The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-04-09
HOW SHE CURED HIM.
A Story Which No Economical Wife
Should Miss Reading.


80 you say your husband always grum-
bles over bills before he pays them, my
dear? Well, that's just n way some men
have l think they co it to keep alive the
masculine tradition that women would be
wildly extrayagant if men didn't hold them
in check"
1T makes one feel miserable all the
same" said the other woman, flourishing a
scrap of cambria. MY husband knows
well make every penny so as far as l can.
IL his calmer moments he acknowledges it.
Sometimes you might think l was spend
thrift and every bill an insult for which l
am responsible"
Don't cry at him. my dear.whatever you
do. Cure him! I'll tell you how one man
was cureG-if you like"
The other woman said of course she'd
Ike She said she needed the wisdom Of
all the ages to manage the particular man
she had.
"Well. Will used to do just so. And it
for long, long time. At last l came to the
conclusion that ii was nothing but habit
and that | must break him OF il before he
broke my nerves or my heart.
zone DAY VIII was obliged to order coal,
and before he did it he assured me that the
servants either ate the coal or gave il away
to their friends. That evening l tried my
plan.
1--WE were having quiet time together.
He was reading TO me aud l was trimming
q school hat for Aggie, l remember. Pres
entity stopped him and said in a serious
tone:
"Will. 1 have confession to make
whats the specia! sin now, little
woman" he asked.
" It's about the coal. You've often Won
dered why it went SO fast began,
And then he said: Il didn't mean that,
my dear. know you are the most eco
nOmical wife fellow ever had, You make
me blush at my own eXtrayagance some-
times. I'm sorry hurt your feelings
You see, my dear | said. I've been
spending money al terrible rate for some
time. Little lunches and the matinee
tickets and carriage hire. besides an extra
GreSsmaker's bill and few little things the
children actually needed. And / found il
little cash somewhere
Then Wits eyes began to stick out
What upen earth do you mean, Agues%
he said. staring NJ me in amazement.
80 | concluded it would be a good
scheme, said |, to sell out the coal in small
lots to the neghborsw
Agnes, you must BE- crazy, he said.
d" ON, no. replied calmly. Some OF 'em
took as much as quarter 0f n ton at a time
some only couple of pailfuls' Then l
began To warm up 10 my subject.
- i made quite a go d thing out OF the
coal business, my dear. OF course | sold Il
little uves the market price, you know, for
the accommodation. That's the reason the
coal goes so much faster. felt that l could
not deceive you about il any longer
"All the time VIII kept staring at mo as
If had suddenly gone deranged.
when l stopped he said, suddenly:
"'Do you feel very Ii, AgnesP Shall 1
get your Salts-Or something?
Then | began to laugh. and laughed, l
believe, until l had Mysteries. The poor
man was at his wits end to find out what in
the world was the trouble.
"But when he did, my love, he didn't need
q second lesson. If from force OF habit he
began to growl over a bill just said can
sell little coal, dear. and raise the money
1t settled him."
well, SAID the other woman. drawing
long breath. II might try tha!, or something
else. The dear creatures certainly have
drawbacks to their desrablity."