The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-09-22
A Model Husband Discovered, Whose
Wife Has a Temper Of Her
Own.
Mr.. Cooper, Of Brooklyn, Is The
Gentleman, He Harms $40
Week.
or This sum Hc Gives Mrs. Cooper &1b
Every Pay DRy-In The Divorce
Court.

chair with her apron and motioned for me
to be seated. II know I am not n bad
woman, yet sometimes when / get tired
and weary and half sick / lose my temper
that is, I get angry and do foolish things.
I have been married over is years, and the
only real trouble | nave ever had was sick
ness. Yet I fly all to pieces sometimes and
wish I had never married and a lot Of silly
stuff that l would not have come true for
the world.
"Why, you know, ny husband is called
the best husband in Brooklyn. and he is
too. He earns $40 a week and always gives
me s15 Of it every Saturday night. Now,
feel sure there are few men as good as that
to their wives. Still, l get mad and fly
about in q name not at all becoming.
But one does not always feel like express
ing sympathy with a mans worries, his
pleasures, his fatigues and even his temper.
He gets angry at me once in a great while"
Mrs. Cooper blushed rosy red and looked
anything but a woman with a bad temper
as she had described herself. She has a
round face without a wrinkle in it, though
she is 80 years old, mild, blue eyes and a
plump form.
"Come, look at my house and just see If
0 can find any cause for my not being
UAo AA0RPASoO Al III A1AOohl ~ ~ Alou
won't you have q glass of iced milk?"
Mrs. Cooper's face fairly beamed with
happiness, and n could not imagine a
cross word ever passing the red lips that
entered with such vim into the praise of
her home and surroundings.
II run the house on 80 a week--I mean
by that the table md every expense ex-
cepting the rent. The remaining Sc goes
for rent and q small bank account. My
boy is IA, and | have a girl who goes to
school regularly. Then comes my little
one, who is old enough to run the streets
and keep me after him much Of the time"
The fiat had four rooms, all light and
airy. Every floor was carpeted and neat
ness prevailed. The kitchen was covered
with a bright colored oilcloth, and to add
still more brilliancy to the room turkey
red cotton was made into curtains that
were draped about the iron sink, the cup
board windows, the c~losetdoors, and wound
up with small sash curtains that threw a
soft red light over the whole room.
Pictures adorned the walls, and the four
mantelpieces were heavily laden with vases,
clocks and images. Every room had a rock
ing chair, the largest being in the kitchen,
which had every appearance of being the
living room. White lace curtains, tied back
with red ribbons, hung at every window
and red plush footstools were plentiful, red
evidently being the ~favorite color.
A wifs's carelessness Of her personal ap-
pearance has frequently proved the mar
ring of what might otherwise have turned
out a happy marriage. but Mrs. Cooper
runs not that risk, for she is tasteful and
neat.
II carry my husbands hot dinner to him
every day if the boy Is not home. 1t is said
that when poverty comes in at the door
love flies out at the window, but that is not
always true, because we are very happy
here, and If sickness will keep away we are
all right. That has been my only cause for
worry. Had we all been well we might
nave had a pleasanter home than this to
live in now, for my husband is a good work
man, and =, I said before gives everything
he earns to his family.
II wish you would wait and see my hus-
band. He is fine looking. He will be home
at 6. Will you have some pears to eat be-
fore you goi If you want to write up any
more happy homes, / will take you over to
a friend of mine who has such a pretty
place. Goodby. I am sorry you will not
wait to see my husband"
/ left with a feeling Of envy in my heart.
II would rather be very poor and be as
happy as that woman" l thought, than
be tho richest lady in the world and miser-
able" Who would not rather see q child
happy in the sunlight than a wise man
| pining in a darkened Jail?
"Oficer," 1 said, hailing q policeman who
was crossing the street, will you please
direct me to my carr l have just come
from Mrs. Cooper's and am turned around
and really don't know which way to go.'
"Been in Mrs. Cooper's, have your Is he
back?"
"Is who back2"
why, Mr., Cooper. Ho left his wife a
few weeks ago.. They had a big misunder,
standing and went to court about IT,"
Eyes, he's back. Tell mt about it,"
cried. Wa my happy home to be pulled
to the ground 80 soonf
"Well, there is no better man in Brook.
Ign thar Mr.. Cooper. He gives his wife ev.
erything. BY Joe, he only keeps out 81 TO,
himself every week. He goes home as reg
ularly as the clock strikes 9 and stays
there till he is out at work again. The 9th
er night he wanted to go OIL with the boys
and she did not want him to. Great Scott
a fellow ought to be allowed some amuse
ment besides working for his family. HI
said he would go, and she said she would
see that he did not. He got all ready anG
looked for his hat. He found II cut into
little bits. His wife had done it In a fit o
temper. OF course he could not go withou,
a hat, and she had won, for he did not go
He got laundering mad inc said he die
not care to live any longer with a woman
who would not let him out once in Is years
81 believe the judge said he had neve,
had such an odd case to handle and sen
them home to try to make up. am glat
to hear he has gone back to her, for be has
three bright children, and his wife is very
pleasant and a good housekeeper. The only
trouble with her is that she hasn't the least
idea what trouble is. Ye gods! to cut up {
fellows hat because he wants to go tt
Coney Island once in 10 years! 1t seems that
%unhappiness is a necessary evil, for l no
tice in my rounds through life that If there
is no cause for misery, by Joe! they grow
thin over their blessings. This Is your car
madam. Kate Kensington in New York
Recorder.
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