The herald., 1895-07-07
The BIG HAT NUISANCE.
The Agitation Is in Full Swing, But
Will It Succeed?
LADY BRACEGIRDLE HAS FEARS.
bout Man Who Has an Ill Ma.
tured Wife-Character of
Good Wife.

Every man has his opinion as to just
what constitutes good wife. Some men
re perfectly satisfied if their better half
resses well and looks pretty and makes
!, good appearance before their friends
The question of mental endowment and
sweet voice are not thought of such great
consequence by some.
1t seems to me that beauty, so often
>und in women without brans Is not
greatly to be desired; since with beauty
comes vanity and other attending evils.
A brilliant as we'll as a handsome woman
is seldom seen. When the two are found
in one person that which is most desired
is obtained.
To my mind there is nothing so delight
full in a woman as a sweet voice and
amiable disposition. No amount of beauty
can, to my mind, make up for loss of
these in woman. man soon grows tired
of the pretty face If the wife is lima
tured. Beauty fades, but a sweet voice
and gentle disposition is ever a delight in
the home.
AS am as fond of a good book as
handsome and brilliant woman, l want
to quote paragraph from an old book IN
which there is a description of "A good
wife" This book was printed in 1913 in
London, and bore the curious title, Cures
for the Itch. Characters, Epigrams, Epi-
taphs." 1t seems that this is particu-
larly fine piece of writing:
1t is d WOrlu OIL ndpplHeSs, lHdl
with it a kingdom in conceit, and makes
q perfect adjunct in societie; shee's such
q comfort as exceeds content and proves
so precious as cannot be PARALLEL, yea,
more inestimable than may be valued.
Shee's any good mans better second selfe,
the very mirror of true, constant modesty,
the careful huswife of frugalitie, and
dearest object of mems heart felicitie.
She commands with mldnesse, rules with
discretion, lives in repute and ordereth all
things that are good or necessare. Shees
her husbands solace her houses orna-
nent, her childrens succor and her SER
wants comfort. Shees Go be brief the
eye of wariness the tongue of silence,
the hand of labor and the heart of love
Her voice is musicke, her countenance
meekness; her mind vertuous, and her
soule gratous. Shee's a blessing given
from God to man, a sweet companion in
his affliction and joyant co-partner upon
all occasions. Shee's (to conclude) earth's
chiefest paragon and will be- when she
dyes heavens dearest creature"
One of the enigmas of this life is that
man and woman who love each other de-
Votedly will quarrel continually. 1t is an
old saying that those who love each see m
to think that they are under no constrnlnt
10 treat each other with kindness and con-
FiCeration. Among my friends | have
known of many such cases. One case cs-
pecally is worth telling about. The man
and woman admire each other ineStlma-
bly, yet, Notwithstanding that the hus-
band has a mild and amiable dispOsi-
tion, his wife seems to grow angry and
sour the very moment the man comes in
her sight. When this woman is with her
friends she is constantly descanting upon
her happiness and what a delightful COM
panion she has in her husband, and, what
Is stranger still, and what is seldom secn,
this man pays no attention to his wife's
ill-natured jibes and pettiFhness. You
hear him say constantly that it takes
two to make a quarrel! And what a
chestnut this Old saw is! How unreal,
untruthful and false!
If this man pays no seeming attention
to his companions hatefulness, it is very
apparent that his wife's actions are a
source of great regret to him. He makes
all sorts of excuses for her to his friends
saying that she is tired and i'll and the
like. In one corner Of the sitting room in
their house, this husband has framed four
lines of verse done on a typewriter. This
frame is about six inches square and
hangs on hook in the corner of the room,
Here are the verses:
Some their love.
Unable to express,
Use feigned abuse
Of seeming bitterness.
But when through
The fond deceit / sec.
My tickle fancy
Is bathed in glee.
When this man has friends In the
house and his wife is particularly i'll
natured, he quickly takes down the verses
and passes them around The wife does
not object, she seems to appreciate the
fact that she is not acting as she should;
yet she is unable to constrain her temper
and viXenish tongue. l must admit that
l most always feel contempt for the
woman and admiration for the man.
Bills to abolish the big hat are now be-
fore almost every Legislature in the land;
but to my fancy, a man out in Illinois
has hit the popular card especially with
the men. This man, Alexander j. Jones,
started the ball rolling. In his bill he has
made it a misdemeanor for any person
occupying a seat in any place of amuse-
nent to obstruct the vision of anyone else
BY wearing a hat, bonnet or other un-
slightly head covering, after having been
notified to remove the same. The provis-
ions of this bill require the managers OF
places of amusement TO secure the OBJ
servance of the law, and for them to re-
move anv persons who violate it. Per-
Aups who ~uersist in wearing their hats