, 1890-05-11
M~ eN
woMAN's WORLD IN PARAGRAPHS.
which Tell More Fibs to the Other, uus-
bands or Wives?

which Tell More Fibs to the other. Uus-
bands or Wives?
Some gentlemen had a discussion at
their club the other night about the
white lies it is necessary for a husband
to tell his wife. All agreed that such
lies were necessary to make the domes-
tic wheels run smoothly. Women, they
said, could never be made to see things
from a mans standpoint. Little mat
tiers that were nothing at all to a man
became crimes in the eyes of a woman
therefore it was necessary for a mar to
lie to his wife occasionally. This set me
to wondering which lied to the other
more, husbands or wives. Looking at
the matter from behind the scenes on
our side, l should say it was about even.
| believe wives tell their husbands quite
as many falsehoods as husbands tell
them, but about far different things.
Women deceive their husbands mostly
in money matters or in things which
concern their family affections. If a
wife is held to a strict account for the
money she spends, when she wants more
than n certain sum she tells the bread
winner it is for groceries or IA dressmak-
ing bill. Then she takes it and makes a
present to her dear mother, whom the
husband hates, or pays a gambling debt
for her brother, or gives it to her grown
son or daughter to spend in extravaganza
which the father does not approve.
Sometimes she spends it for the church or
her pastor. But she always gets the
money somehow, and if she is afraid of
her husband it goes down to expense ac-
counts, which appear wholly open and
innocent. A wife always deceives her
husband where she Is afraid of him.
Yes, the falsehoods are about even on
both sides. But is it not rather unfor-
tunate that those who are supposed to
be all in all to each other dare not trust
each other?
At a meeting of the London trades
union councils in London in April a wo-
man was present as a delegate for the
first time in the history of the orgauiza-
ton. The lady was Mrs. Hicks, repro
senting a ropemaker's union.
Mrs. Juliet V. Strauss is a promising
and talented young woman on the edi-
torial staff of The Rockville Qnd.) Trib-
une. She swings n vigorous pen and
speaks her min about things. Writing
about how election day looks to a wo-
man, she remarks: eff a woman could
only dispense with her politics and take
4 perfectly impartial view of candidates
and elections, she would get so much
more good out of them than by taking
sides and allowing herself to get riled
up over results. The actions of men on
such occasions are enough to make a
COW laugh, and the woman who does
not at least smile at them is devoid of a
proper sense of humor."
don't know what it proves, or wheth-
er it proves anything, but dentists say
that women endure pain with far more
pluck than men display. Men howl
aloud with the pain the dentist inficts,
while women endure it with silent suf-
fering.
Belva Lockwood has a law practice
that brings her in more money than
a congressman's salary; has property
in Washington worth SEQ, 900, and a
country place worth S., 900, ell acquired
in a comparatively short time from her
legal business. This is more than she
would have had if she had stuck to
school teaching.
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