Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-06-02

is supposed to sit up for us ht night
and welcome us with the Kitchen pokor
she nlps our sinister designs In the
bud, and is perpetually discovering
compromising facts In our lives. and
| bringing them under the notice OF her
innocent and long-gunering married
daughter
Aud We pretend to believe all this 70
be true-not Of our own wifo'H mother
tshe Is Invariably n remarkable eXeup-
toni but OF the, mothers-in-law OF the
rest OF our fellow-men. When the
comic" singer tells us Of the terrible
lndignitles-sO exceedingly funny. you
knowl--thnt he Us supposed to have suf-
fered at the hands OF this relative we
grin with satisfaction nj the rocollcc-
| tion OF the superior circumstance In
which we ourselves are placed and
think what fools some men must be to
put zip with these things
Yet the Jest Nv based on pure myth,
an ancient superstition. that II In al
most hopeless to think OF destroying.
There are Of courHo. bad mothers-in-
law, as there are bad wives bad sis
ters. bad grandmothcra, and bad
aunts: but It Is unjust and llbelloua
to brand the whole class with infamy,
and to imply that every good woman
becomea hateful creature directly.
and because, her daughter enters the
holy bonds Of matrimony. Such a
Q
70 reason, but IL contrary to general
experience.
Take'a dozen mon OF your ncqualnt-
nncc and say to each Of them. Are
you bothered much by your mother-in-
law?" and you will find that In nearly
every case the answer is something Of
this kind: Not nt all. My wife'H
mother II quite an eSceptlon-a sem
slble womnn--nevcr intcrferca between
man and wife-only comes when
asked. and I'm always delighted 20 see
her" Yes, they are nearly all eScep-
tlonsl And when almost every case
happens TO be an exception, pray what
becomes Of your ruler
But surely the Test must have some
origin In faot3 II has; but curiouHly
enough nobody seems ever 10 have dis
covered H. Here is the fact. The
mother-in-lnw n q soape-Eoat; she sur
fers In reputation for the mlsdeeds Of
others. These others are those un-
reasonable husbands who cannot see
any fault In themselves. or IN their
manner OF life, and those thoughtlcss,
tactiess wives, who meyer learn that
loving suggestion Of their own Is not
strengthened by the r1mark that IT II
mothers opinion also,
should be great confidence between
woman and her married dnuRhier7
what Is more reasonable than that the
nrllnuutnNltNf TN Nfii ~ AAf NiFlAiNs VI
ina Young husband should occasional
Iv come under discuselon7 Don't you
think, my dear" says manmn. that
Edwin takes little more whiskey
than is good for him2 Your father
once got into the same habit until !
nointed the fact ou 70 him. Could
NOT you give him gentle hint2" a
rnother-in-iaw may fairly make such
remark 20 her daughter IN private.
though II would be an impertlnence
for her 10 make II to her son-in-law
hut II Angelina goes 70 Edwin ana
saws YOU are drinking too much
whIskey, dear. Mother called my at-
,nirpriqed n her husband retorts. "Oh,
rho aid. did she? Then viii thank
your mother 10 mind her own business,
or return 10 her own house" Tho con
geauencea Of Angelina'a blundcrings
are an visited on the mothcr-in-law.
The young wife who, when IN a temper.
naes such expressions as. ITS my