The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-15
ADVICE TO MARRrAGEABLE MEN
A Veteran Speaks Out Of the Burden
of His Hoary Exp 5rience.


NJ son, wish to give you a little ad-
vice on the subject of matrim0ny. ! sup
pose you viii be married some day, for
II rying sort o. runs in the family. Your
mother and are married ana your grand
parents on both sides, so far as I know
were all married for several generations
back; to that 1t IS highly probable that
you Will IN time follow the family eN-
ample.
Now, there are two things a woman
dotes on; namely, a helpless baby and a
helpless husband. Helpless about the
I house 1 mean; though as for that mat
/ ter there are hundreds Of women who
marry men who are as shiftless about
@etlng a living as they are helpless about
the house. and they will Just wear them
selves out in supporting the creatures and
ma perfect happiness in their labor.
IL is a good thing for a man to know
how 10 sew and TO knit aud to darn-that
Is 10 say. If man is always to be a bache-
Tor; but II YOU are up in ali these accom-
pllsamenJs never let Your wife know 1t.
Al all events, never put your knowledge
into practice. No woman Ei:h a mind of
ner own can bear to have a man puttering
at woman work. She cant help despis-
ing him, handy though he may be. 1t
seems TO her as though she had married a
woman
In case OF emergency you may feel like
washing the dishes or sweeping the floor
or carrying water for the washing: but do
not give way to the temptation. If you
do. however, do the WORK in as awkward
a manner as possible Break a dish or
two, fill the house with dust, or scatter
water al over the house. You will never
be asked or permitted to try your hand
again.
During cOurtship you waited upon the
woman; now she is your wife let her wait
on you. II is kindness to her. for it is
an Acknowledgement of her superiority
over yourself; il is a delicate and easily
rendered ttattery, which, while saving
you an immense amount Of drudgeCy, can
not fall Of making her on good terms with
herself, which Is the very essence Of hap
piness.
Should your wife ask you to split wood
for her. or kindle the kitchen fire. or rat
tie down the furnace, you will see to it
that you clutter up the cellar, scatter
ashes about the kitchen floor or fill the
house with coal gas. When next there is
wood to split or fires to build, or furnaces
TO rattle down she will do it herself
You will thus give her an opportunity
OF telling TO her acquaintance, with
supreme 1eSt, what an awful mess you
make of il when you undertake to do any
thing about the house, and in process Of
time you will have nothing to do but TO
be waited upon as tenderly as though you
We're an infant in arms.
OF course she will be mistress Of the
establishment and boss-but what of
that It pays to be bossed if the boss will
do ali the work. There is a good deal Of
nonsence going about being under petit
| coat government. 1t is the most delight
full form of government Imaginable for
the governed. You just let a wife have
her say and she is willing that you should
do nothing but rest yourself and admire
her smartneSs.
You lust follow my advice, my son, and
your married life viii be a bed of roses :
neglect il, and you'll have nothing but
cark and care and heaps of hard work in
the bargain.