New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-08-12
DID THE HUSBAND REFoRm7
"ecnod OF Wife to Destroy the Liquor
and Tobacco Habits.

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mat women Of refinement do not
wage war against liquor and tobacco
as mere matter of taste, to say moth
ing OF moral aspect of the habits is
simply another proof Of the marvellous
Patlence OF the gentler sex, says the
chicago Herald. Il like the scent of
good cigar" said young married
woman at an informal gathering the
other day. DO you?' retorted a wife
OF twenty years. well, I don't be-
lleve it. The fresh smoke of a cigar
Is not particularly unpleasant but T
can't understand how any healthy per-
son can enter a room in which tobacco
smoke has grown stale and ESCAPE a
nausea, and the breath of a smoker is
something to which I simply cannot
become accustomed. Some years AGO
my husband complimented me unon
the tolerance for tobacco which I had
acquired. l told him it wasn't toler-
ance, but merely that sort of nlartvr
oom which accepts the inevitable in
silence. That made him angry. and
we had few words which are seldom
seen IN romantic novels. That NIGHT
JUST before his time to return from the
once ate a good, large, strong
onion. When he came I smiled
put my arms around his neck. kissed
MN and asked his forgiveness for
my previous Impotence. I noticed
on his face struggle between
look OF disapprobation and one of
kindness, but he is a generous man,
ana he kissed me and didn't say any,
thing about the onion. The next
afternoon [ boiled cabbage and pur-
pose-y left the doors open between the
Kitchen and the sitting room. When
he came in the air was dense with the
odor had on my prettiest dress, and
welcomed him with a true honeymoon
tenderness, but the cabbage was too
mucn tor his patience, and he Grossly
inquired whether | hadn't better move
the Kitchen range in the parlor and do
my cooking there. However. I was
all patience and sweetness and shifted
responsibility Tor the vegetable atmos-
phere upon the carelessness of the
cook. The day after this my husband
sent home mess of frogs legs, a dish
OF which he is especially fond. I saw
that the cook prepared them exactly
to MS liking. and when he entered the
dining room they were on a big dish
near his plate. crisp and brown and
garnished with water crosses. But he
didn't eat any Of the frogs legs. Why?
Well. at great Inconvenience | had Sc
cured from the grocer a packet of
German cheese which was so renlolent
that one could almost see the odor
That cheese reposed in pretty glass
dish in the center OF the table. The
poor man got as far as What in the
name Of -" when I burst out laugh
ing. When I was able to control my
self I explained to him. I've Just
been trying to give you little object
lesson" | said, in the punishment a
woman has to endure with a husband
who uses liquor and tobacco. At
present [ am not very fond of onions.
cabbage or Limburger cheese, but the
habits Of men teach me that one can
acquire a taste for anything that is
naturally objectional if time and pa
thence are devoted to the task. I hope
that you'll get used to it, dear and
that in a month or two we may enjoy
our tobacco and beer and onions and
cheese together, and create a home
atmosphere which will be the envy of