Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-26

70 90 with him after get him?'
voT Make MIN happy" suggested The Star
"ooaan. VINO has old-fashioned IDEAS
MY dear" said the woman i'm the ham,
rock. ignoring the triteness of The Star
h.. 5 suggestion, you must manage
There was faint murmur of approbation
from the other women on the lawn and the
woman In the hammock settled herself conn
piaSehtiy Tor dissertation on the subject
Men. my dear. are but children Of a
larger growth as believe somebody las
already remarked. Women are years and
years their elders. for the women, you
know, are the mothers of the world You
must begin by convincing your husband
wa. you are the cleverest woman on earth.
the most brilliant man of the day. Vanity.
al Is vanity, my dear, and men are the
valnest or created beings. A man will be
delighted with compliments so barafaced
that woman would be Disguised by them.
Iickie his vanity. Make him think that he
| Is tne only man on earth. and he will I'D
Lean on him-the sturdy oak and clinginR
vine sort Of thing you know. Nothing
takes like dependence, and dish raggy'
women have the most attraction for men.
| 1t doesn't make any difference whether YOU
really do lean on him not, make him
think you do. Why. 1 know a woman in
husband, and who could command {, rcgi-
| ment with ease: but with that man she is
| so clinEing and 80 dependent on his superior
nine feet tall and a sandoW in strength. OF
| course it's funny, but II pleases the man.
and quite convinces him that his wife is
perfection. Be vine. my dear"
he Fascinating.
Yes. that's quite right" said the woman
with the pink garden hat. land do be deli
| cate. don't mean in health, but have
lots of sensibilities. you know. Be afraid
| Of things. Why. I know one woman who
keeps her husband at home every night in
his life simply by being afraid to be left
alone ne as FENCES a that he has found
She's actually afraid Of the dark. The
| funny part OF 1t IL that she used to be a
resUar reporter somswhepe out west 1ut ana
ran , about at all hours Of the night by her
The Blonde Gives Her Opinion.
The blonde on the pile Of pillows under the
oak tree reused herself at that. And let
me remark" she said. that the very
just the things he tries to train out of a
wife. You know It never occurs to q man
that In the twenty-five or twenty-three
years OF a girls life her character and
dear. no. He is going to train her and
make her over entirely. He likes his sweet
heart a ito to be indspsndent; bit epinionsted
me! she mustn't venture out Of doors alone.
she mustn't have any opinions except the
up as fef
reminded Of the proper dignity Of her posi-
ton II she tries it on. that's all. The poor.
foolish man. He doesn't know any better,
but It Is the dream Of his life to train q
wife up to his ideal"
1T seems to me-" said woman who be-
longs to a woman's club and makes speeches
in public. that you are all taking flip
pant view Of this subject The true mar
riage is an ideal companionship. and what q
I time to the hipperies of life, but set your
self to becoming ht companion for your
husband. Inform yourself on every detail
enough Of his medical books to be able to
| converse intelligently about his various
cases with him. If he is a lawyer read
| Blackstone in your leisure moments. II he
| Is in politics endeavor to comprehend the
| tariff and the silver question"
A general groan went up at the last SEN
| tence. and a girl in blue null remarked.
We'll, I'm content to be like Socrates on
| the silver question. 1t was Socrates, WASH
1t. who said that he knew just one thing
| more than the rest of the world, and that
| was that he didn't know anything? don't
| believe that all those fellows up at the Capt.
tol know anything about silver. and I'm
| sure don't"
whereupon the club woman continued
| without noticing the interruption: IF you
are truly companionable in this way your
husband will not seek the society of others
| and you will find that you have elevated
marriage and advanced the cause OF
| woman"
Don't Drag in Shop.
| II don't agree with you." said the blonde
on the cushions. II don't know anything
about the cause Of woman, and all the
| rights have ever wanted was the right To
| have my own way, which I have always
| succeeded in securing, but IL you want to
| drag the shop into the bosom Of the family.
| rise to protest. American men are too
! SLOPPY as it is. II you overhear two men
| talking on the cars, what are they talking
| about? Shop. am told that men talk
about other things at their stag suppers.
i nd oil Of nd 40 r
able things. but far 1 can find out.
| they eat, drink, sleep, dance. and amuse
themselves with shop on the brain Ma
| Let him run 1t himself. He comes home
| tired from the office. Don't bring out
Blackstone. Don't open your head about
| the tariff. Don't ask him about his prac-
| tice. What a man wants Is variety. If you
are going to talk just as the men he sees
down town and save car fare. Talk about
| your own affairs, and what you are inter
| ested in. Take my word for it, a man
wants to forget the shop the moment he
puts his latch key in the lock. and the
| more complete you make his forgetfu'ness
the greater success you'll be as wife
who isn't above being a bit cutting al
| times. don't talk about woman's rights
| If you want more rights, just reach out
and take them. but don't. as the old folks
say. make blowing horn of It.. A man
| doesn't like to hear how his sex has kept
| woman downtrodden, for If you'll stop tc
man. and really can't help it. He doesn't
like the idea of woman's suffrage, and as
he isn't reasonable being, you can't con
| vince him that his old idea about a wo-
| mans being unsexed by voting is non
sense. Think what you please, but DOM
argue the question with him. Mathilde
another cup of tea"
The club woman looked trifle uncom-
Portable, and the woman in the hammock
said, to break a somewhat awkward silence
My dear Mathilde, the true guide TO nlatri
monial happiness is the cook book. TIC
manage your husband successfully you
must feed him. Have your table linen al
| ways spotless. your silver and glass ware
| without blemish. and when the table has
been set with mathematical exactness have
| something fit to eat. and have 1t served ex
quisitely. / have known a fried beefsteah
| to wreck the happiness of years. and cold
soup has swallowed up domestic felicity
more times than one. mans temper de
ponds entirely on his stomach, and IL yo,
can keep him well fed half the battle i.
| won"
Eyes, that's true" said the woman ir
the pink garden hat, who always agree.
with the woman in the hammock, land le
me tell you just this. II you want anythint
from your husband don't ask him for it til
he has had his dinner. Don't tell him any
thing unpleasant. don't let him see an,
bills and don't ask for money before dinner
A hungry man is very likely to be irritable
but a good dinner will soothe even a saw
age"
ance.
II think" remarked a woman with 1888
sleeves, that it's Just that very question
of money that causes most Of the unhappi
ness Of married people. Every woman