-can nearly always carry on his
perfidy so that the world sees it not.
His neighbors and friends all over
town even so so far as to say ''what
a kind, loving, thoughtful husband
he is. Oh, if mine were only like
him!" My sisters, your own bluff
perhaps uncouth-husband has
heart in him, and is worth ten thous-
and of the shiny, polished up, miser-
able, deceitful dude, as brainless as
all idiotie monkeyand who takes just
about as well with women of the same
brainless type.
Now, take fair sample of woman
one who married her husband for
the love she bore him, and not simply
to live with him. Well, after a few
months (and very few, too) he goes
to staying out Of nights, at first until
nine, then ten or eleven, and finally
winds up with twelve and one O'Clock,
and If not later she may think her.
self lucky, especially if she has two
or three sick children. Well, it is
SIMPLY Impossible for her to think of
"dressing up before after supper,
with washing, ironing, scrubbing,
dish washing, mending clothes OF
every description, tending the babies.
and the other things for every house.
keeper to do.
Now, if she has any heart at all te
do one thing more she will do some
thing for her husbands pleasure
What! do you say she has done
nothing for him all the weary day
Has she not been working for hin
all the time and hoping and longing
oh, so much. for one word of encour
agement, which will more than likel,
come in the shape Of a ''don't bottle,
me- if one of the little ones, wh'
would love him so much if he would
only let them, gets on his knee. o
perhaps it comes in the way of re
buke to his tired and discourage,
wife, who attempts to relieve her owl
weary and over-burdened heart an,
mind by relating to him some of til
days trials, more for talk than any
thing else, too, for she must kno,
before this that there is no sympath
for her in his thoroughly selfish hear
But she wants to talk about some
thing, while he is perfectly commur
icativeless as soon as he enters hi
own door and seems as though h
can't endure it until he can swallo,
few bites, brush his hair, ''curl
his bewitching moustache, hire hi
boots blackened, and, in short, fix IL
as though he were going to a receI
ton. Poor little tired wife looks 6
him from afar and thinks in her heal
how handsome he is, and longs for
goodbye or kiss or embrace, but sh
dare not detain one of his preciou
moments. So away he struts, lool
ING at himself rs he walks alon,
thinking, no doubt, that every woma
is mashed who is so lucky as
get TO feast her eyes upon his mani
form. Poor, deluded fool! | wis
he could know what women of inte
lgence think of his transparent, d.
ceitful covering. Even though the
bow and smile they have inwardiy Il
deepest contempt for him, for the
&, are aware of the true state of affair
After all the household drudgel
is done. (for it becomes drudgel
when the heart is dead) she washe
combs. dresses herself and the chi
dren for the purpose Of giving pal
pleasant reception. who they hol
- will come home early. But it is va
al hope. just as it has been for perha
ten wears. Bedtime comes, and wi
heavy, aching hearts the children a
disrobed and put to bed, with NAL
protestations, for they ''want to ki
S papa good night" But it is the i
evitable, NO, dear, papa hasr
COME" Then, poor, lonely, wea
= heart breaks down and she sobs ht
self out in nobody's ear but her ow
z. and one by one her own becomi'
array is laid aside and nobody b
seen her that she cares for but t
J. children, and they would love b