The Lamar register., 1891-08-22
DID THE HUSBAND sEFoRm7
Method Of Wife to Destroy the Liquor
and Tobacco Habits.


Method of a Wife to Destroy the Liquor
and Tobacco Habits
That 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, IL
simply another proof Of the marvellous
patience of the gentler sex, says the
Chicago Herald. II like the scent of
a good cigar" said young married
woman at an informal gathering the
other day. .Dp you?" retorted a wife
Of twenty years. well, don't be-
lieve it. The fresh smoke OF cigar
is not particularly unpleasant. but I
can't understand how any healthy per-
son can enter a room in which tobacco
smoke has grown stale and escape
nausea, and the breath of a smoker 10
something to which / simply cannot
become accustomed. Some years ago
my husband compliinented me upon
the tolerance for tobacco which had
acquired. / told him it wasn't toler-
ance, but merely that sort Of martyr
dom 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
Office l ate a good, large. strong
onion. When he came smiled,
put my arms around his neck, kissed
him and asked his forgiveness for
my previous impatiense. 1 noticed
on his face a struggle between .
look of disapprobation and one OF
kindness. but he is a generous man,
and he kissed me and didn't say any
thing about the onion. The next
afternoon l boiled cabbage and pur-
posely left the doors open between tho
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 true honeymoon
tenderness but the cabbage was too
much for his patience, and he GROSSLY
inquired whether hadn't better move
the kitchen range in the parlor and do
my cooking there. However. l was
all patience and sweetness, and shifted
responsibility for the vegetable atmos-
phere upon the carelessness Of the
cook. The day after this my husband
sent home mess of frogs legs. dish
of which he is especially fond. saw
that the cook prepared them exactly
to his 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. Whyp
Well. at great inconvenience / had se-
cured from the grocer a packet OF
German cheese which was so renlolent
that one could almost see the odor.
That cheese reposed in a pretty glass
dish in the center OF the table. The
poor man got as far as What in the
name of -" when burst out laugh
ing. When was able to control my
self l explained to him. I've just
been trying to give you a 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 taste for anything that Is
naturally objectional if time and pa
tience are devoted to the task. l 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 home
atmosphere which will be the envy Of
| all the neighbors." Il suppose he
gave up liquor and tobacco then, "
said the young woman, cheerfully.
The married woman of twenty years
did not answer directly. AFTER you
have been married ten years" she
said, 'you try to break your husband
of something. However. nothing so
irretrievably destroys the romance
with which every bride regards the
man of her choice as the recognition
of the fact that he is the slave of hab-
its which render his presence unpleas-
ant in the extreme. Such a man
wouldn't think it strange If his wife
would object to his constant appear
anoe in dirt and rags, and yet in the
matter of household happiness and
content the sense of smell is about as
important factor to woman as that
OF sight .