Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-04-12
A TALK WITH HUSBANDS.
A LITTLE SERMON TO THESE EN
ACTING CREATURES.

AS there Is 50 lhubu NANNiiNh' ~"
vice given to wives, suppose, for
change, we turn around aud read
the husbands a nice little manuel
of correct behavior, says "AmOer
in Chicago paper. 1t is mgh time
some one took them m hand, but,
although | baye had my eye upon
them tor a good while, | have been
bothered to find ripe opportunity
In the first place, to plunge right
into the midst Of thinge without
further waiting, how do you 90
home to Your wife at night Chap'
tiers have been written as to how
she ought to receive you; now let
me say a word about the other SIDE
of the question. When you find a
tired little woman who has been so
hard at work all day with five ba'
bies and an incompetent girl, call
ers. and miscellaneous jobs OF
mendng, pastry making, and pick
ling. that she has found no time to
curl her hair and put on her best
gown to meet you, what do you doi
DO YOU, like dear old sympathiz
ing fellow, take her worn face into
a warm embrace and whisper in
her ear: "NeveT mind, dearie; l
have got home, and wen share the
cares for the rest Of the day. You
20 and rest yourself while 1 put
Jonnie and Trot and baby to bed"
Do you see that she sits IN the cas-
Test chair while you skip around
and minister to her wants! DO
YOU keep silent while she reads the
evening paper (to HERSELF, and are
you mindful of drafts and slamming
doors while she takes her ease in
slippered content? Do the stars
dance the Newport, and does the
moon sing psalm tunes? Just
about as much as you do all this.
You expect the hushed home, and
the siesta with the paper, and the
slippers Tor yourself, to be sure,
aud if yOu don't get them, yod
think you're terribly abused, and
ten to one flOunce of to the club to
escape the noise and confusion, but
you never take 1t into your head to
consider that the day has been Just
as long, and just as busy, and a
thousand times more full of petty
cares for her as for you, and that
she needs Just as much attention
shown her as it Is her WIfely duty
to show to you. She is quite as
much in need Of bright smiles and
CHEEKY words as you can be. Nou
bolt into the house, and the first
thing yoa say is: "Wby isn't sup
per ready? I'm as hungry as a
hound w "Great Scott! Can't YOU
keep that child quiet or "N hai $
the use of burning so much coal
Turn off the damper You are
enough to rum a Vanderbilt =.
That's the keynote Of the song you
sing, and yet you think it is dread
ful if she ever makes a remark
harsher than the bleat of a lamb.
Suppose you had been a hanson
cab driver, a Board OF Trade man,
cook in restaurant, cash boy in a
dry goods house, a kindergarten
teacher, and 0Sp nurse all
combined for the whole da, long,
wouldn': You be more tired, aud
wouldn't Their. be more eXcuse for
your irIitablIty than when You
have simply attended to a single
stemaized branch of business
The thousand and one demands
made upon wOmau's time and in
geuuety to keep domestic affairs
moving with any degree Of ha'mo
ny render her the more deserving
of forbearance if things do go a lit
tie wrong sometimes when her Ger
qG sees.iag hero hero GENES home to sup
per. A woman is required to be ev-
erything from a reception commit
tee too receive calls IN the parlOr
to a nurse in the nursery, and a
chief executive in the Kitchen, while
business man devOtes himself tc
single trade or profession.
And next, how do You entertain
your wife evenings? If you were
invited into a neighbours house to
spend a couple Of hours with his
wife and daughter, how would you
entertain them, wonder Why
YOU would put a posy in your but
tonhole, and slick up your hair, and
blow little perfume out OF the at
omixer all over YOURSELF and
throughout the evening YOU would
overflow with bright anecdotes and
be so racy and charming that after
you had gone away everybody
would SAY "What a perfectly de
lightful man Mr.. Peskins isl VIVA
good company :" Sow let us see
SIT, how you entertain your wife
You stand in front OF the fire ant
pick your teeth with wooden tootl
pick until she starts TO pat The
children to bed, and every now ant
then YOU make few Cheerful! re
marks about the scarcity OF money
and the general cussedncss 0
children who run through shoes
and clothes so fast. When thu
time cones that all IS sill and ev
erything nicely adapted for a cha
| 80. d, ,,a,,o Won draw ont YOUR mis-