The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-05-15
When He GrOWls there are EXtenuating
Circumstances.

Editor of the COLUMBIA HERALD:
Have you met him? If not, by all
means seek an Introduction. This
much discussed individual is rather a
rare specimen of the genus homo but
he is met with occasionally and duly
appreciated. To the average girl,
with no advanced" ideas OF indie
pendence, he is like the shadow OF q
great rock in a weary land" for he
represents (if he be rich) unlimited
pocket money with all its accompany
ing delights. If he be poor, why, he
is none the less desirable, for, after
all what does the average" girl care
for money for its own sake. And, be
he rich or poor he never holds his
purse so tight that his wife cannot
unite the strings.
Our hero is true knight in the
modern acceptatiOn of the term, hav-
ing no walls TO climb or impossible
difches to cross by way of proving
his devotion, he sensibly admires his
wife's cooking and housekeeping.
He even refralns from bringing to
| light those well preserved mummles-
| his mothers pies. He is the man
who remembers the thousand Little
things conducive to her comfort, who
doesn't find fault unnecessarily, sell
| dom scolds and who finds in his own
home better entertainment than
among professional lCafers. His ire
side is pleasant one and he helps TO
make it so. He believes that the club
twas made" for men with no family
ties, that Iounging places in country
! villages were intended for rustlcs
with neither mind nor ambition, and,
being unlike the typical philosopher
he lives up to his doctrines.
Please understand that we are not
describing the man who filings his
hat on the table, leaves.one boot IN
der the sofa, another in q corner De
hind chair, aud other articles oil
street wear inssuch convenient places
as first present themselves. And yet
we don't pretend to hold up perfec
/ being for the instruction and enter
, tainment of the multitude. Gu
model husband is essentially human
He wouldn't be interesting II he wer'
not. We must confess that he doe:
sometimes Qro1OL but there are lex
tenuating circumstances" you ma,
. be sure. This peculiar man has al
: idea that his wife is not uttefI,
! devoid of sense and judgme 't-being
. in that particular, somewhat dltferen
. from a man OF our acquaintance WhI
: desnised his wife's preference will
, tegard to the position of her pantr.
= and placed it where he himsel
: Thought il should be. 1 am glad T.
!, tell you that the one IN question ma
! for years been a great sufferer iron
+ dyspepsia. Quite an approprlat
n punishment!
o Our paragon is invaribly a good
: naturrd man under trying circum
n stances. He hasn't a constitutions
n antipathy to opera tickets, sociable
), and Spring millinery. Ii his son an
| - 10, infnnfinn Of TAX
n ing a walk at A. M, the moder
i knight decides to do the same. 1t
q an experience equal to all tn
q crusades together but he Is able
. meet it.
a All honor to the man of many goo
: qualities. "May his shadow neVe
y grow Iess.n The debt that posterit
g owes him has never been estimated
IS The women, at least, of this and a
+ other times will rise up and Ca
him blessed. Without hesitatio
A we pronounce his wife the mos
r highly favored of women and hop
= she sufficiently appreciates her gres
II good fortune. At every turn /
% life she will find the rough place
y made smoother than for her les
% fortunate sisters. 1t is, of itsel
+ an indication of greatness in an
~ man to show tenderness to he
~ whose fate for this life has been llnke
II with his. When the strong man be
!, comes gentle, he eYinces the true'
v nobility. When he bravely faces tt
= opposing forces of crime and wrong
- while, with glorious eloquence, b
- pleads fair Virtues cause, we a.
II cord him place among earth
~ hottest sons; but his real greatness
~ Uart of his nature hidden from con
* mon eyes, reser> ed for his neare
L and dearest-they Of his own hous'
il hold.
u The model husband, as such, is
N man of whom no songs are sung,
l. whom no monuments are erecte'
- whose memory is not preserved [
~ ''storied urn or animated bust" b'
whose treasures of kindliest examp
are handed down to the third an
fourth generation.
But you will say we have simp
described IA model man, Well,
our friend Snyder would answe
a "dot vas all right" They are I'll
IN same anyhow for it takes the one
u make the other.
to RAY CAMPBELL.