The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-05-06
AROUND THE HOUSE.
Pictures of Men and Women
Whom We Know.
THE WOMEN MAKE THE HOME,
And Govern the Civilized World -
Agricultural Hints For Farm and
Field-Ranche and Range.

I'll Know Few men-and so do you-
who never make any but unfavorable
comments on their wives housekeep
ing efforts. And l know some women
i hope Ypu are not one of them-who
never make any but unfavorable COM
ments on their husband 8 labors. They
seem to be guided by the cruel philos-
ophy that the Performance of duty
deserves no praise. They devour the
choice morsels of kindness which con-
tlnually fall to them, without even so
much as a grunt of appreciation. If
the biscuits are light and haky, they
are stupidity and wickedly silent; but if
the bottoms are the least bit burned, or
the yeast powder happens to be bad, or
the coffee for once is dreggy, they
grumble and scold, or-What is worse
sheer and ,ridicule the poor wife, until
she is well-nigh crazy with mortifca-
ton and grief, or until she flaws back, "
and then there is fuss in the family.
On the other hand, wives of the same
class are equally as aggravating. Thew
forget all about the nice books and
pretty pictures which have been law
lshed upon them from time to time.
and get fit of dumps if thew cannot
follow Dame Fashion into all the follies
and extravagances of every seasons
changes.
These are extreme cases, but it is ONLY
by putting thing in it's strongest light
that the extent of its virtue or vice is
exposed. May be you never grumbIe
or complain at your wife. So far. so
good. But do you ever praise her? Do
you tell her the new dress is becoming:
that you enjoy the dinner; that SUNDAY
is the best day of all, because YOU can
spend it with herr You say YOU are
too old for that kind of nonsense7
Whv, bless your honest but benighted
soul, don tyou know that gallantry and
politeness are most becoming in gray
mars, and that woman is never too
old to be praised? Make your wife feel
tnat you love her Just as tenderIy and
ardently as you did that evening in the
moonlight when she put her hand in
yours, and, blushingly, barely whisp-
cred yes" Kiss your wife when Won
start to the field, and I guarantee the
plow will run better and the planter
Will drop more regularly; kiss her when
you return, and l warrant the supper
will taste sweeter, and the lamp will
shine brighter, and the wind will blow
cooler, and you will sleep sounder than
you have in month.
And you, wife-dou't you remember
now, before you were married, YOU had
to work and scheme to keep him from
being jealous, and to prevent him from
wandering off after other girls? Don't
you remember how it pleased him when
you called him George" the first time,
and how he fairly grinned with delight
when, between heart hutters, YOU finally
MANAGED to say dear George" Don't
you know that he is just as much of a
boy now as ever? Don't you know that
the heart never grows old? You used
to work hat marks, and make watch
pockets for him; admire his horse and
praise him; you used to-at least, /
over and kiss him when he
wasn't looking. Do you do these things
now? Try 1t once more, and if YOU
don't have him under your thumb in a
week, then 1 don't know anything about
men.