Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-07-05

can have woman come to sweep and
make beds and take away washingw
"Pshaw! That doesn't make the
house agreeable"
"Well, he can shut up the house and
board somewhere-at mother's-but he
won't"
"Don't blame himp'
she could go to hotel, but that's ex-
pensIve. We could all board out of
town and near enough to the city for
him to come in every day. And he
won't do that. Says it's q nuisance to
catch trainsl"
at is. Oh, it Isl"
"There are lots of men left at home"
aggrieved by the Butterfy's persistent
sympathy with the wrong party. "He's
no worse off than any one else."
'Then why do you give it a second
thought"
"Because-because -" doundering
for reason.
'The truth is that, like every con-
scientious woman, when 1t comes to the
point you can't help feeling It's mean
thing to go off and enjoy yourself, and
leave the party of the second part to a
dismally- shrouded house and loneliness
while he stays in it. You would be in
dignant if you thought he went amusing
himself elsewhere. You want him to
stay in the house and feel lonely. Yet
you are secretly conscious that is max
ing severe strain on human nature to
expect It,"
'I'm sure don't know what else to
do with himl" (hopelessly.) HE says
he won't mind. He'll get along some
how. He'll be satisfied enough in the
house till we get back!"
eyes, believe they do say those
things"
81 don't know what they say" with
dignity. "I'm telling you what 'he'
says. That's quite different. It's a
common enough case. There are six
families away on this block and all the
men are living just that way!'
"Six did you say? Friends?"
"Oh, yes, acquaintances. People who
have lived here some time. Why?"
"Twouldn't be a bad idea," quoth
the Butterfly, with twinkle in the
corner of her eye, ''for them to keep
house together!"
'Six men togetherl In one house!
Horrors! l wouldn't like 1t to be mine
when I got back in the FALL"
"But think how we'll off the dear fell
lows could be. They could club togeth-
err, keep decent cook and other ser
wants, and have good meals and their
rooms kept in some kind of womanly
order. They could have their clothes
+oh nd "a
ashes occasionally brushed off the sofa
pillows and the top OF the clock. They
could enjoy each others conversation
and social habits. And, gracious
think how Smith could sympathize with
Browns wife when he came to know
the man she had been putting up with
so angelically!'
but consider the state of the house
when one got back"
"Of course-that's another St
won't say it! Don't throw that thing!
You'll ruin my hatw But the woman
who sacrificed herself for the general
good would be recompensed. Even il
this world she would find her reward.
"Think of the admiration of her
neighbors' husbands, the satisfaction OF
making her own him happy and COM
Portable when his home was left unto
him desolate!"
"There!" with decision. "After all,
you've hit it squarely in the centre.
Don't you know that not woman on
earth would look with favor on such
Quixotic plans for that very reason?"
"What!"
Fact" said this demure, good, amia-
BILE, thoughtful, conscientious, dear, lit
tie domestic wife, Emma. "Who wants
them to be happy and comfortable
while their wives are away? Who is
willing for thom to imagine such thing
possible? Am l, do you think?"
"Great heavens, womanp cried the
Butterfly, strong light breaking over
her frivolous spirit. "That's so! They
might be made too happy. They might
be so complacently settled that they
wouldn't care a-hairpin whether you
all come back or mott"
81 don't know anything about them
but l do know 'himn"