Wichita eagle., 1889-05-02
A TALK TO HUSBANDS.
Amber Feels Equal to tho Task Of Raking
Them Over tho Goals.

Amber Feels Equal to tho Task Of Raktng
Them Over tho Goals.
There is so much excellent advice given
to wives, suppose, for a change, we turn
around and read the hus Islands nice little
manual Of correct behavior, writes "Am-
Der" in the Chicago Tribune. 1t is high
time some one took them in hand, but, al
though have had my eye upon them for
good while, ] have been bothered to find
ripe opportunity.
In the first place, to plunge right into the
midst of things without further waiting,
how dc you go home to your wife at night
Chapters have been written as to how she
ought to receive you; now let me say
word about the other side Of the question.
When you find q tired little woman who has
been so hard at work all day with five babies
and an incompetent girl, callers, and mis-
cellaneous jobs OF mending, pastry making
and picking, that she has found no time to
curl her hair aud put on her best gown to
meet you, what do you dot Do you, like q
dear old sympathizing fellow, take her
worn face into warm embrace and whis
per in her ear: "Never mind, dearie;
have got home, and well share the cares
for the rest of the day. You go and rest
yourself while l put Johnnie and Trot and
baby to bed" Do you see that she sits in
the easiest chair while you skip around and
minister to her wantsa Do you keep silent
while she reads the evening paper Ito her
selO, and are you mind full of drafts and slam
ming doors while she takes her ease in
slippered contentl Do the stars dance the
Newport, and does the moon sing psalm
tunesi just about as much as you do all
this. You expect the hushed home, and
the siesta with the paper, and the slippers
for yourself, to be sure, and If you don't get
them you think you're terribly abused, and
ten to one flounce off to the club to escape
the noise and confusion, but you never take
it into your head to consider that the day
has been just as long, and justas busy, and
thousand times more full OF petty cares
for her as for you, and that she needs just
as much consideration shown her as it IS
her wifely duty TO show 10 you. She is
quite as much in need Of bright smiles and
CHEEKY words as you can be. You bolt into
the house, and the first thing you say is:
"Why isn't supper readyl I'm as hungry
as houndln Great Scott Can't you
keep that child quietl" or "W hats the use
of burning so much coall Turn of the
damperi You are enough 10 ruin Van
derbiltr' That's the keynote OF the song
y
she ever makes remark harsher than the
bleat Of a lamb. Suppose you had been a
Hansom-cab driver, a Board of Trade man,
cook in a restaurant, cash-boy for dry
goods house. a kindergarten teacher, aud a
hospital nurse all combined for tho whole
day long, wouldn't you be more tired, and
wouldn't there be more excuse for your irri-
liability than when you have simply attend
ed TO single systematized branch of bust
nessl The thousand and one demands made
upon womau's time aud ingenuity to keep
domestic az moving with any degree OF
harmony rel err her the more deserving Of
forbearance II things do go little wrong
sometimes when her conquering hero comes
home TO supper. A woman is required TO
be every thing from a reception committee
10 receive calls in the parlor, 10 nurse in
the nursery, and a chief executive in tho
kitchen, while Businessman devotes him
self 20 a single trade or profession.
There is another thing, sir before / have
done with you. Often and often have I
marked you turning 70 watch pretty face,
or commenting with your men companions
upon the outlines Of tHe form or slender
foot. Have you any more business 20 do
tha, than she hast What rumpus there
would be IN the family IL you were 70 catch
her making eyes az the men or following a
bearded face through the streets 70 SEQ
where its owner belonged What partic1-
lar blazes would play about the walls u
sweet home II she INDUCED in these
little foioles. Yet / say unto you, yea, AID
verify, her latitude il that direction should
be just as wide as yours. What Il the VITA
you married IS getting faded like the fabric
often washed; what IL few lines and
wrinkles have come where the SMILE il It's
dimplenent was and crow tracks ike the
marks Of birds feet On the wet and shining
sands have traced the skin that once was
softer than q rose leaf; vha; Il the orcs
graceful shoulders are bent little aa9
the oldtiuie laughter has left her eyesi II
you have tbs chiYalry Of true man in
your soCl yo1 win revere and honor yo2r
wife with greater and increasing tender
ness as she grows old and faded. for what
is IL pray, that Las aged her, Whst has
stolen her bloom and robbed Der glance q
its laughing EgEti WHAT bat Eainzs.eriag
20 yo1 and toslLng 20 make yc1r hone
happy one. The children have stolen the rose
tIats from her cheeks sod lips zad tecclsg
70 their myriad wants hy night AID CAY has
deprived her Of the easy grace OF yoztn- Ia
the dead Of the nigat when the "Bast-
beaded Tyrzrt" asserts himself who takes
him Up and sooihes snd pseess hizaf Do
you. yoa big, erowSJ son OF ADAM Sot
Egca- Away ycu sxip &c cAs;ASt cham
Der, while tie mother LAPS bsr recx Under
the wzksful bssy's small pax foot Per-
hSps yoa DO t-y 70 perform yozr share 90
caxscra11y, bz: yca look 30 injured and r.xy-
,yriset and mad a. The t-e Tia. ire tErss
rzosh=r is glad szozga 20 relieve yo1 AID
hersef ezsh TIE Anal Sespo: back 70 sim
Der
EoTF about boxes o: cscty taxr5 hozse.
not 20 tie chl.area bEs 10 ss> w1fes Hsw
shout p.ezsAEs ssrpvssss asd lSTe toksasi
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