Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-05-05
MAN WITH A GRIEVANCE.
Wants Husbands TO T~ett Their Wives
Better When in Pubic.

Wants Husbands TO T~ett Their Wives
Better When in Pubic.
There's something that I want
written up" said a man to New
1ork Times reporter. Il want you
to give a fellow that | saw on the
elevated railroad fourteen kinds OF
Hail Columbia Not so much on the
mans own account continued the
indignant one, las for the sake of
calling attention to the class OF which
he is an example and of reprobating
the altogether Goo general prevalence
OF such conduct SIS he was guilty of. -
''N What is the story" asked the re-
porter.
There we-c fop- f,2r=c.s G. the
train, " said the indignant orc, enter
ing upon his narrative, two women
and two men. One woman was, ac-
cording TO the theory that | formed,
unmarried. Next her was a man
who: l thought, was like the woman,
unmarried. Next him was a married
man and then came wife of man No.
2. It's that married man that I'm
after What | found fault with was
his treatment of his wife. | rode
with the party from Harlem to the
city hall, and in all the time that the
trip consumed that man didn't speak
a civil word to his wife.
''He turned around in his seat in
such way that he shut his wife COM
pletely out of the party and gave his
attention exclusively to the other
woman. His wife tried hard to get
into the conversation that he and the
other two kept up, but he wouldn't
have it. | could see him hitch about
with the evident intention of freezing
out his wife, the person in the party
to whom he should have shown the
most attention. Finally the poor
woman gave up the struggle and sat
for the rest Of the journey like a
dummy. | felt that it would do me a
heap of good if | could have that
man alone in barn for about ten
minutes.
''Perhaps | shouldn't have had such
strong feelings on the subject if I
had not seen a great many similar
cases and had my mind running
somewhat on the subject for month
or so. | have formed the conclusion
that not more than half the men in
New York know how to treat their
wives decently when they GO about
town with them. | rarely see a man
who is at loss for words when he is
with some other woman than his
wife, but | see a great many men who
cannot seem to think of subjects up
on which they may exchange pleas
ant words with their wives
''When | see man ride three
quarters of an hour without saying so
much as Boob to the woman with
whom he is travelling, | say to my
self: That's his wife
''Men ought to treat their wives
not only with respect, but with gal
lantry, when they are with them in
public. The man who can't do that
will be kinder to his wife if he per-
sistently leaves her to find her way
about town alone. No matter what
might be my private opinion of my
wife, I'd keep it to myself; I'd have
pride enough for that Think I'd go
around saying by my actions to every
lady in the cars, that thing there is
only my wife, No, sir; if hated
her as do epson salts I'd not show
it, and surely if / was fond of her I
wouldn't give out the impression that
I was not through failure to exert
myself little to entertain her. I'd
rather be caught stealing sheep than
treating my wife impolitely."