The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-07-23
THE WIFE.

| Education.
Isn't education blessing II you have itf
| That depends.
| There fs. then. education and educauonf
| Most dstinctively.
How long has this woman been married.
| Ten years.
| How old is she now7
Twenty-nine
| She was married nc nineteen. thcnf
Yes, and her husband was twenty-threA
Ia she happily msrriodf
Oh. she seems to get along very comfortably
with her husband.
They appear to be tired OF each otheri
No. not that: they arc used to each other.
They don't talk much. do they7
They haven't anything to talk about
Why not?
Well, she talks to her frienda and no taiks
to his: and they have gradually settled into the
belief that husbands and wives don't have 70
talk to each other
Is It that they arc unoongenialf
She would not say So
But they were devoted lovefsf
Devoted.
Couldn't stay away from each others minutss
Not unless they were perfectly miserable.
They had plenty to talk about thenf
Not plenty in quantity. but In quality: the
subject is one that stands an infinite amount
OF talking under favoring conditions
Love, presume7
or course.
why don't they talk It nowi
They're married.
Don't married people talk lovsf
They ray It is SO silly.
Don't you suppose they thought Of this whsa
they were courtinga
Hardly: courtship 10 not time Of Thought
for ones future beyond the Wedding day.
People make mistakes in that don't thsyf
Yes, indeed.
But those two were 30 youngf
That's one OF the mistakes.
Should she have waitedf
At least i've years. woman can do vast
deal Of beneficial thinking In I'VE years ct that
period OF her life.
Would she have thought while she waitedt
Tho years compel It: for years bring expert.
ence, and experience In o school in which even
fools must learn.
Don't people become set in their vays II they
walt too longf
II they do. It 10 not nearly 30 bad % getting
set In each others ways. and going about To-
gether as ono person. always lonely unless that
person have company.
Some women have oongenial husbands.
haven't they7
Yes. but not as the result Of youthful mar.
riaae. prompted BY . wild. tumultuous. ab.
sorbing. inefIable. unalterable love, such
summer novels are loaded with.
What do you expect them to havsf
Just that
Is there remedy
Yes. they should be sensible.
Would 80 many marry II they weref
No. but there would be happier. at LEASE
pleasanter. marriages. 1t isn't quantity %
much as quality that We need In this business.
Shouldn't wives and husbands be lovorsf
Better to DO friends and companions.
Whyp
Because lovers quarrel and are silly: they
neglect forbearance. aad depend upon for
giveness: they wound and court the healing
as atonement: they act 1rrt and think after.
ward. Friends don't do that: they forbear 50
they need not forgive: they mako no wounds
to heal: they think before they act In other
words they arc rational beings.
But cold and unfeeling3
Not at all: for friendship 10 moro ENDURING
than love. as love is generally praetised.
Don't most women say they prefer to quar-.
rel and make up2
Most women say . great many things thsy
are sorry for.
Is marriage failure1
Like every other hu nan affair 1t Is. II improp.
erly managed.
And the women are tho heavier losersi
Ninety-nine Dor cont Of Thorn arc.
Why2
Because they are women.
What are they going to do aboutitf
Nothing. fancy. Thoy are used it
Couldn't they do something2
Certainly. but not until they have uncdu.
Gated themselves OF the falacy that woman
must marry. just because she thinks she Il In
love. and knows she could not exist two min
utes without her dear one: or until she has
uni armed that other fallacy that any husband
is b.ttar than no husband.
Then being an old r1aid 10 not the worst
thing In the world2
Ask this wife We are talking about and hear
what she says
And yet this Is not An unhappy wifsp
Certainly not: she has only learned that the
realization is not what the romance was
Is It ever so2
Very nearly: II the romance bs grown In Q
'G "a q fbi seR Wifs a mother,
bhe has three pretty children.
Al, then she ia happy In thsmf
YES O.. but happy mothers are not always hap
Are there such womsn1
Mistakes must occur.
Y Hs,. They They should serve Is danger sisnals.
DO thew Look around upon the wreekags
i w AZ women xSsld not the men could not.
or giving in marriage.
Do you believe that7
,. We mn ns It is Inspired truth II vas mot ut
time, and 1t had been quite conciusiveiy shown
that heaven, as reward Of merit to mankind,
were adopted.
SO as Gospel
And yet aren't women sngelsp
Poets say SO. but lot OF their wives
Yes-a mothers love.
DISHES THAT SOUND WELL