The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-07-18
DID THE HUSBAND REFORMS
Method of u Wife to Destroy tho Liquor
and Tobacco Habits.

Method of n Wife to Destroy thc LiQuo
and Tobacco Habits.
That women of refinement do not wag
war against liquor and tobacco az a mer
matter of taste, to say nothing of the mora
aspect of the habits, is simply another
proof of the marvellous patience of tn
Gentler sex. says the Chicago Herald. Z"
like the scent of n good cigar" said a younI
married woman at an informal gathering
the other day. "Do your" retorted 4 wife o.
twenty years. "Well, / don't believe it. Tn,
fresh smoke OF n cigar ia not particularly
unpleasant, but l can't understand how any
healthy person can enter a room in which
tobacco smoke has gown stale and escape
| a nausea, and the breath of a smoker ia
something to which l simply cannot be-
come accustomed. Some years & my
husband complimented me upon the toll
erance for tobacco which / had acquired.
1 told him it wasn't tolerance, but merely
| that sort of martyrdom which accepts
| the inevitable in silence. That made
him angry, and we la a few words which
are seldom seen in romance novels. That
| night just before his time to return from
the office l ate q good, large, strong onion.
When he came l smiled, put my arms
around his neck, kissed him and asked his
forgiveness for my previous impatience. l
noticed on his face a struggle between q
look of disapprobation mi one of kind
ness, but he IL a generous man, and he
kissed mo II didn't say anything about
the onion. The next afternoon l boiled
cabbage and purposely left the doors open
between the kitchen and the sitting room.
When he came in the room was dense with
the odor. l had on my prettiest dress, and
l welcomed him with a true honeymoon
tenderness, but the cabbage was too much
for his patience. and he GROSSLY inquired
whether l hadn't better move the
lr,trl.0~ on~ i~kO thn ,noI1N nr,l
do my cooking there. However, /
was all patience and sweetness, and
shifted responsibility for the vegetable at
mosphere upon the car~elessness of the cook.
The day after this my husband sent home
mess of frogs legs, a dish of which ha ia
especially fond. l saw that the o pre-
pared them exactly to his liking, and when
he entered the dining loom they were on a
big dish near his plate, crisp and brown and
garnished with water crosses. But he didn't
eat any of his frogs legs. Why? Well, at
great Inconvenience | had secured from
which was SO redolent that one could al
most see the odor. That cheese r.posed in
a pretty glass dish in the center of the ia
BILE. The poor man got as lar as What in
the name Of when l burst out laugh
ing. When l was able to control myself l
explained to him. I've Just been trying to
give you a little object %lesson,' l said,
in the punishment a woman has to en-
dure with a husband who uses liquor and
tobacco. At present l 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 ia
naturally Objectionable if time and patience
are devoted to the task. hope that you'll
get used to il dear, and that in q month or
two we may enjoy our tobacco and beer and
onions and cheese together. and create a
atmosphere which will be the envy of
all the neighbors." II suppose he gave up
liquor and tobacco them" said the young
woman, cheerfully.
The married woman of twenty years did
not answer directly, After you've been
married ten years." she said, you try to
break your husband of something. How
ever, nothing so irretrievably destroys the
with which every bride regards
the man of her choice as the recognition of
the fact that he is the slave of habits which
render his presence unpleasant in the ex-
Such a man wouldn't think 1t
if his wife should object to his con-
slant appearance in dirt and rags, and yet
in the matter of household happiness and
the sense of smell is abou ut as
important a factor to a woman as that of