St. Paul daily globe., 1893-04-22

Men have little idea of the intense
monotony of wOman's life. He is out
every day seeing different people. and
Just that fact alone breaks up the same
ness of his life. 1t may be that he goes
only to his Office and back home, but
the majority Of men are not alone Ill
their offices; there are others there VINO
have come from differing homes or
boarding houses, have different circles
of friends or social interests. When
they are in the office there are very few
days, or hours even, that business Is SO
rushing that they cannot ind time 10
give each other many different items OF
intelligence that are like little glimpSes
into other lives, and food for thought or
Imagination to feed upon.
But a woman's life is very different.
Shut in the house. with little children
and the endless repetition OF daily
tasks, It is no wonder that they get
nervous or dull or blue and out OF sorts
generally. and are not prepared TO meet
their husbands return home with the
prescribed kiss and smile. Now. the
cure for all this lies in the husbands
hands. 1t will not require much money
10 give lilS NCOLs AAtNAtt- WI hAAiA h'OAiUA
q change. Just a little walk around the
block is better than nothing. Or ride
on the street cars. Or a social call on a
neighbOr is a break that adds greatly to
a Woman'S pleasure.
A certain amount of social life is ab
solItely essential to all of us-tO the old
as well as to the yOung-wrlteS Edward
W. Box in pertinent article on mans
inability TO see things as others see
them. in the May Ladies' Home Jour-
nal. A woman never grows so OLD that
she ceases to enjoy the company of
others. and generally the older she
grows the more she enjoys it. 1t is al
WAYS pity to see man fall into a state
which lie explains by saving: "Oh,
we're getting old, and don't care for so
much variety i'll our lives" In the pure
unSelfiShnesS of his soul he always
speaks of "uS" and I'VE" as If IL nat
urally follows that because he Is getting
antiquated his wife must keep pace
with him in his decline.
Men all too often max tn 'ir wives too
old 1t is a greater creu.. 20 husband
to keep his wife young than to make
her grow old. His actions and his ha0itS
necessarily influence those of his wife.
Let him keep in touch with the world,
aid both he and his wife will be the
better and the younger for it. | like to
see a man proud of his wife because she
keeps Young. Old age is beautiful and
has its advantages. but man makes
great mistake when he rusheS woman
unnecessarily toward 1t. And he does
il most perfectly when he depriveS her
of those enjoYments which every man
should give his wife.
No economy is so false, so hollow and
so misguided as that which seeks 10
withhold one pleasure from the life OF
good woman. true wife or a loving
mother. The best home man can give
4 woman becomes "poky," as one wo-
man know expresses it, if she is asked
to live in it three hundred and sixty
five days out of the year. The good
Lord knows that wOman'S life i'll this
world is hard enough. She travels
path of endurance and suffering. to
which man, be he ever so heavily af-
t1icteu, is an entire stranger. Ii was
given to man TO make that path as
pleasant as possible. Every dollar
which a man spends for the happiness
of the woman of his home will come
back to him in double, yea, in four-fOid
measure.