The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-16

statuesque pedestal; bow all his Wanted
perfections crumble away in the sing-sonl
OF everyday existence; how his exploited
heroism is replaced with grumpy tempel
and his polished grace with insolent dis
regard of propristy. How obstinate. Alas
how different he is.
And your wife. How hot and irritable
this angel of by-gone days gets over the
Kitchen stove; what funny notions she
takes; how may things she adores after
you have expressed your dislike of them
how far she is with curl papers from the
divinity you once fancied her. What a
critic she now is, where all before was ap-
prova. Alas, how different she is.
These two natures come together, and
there is bound to be clash Words, first
challenging, then Gliding, reproving,
charging, then venom, and words, words,
words and war Sometimes it is stifled in
the privacy of the household but often II
is carried Tor arbitration to the relatives.
| And that is where the gossip that the
| divorce is a surety takes root But what
is the effect and ultimate result of all this
dueiing? Strange to say, its effect is in
| most cases, the very best 1t teaches both
the husband and wife, the greatest lesson
Of life-self-sa ;rifce. 1t eleyates them to
plane that furnishes the first principle
of religion, nature and government 1t
endows them with gift with which true
love is never without-self-sacrif The
husband learns this: When he comes home
in the evening he fixes two desires in his
mind, and not one He says to himself,
70 ill i II,
will wish to stay at home this evening
One of these two. Now, which one would
rather do?" He never asks that of him
self. He says, Now l would just as soon
do this AS that. l have no wish in the
matter. If she wants to drive, will want
TO. If stay at home, | will want to-" 1t is
that small principle that wins priceless JOY
The wife soon comes to a similar effort to
please and things go even merrier than the
marriage bell. And perhaps it is better
that this rough initiation should occur.
For it is good thing to find comfort in;
that there is no real spiritual harmony
without preceding spiritual discord.
Sometimes, though, the gossips get their
news from bad sources and with ludicrous
results. The servant girl is a common
channel. l was somewhat surprised some
months ago to hear that certain couple
in Wichita were to be divorced immedi-
ately; that the wife was vixen and the
husband beat her without pity. | was
shocked with the rest of the community.
For an old friend to turn out wife-beater
and his wife scold was too much. The
divorce never got to the docket and the
other day was told the origin of this
piece of gossip. 1t seems that this couple
had a curious servant girl in the kitchen;
and stray rat by some hook or crook had
taken up it's abode in their bed ROOM
One night the girl was awakened by muir
murings and staccato movements on the !
floor above her. She surmised family
row and slipped up stairs to a parquet !
seat in the hall. The battle was on full |
tilt; sometimes broom handle came down |
and some times an iron poker, and be- |
tween the strokes were heard triumphant |
CALCULATIONS and ordinations of distress. |
The girl held her breath. How would 1t |
end? Would somebody be killed? She |
was tempted to run away. But no. she |
would stay to hear it out. Finally there |
was cessation for moment, in the still |
ness of which the voice of the husband |
was heard triumphantly to exclaim:
Now, I've got you, old lady" There
were half dozen vicious strokes, and not /
waiting for more, the terror-stricken girl
fed to the neighbors with the story of the
murderous william. Whence the gossip.
The 'old lady" was the rat III a corner,
where the poker did its work