The evening world., 1890-01-02
THE WORLD. THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 2, 1890.
us AZ an invited guest during a recent con-

us IS nm nVitcd guest during \ recent con-
v%ention.
THE clerical visitor was troubled with
remarkably dry hair, which had an ugly
habit Of standing On end with frantic effect
unless regularly oiled. BY mistake, in pack
ing his satcbel. his wife had put a bottle Of
soothing syrup in his toilot-case. and the
first morning after using our breakfast was
%provokinsly delayed before the smell and
the sugar could be separated from his wiry
locks.
Perhaps the moet remarkable expression
voiced by this very original lady wad the be-
lief that men are Just what women make
them. They will be better when women are
better, and she il ascending all the time.
II is q fact that a man fairly worships the
woman he marries. He puts her on a pedes-
tai, but she doesn't stay there. Whose fault
In IL 2
Gentle little Aunt Fanny who has
hands and feet that remind one Of birds
wings by their motion and sizc. and whose
charming stories for children have appeared
in all the languages Of Continental Europe,
thought the gold coin had been won by
Annette Sidney. but after n little figuring
concluded that the percentage OF women
whom she made responsible for the truancy
of their husbands was oycr.estimatCd.
- Many men, Mrs. Barrow said, are
driven from home by wives who are unable
to abide them. There are, you know, black
sheep at large, and the girl-wife who draws
one Of the numbers in the domestic lottery
il to be pit'cd. That's ALL
But The trouble with Annette In arith-
metic, and that's what ais most women. i
wish | we're M autOcrGt. mud Id have every
girls. leston In arithmetic begin in bibs. l
never knew anything about numbers. j
counted on my fingers with my hands under
the counter after I was married. l never
got the sum ~riaht-never. But II / could
nave my system enforced the girls OF to-day
and the women of Tomorrow would get the
sum right.
81 be.iege in arithmetic as a strong moral
force. 1t is a training for the soul az well
as the mind. 1t helps to make people truth
ful. 1t is truth itself. Figures never lie.
But they must be worked right.
Now for the contest-running over col
umns OF letters-so many OF these are
maudlip. 1t il too bad that wives do not
understand human nature better. Let men
alone. Keep your hands of. Don't maui
them. II there IL any loye-making TO be
donc ht the hus band do it and be chary of
four Indulgence. | am opposed to this pro-
miscttkN kissing. | don't like 1t. IL isn't
good AL it's not healthy. Talk to your
husband,Npharm him with your tongue and
your prestpce. but don't maui him to death.
''It's nonsense for these women to talk
about honeymoonp. To be sure he will
grow cold; NO will you, dear little woman
but You daren't admit t. You must be a
hypocritc You have to be m It's posi-
lively obligatory for success. II your head
throbs with pain take a deep smell Of salts.
II his coarseness CRATES on you set your
teeth together and console yourself that he
isn't a quadruped; shut your eyes to his
faults; hide your tears, for smiles are more
eiicacious, Ind for the sake of your home,
your children and your honor, put the best
possible mask over your scars. Say or do or
think as you like, hypocrisy must be made
II religion OF
IL. NJ. {. loses the prize by permitting the
biped to snore and swear uninterruptedly
and Z. SIT. by letting him smokei in any
room. Permit no man TO fill our % rlor and
hang yoat curtains and draperles with to-
bacco' tunes. Its all right for q while, but
next morning the scent will overpower you.
Make him 20 10 the 'dlhng-room with the
cigarand you go with him and shut your
selves in.
I'VE lad a. bishop here as n guest last
week whom We have known all our lives.
When tho coffee was brought into the draw
iug-room his holiness took out fanciful
case OF cigars and told me- didn't mind il he
Int one, audi told him | hid mind very much.
Then he,asked what he was to do, and l said
go downstairs, and we all followed him and
stand with him until tile dining-room was