Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1888-03-01

/ "A REclRE ros KEKPise a Goor
HusRAxD.-TAksl o. door knob and
polish Il. and use il as = mirror. and
the redztion which you then see oil
you f i the jolly way You used %
look when no came eonrting. Take
. bright teaspoon. turn il leugthwise
aad look into il. and you viii see the
gay yOu look. when he comes home
now. if you feel like il,
And yet yen love hira. and want
him TO love you. Take carer Men
viii stay at the feet OF one woman
always il shs,is forever charming 10
them, but 40 man ever loves the sane
woman twice. EVENT. che is his VIE.
Therefore. try to be what you used to
be. what he chose.
A woman marries with a general
idea of having some one to go out
With. A man always thinks of having
some one to stay homs with.
If your husband goes out often aud
stays late. ask yourself whether you
tempt him to remain at your side.
Do you make bright sitting room
for him2 Or do you economically live
in . basement smelling Of mutton fat.
and dimly lighted by one kerosene
lamp? Do you tidy up. dress your
hair. pin on q bright bow, and look
ss if yen expected somebody, at his
comins-home hOurs Or do you tie on
q soiled apron over your Mother Hub.
bard. stick your feet in his old slip
psrs. wear long crimp pins in your
front hair. and explain that as nobody
is likely to call you didn't think it
worth while to "fx up?" If so. do
you wonder he stays out the next
EVENING" ....r s.
Do you keep a store Of the dreadful
things said about you by your mother
in.law, and refuse to believe you are
misinfOrmed2 II so, as be has been
the old lady's baby, you need not
wonder if he ends the conversation by
taking his hat and "going to see
man."
Do you keep all the revelations as
to the servants evil deeds and the
misery Of shopping on small income.
salary is not raised very soon you DO
not know what will happen, for the
dinner table, when he cannot get
away? If you do, reflect that he can
arrange to escape that sort of thing
BY not coming home to dine at all.
There are restaurants.
The ordinary man. who works for
come other man, has not too jolly
life at the best. He is ordered about
and found fault with by his superior,
angered by the airs Of some manager,
and tormented by some comrsde who
does all he can TO get him into dis.
favor, with an eye to his own promo
tion. His birthdays arise before him
as so many chances lost; he desires 70
climb. but knows not how. His home
is nothing to him if he does not find
peace and rest there. if he does not
there And a woman who loves him,
who values his opinion. and above all.
who believes tAat he loves her. A
doubt of that makes a true-hearted
husband furious. Nor does be wish
to find, in the dear little beauty he
married, either . superior being who
who knows more than he does on all
subjects, or a forlorn Niobe, all tears.
If she is usually cheerful. he will COM
fort her aud sympsthize with her IN
real trouble; but dismal sighs over
other womsn's sealskin cloaks or pal.
atial residences or diamonds or hosts
of friends and society notices only
annoy and anger him. If he 10 worth
anything as a husband. he wants q
happy home; and a man can always
turn his back on a home be is weary
Of, while q woman has TO stay and
put up with it.
Be pleasant; try to be cheerful;
cultivate your smils; make yourself as
pretty as though old cOurting days
were back again; listen to shin" with
respect. You have no business. you
know. TO marry Q man you cannot
respect So laugh at his Jokes. and
oe nice to him all the time. Let me
tell you . little secret; once having
loved you truely, man will stay at
your feet forever unless you do sone-
thing to hurt his self respect; but il
in pride Or vanity or ill-temper. or
all of them together. you pssh him
away only just once with the tee of
your slipper, he never returns. AsI
have already said: No man ever loves
the same woman twice. not even his
own wife. 4. -ftsas es.sd