Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-09-15
How to Keen Husband.

! tell you winning husband ts only
pleasure to woman. but Keeping him is a
Junan'e. That is not nicely put, but what
mean Is that more than two thirds of tho
women who marry let their husbands slip
through their fingers because they are too
lazy ttn indifferent OF too ignorant to keep
them. A girl wins q husband unconsciously.
ASK any of youi friends how they captured
their other half and they will tell you
frankly II don't know" A mans heart is
ensnared by pretty hand. nice teeth,
round. low voice. frank eyes, beautiful hair:
bv the way a girl walks. talks, plays, rides,
p,ins by her gifts her smile, her amiability,
good taste, generosity or the very manner
IN winch she grt,ets faSinates or abuses him.
She may not know how she won hiin, but
II she doesn't know how to keep him, the best
tslng for her to do is to find out. There are
many things we know by intuition. the rest
have 70 be learned by experiment Con
scious Of her abilities and liabilities as a
wife. wise woman will learn how to keep
husband just as she learns how TO keep house,
to make chicken cro,,uettes, chocolate creams,
bread, beds or lemonade and il she doesn't,
why some syren. with the sunshine in her
tresses and the perfume of wild olives about
her will secure for her permanent vacation
II man is fond Of flattery let him have it
Not by the volume, but in crisp little verses.
Hunt up poetry for bis eyes. get things to
rhyme with his fat, white hands; pick out all
the big gods and little heroes Of Troy and
Rome whose legs are not half as good, and
whose t,acks were cambria by comparison
Land his shapely bead TO the skies, and he
will keep his hair cut; praise his shapely
hands. and you solve the problem of unkept
nails. Hunt the dictionary for words and
synonyms to give variety to your enthusiasm;
il he has ambitions or schemes listen to him
with open eyes Of wonderment, and, no mat
ter what the occasion is, never permit your
knowledge to exceed his Men despise smart
women. but have no fault to find when her
talent is large enough to appreciate his great
ness Another piece OF wisdom on the part
of wife Is the cultivation Of helplesness-
she must be able to lift nothing heavier than
a box Of candy. know nothing about tho
management Of an umbrella, window, q
knot or a bundle, and just in proportion a.
she appeals to his strength, size and great
ness, Just 80 large will her Influence over him
he Men like to be looked up at, depended
on. quoted and referred to. That's the
reason why a little woman marries three
times to the one wedding Of the tall, heroic
lady
An ugly temper is trial that few women
are able to stand The only cure is silence
You mustn't talk back No, sentiment n
Just as injurious you can't kiss a furious
man. it only makes him worsa. TIE thing
to do is to keep STILL let him COOL, and let tho
matter drop He will respect your seiisc and
come to terms OH his own accord To keep o
husband an eager hunter. live in q little
mystery Don't make u sacrifice Of yourself;
have ideas of your own, and secrets. too, II
you like II Is we'll not u be too tame. Men
do not care much for hunting barn yard
fowls and domestic animals They never
| waste their powder on ineaner hit of game
than fox, m0iel just inferior to. tho neat,
trim capricious little quail To mako tho
chase interesting To little uncertain and
allow yourself to be caaght occasionally.
| This thing Of trying to rulo . husband d
~ buncombs, Il can't b donA You can