The Durham daily globe., 1890-07-24
WOMAN'S WORLD,
A MAN WHO KEPT HOUSE WHILE
HIS WIFE WORKED OUT.

The English Drawing Room Cest,ms
oonne'S at Small Cost-PoorIy Cared
for China-Portraits of the Queen.
Dressing I'm Sleeping Car.
The household of William Hergenroa-
ther, "a German optician living at &C Attor.
ney street, has long been an unhappy one
William has young and comely wife.
who is as thrifty as her husband is lack
ing in industry. For two years she has
supported herself, her 6-year-old daugh-
ter and her husband and taken care Of
things at home. Mrs. Hergenroether de-
clares that the sole contribution of Will
lam toward the maintenance of the
family during this time amounted to ~
He simply would not work.
One day Mrs. Hergenroether pronosed
that both she and her husband 20 out to
find work. If she was successful in her
search William should become house
keeper, while she would provide for the
family. If, on the contrary, William
found job first he should accept it and
work, while his wife cared for the house,
In keeping with other men, William fan
cied housework very easy indeed, and
supposed he could dispatch the duties of
housekeeping In half the time his wife
took. Seeing life Of ease before him
he readily agreed to the proposition. He
called it snap.
Mrs. Heroenroothor- IL q talIOress, and
Ia rev hours she returned with the
news that she had secured steady en-
ployment. William was home. OF
course he had been unable to find a lob.
SO he took charge of the kitchen. The
novelty had a surprising effect on the
man. He became wonderfully indus
trious. His cooking was really excellent
after few days of practice. Steak was
never more nicely fried. Better coffee
Mrs. Hergenroether never tasted. AS
for the pancakes they were always
Drowned precisely right. William dis
played great cleanliness in his house
keeping. His little girl was always tidy,
the window panes shone like some of
Williams pebble glasses in the bygone
days when he worked at his trade
as optical goods maker, and Mrs.
Hergenroether always found a good
meal awaiting her on her return from
work.
All ClllS Was 700 SOOu 10 ldSC. IL con- |
tinued two or three weeks, at the expi- |
ration of which William showed signs of |
fatigue. The quality of his cooking fell |
off; the coffee was cold and bad, and !
sometimes there was no supper on the |
table when the wife came home.
Mrs. Hergenroether got mad. She had |
performed her part of the contract faith |
fully and did not mean to submit to any
imposition, and she soon had William in
the hands of the law. When arraigned |
at Essex market on charge of non sup
port he said he would resume his labors |
ut home if the court would release him. |
AS he could not furnish bail to pay his |
wife 81 a week he was locked up. His |
wife left him to his own reflections and |
prison cell for several days. William
did not relish confinement, and hac.:,II3o "
himself to enecC us IeIease. IhrouSn
friend ne secured a job in an opticians
establishment. Justice Taintor approved |
of this move and released him SO that he |
might 90 to work. Williams brother,
an Attorney street barber, says that this
is the first time that William has been
able to find work.-New York Press.