The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-11-07
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A TALK ABOUT HUSBANDS.
somo Womon Aif their Views Upon the
Subject.

A TALK ABOUT HUSBANDS.
somo Womon AIT their Views Upon the
Subject.
There Is one thing that young woman
who has but recently gone and gotten
heraelfmarried, should be advised against,
that is, any sentimental effnsiveness upon
copjugal happiness in the presence OF
women who have been wed sometime.
No matter how happily mated these
danes may be, they feel in duty bound to
snub any expression of faith and content.
ment on the part of bride Of few
weeks. They like to tell pleasant little
stories concerning the fidelity Of implicit
ty trusted husbands, their fondness for
night keys, club yuppers, cards, their
peculiar e1actions, eccentricities, and SO
forth.
chanced the oth,r day TO drop il up.
on circle of these nlatrons when two.
weeks bride called. The subject of mar.
riage waa brought up, aud the bride
ventured to assert that it vas not always
a failure.
Then there WAS an expressive shrug 81 d
cynical smile from her listeners, one q
whom said:
"Oh, but you've only been married a
short while. It's all very pretty now, if
it would only last"
"Well," hopefully, sit has lasted with
my mother and father some twenty odd
years."
"It's an inheritance, then. Why, l
wish I'd inherited a peculiarly OF that
kind from my parents"
"Im sure"-this from sympathetic
dame-stbat the love between your
husband and yourself has a very firm
foundation. I think you both have the
elements of faithfulness that will make it
eternal"
Eternal |" this from q woman who had
no cause whatever to doubt her husbands
affection. "Don't talk 10 me of the
eternity of love-at least of a mans love
I don't believe in the fidelity of any OF
them."
"What, not in yonr own husband ?"
"Oh, think hes true, but wouldn't
swear to it. He might go aatrsy il
be were sorely tempted. Men are go
weak. They are naturally strong in
fondness for every sort of sin. I've seen
10 many instances where women's trust
was basely deceived. I knew q woman
who believed implicitly in her husbands
devotion for twenty-five years when she
opened a letter from q famous actress
/ wherein che thanked him with many low
ing epithets for horse and cart and a
set of Russian sables."
aAh!" exclaimed a panied female
voice, II might have forgiven the horse
and cart, but never could have recover.
ed from the Russian sables |"
"Yes, bat the wife did, Notwithstanding
the fact that she hadn't had new frock
all season. Women are such fools, you
know"
eyes, and the biggest ones are these
nimby .pamby things who follow thei,
/. husbands about the house and wait upon
them like slaves"
] at this every eye was turned suspi'
ciously upon the cause of this conversa'
ton who blushed guilty and braced uF
for defense.
ri think it's right 10 walt on ones bus
band some," she protested mildly.
"No they shouldn't be waited on at all
That's the first Lesson man must DC
taught, to wait on himself when he cores
home."s
"But suppose he is tired, and has been
working hard all day, while you have had
comfortable, easy time !"
"That makes no difference, There
will be plenty of times-when you will be
quite as tired and he'll come in and e1
pect to be coddled just the same.'
Maybe you are right, but I've started
out to wait on my husband, to attend to
his little wants at home, and do hope
shall never feel too tired to keep it up
/ A woman has the comfort and privacy o1
her home all day. She is surrounded by
pleasant books, charming pictures, every
thing to delight eye and mind. A man
has,but few hours of this paradise. The
rest is dingy Office, hard work and irk'
some responsibility. His home ought to
mean rest, absolute rest for mind and
body, and certainly it is pleasure for hi:
wife to look after his comforts and
thrust aside for his sake little petty home
cares"
sit simply spoils men aud makes them
regard their wives as convenient arpen-
dages."
''Maybe it does but did you ever no.
tice how easy it is for the kind of women
who care for young fellows comforts to
get married-young girls who have hospi.
table homes where men can come and be
at eare, where they can smoke and where
the girls get lunches and make candy fol
them? Ibelieve very few men who mar
~ that sort of women care much for the
club life. People are always talking
about men not liking to stay at home.
Upon my word I don't blame them when
they have to get their own dressing gown
and slippers and take the babies whenever
they cry. never had my sympathy 80
intensely excited as by poor little man
WHO had this kind of fate. He was an
| -G,1ln hord .rorked fal1npv with whin.