The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-07

ing OF the happiness. Of the married
state. are gone. Perhaps in some cases
this would be the best solution Of the
problem. At any rate. just now, 1t
seems to be the only one.
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ESURE OF HIS EMPLOYER:
1 met a man yesterday who had just
| come back from one of those unpro-
| nounceable towns up In the Pennsylvania
oil regions. He had been spending don't
know how many months among the
Swedes up there. and he has a great many
| things to tell Of them. He says that just
before he left-I can't remember the
| towns name-there was a Methodist re-
vival great many Of the Olsens and
Petersens and Knudsens were converted.
| To one Of them, Nels Petersen the leader
| of the meeting said:
"Nels. will you work for God?
Nels shifted uneasily. A Swede. you
know. can't express anything at all with
his face. except the national stolidity.
"Ae don't KNOW" he said hesitatingly
"Ae got a guide yob at the factory. Ae
tank ae keep dat"'-washington Post.
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"Of course there is the husbands side
of the question. That is to say, many
wives could not be trusted with SO much
| as their share of the surplus. even II
they could be made to comprehend
| what the surplus should be. They
would waste the money either from an
extravagant disposition or an ignorance
| and incaDacity to spend II prudently.
If the husband We're in such cases to
comply with every demand of the wife
or to bribe her complaints into silence
they would soon be on the road to
bankruptcy. And. 1t Is not every hus-
band that can help himself even when
he controls the revenue. He can be
wheedle or bullied out of his money
either through the uxorious fOndness
of his wife, through dread of a scolding
or of scene or through the fear of
being thought stingy and mean. Some
husbands, too, spend too much money
on their wives to crafty their own
vanity by proclaiming to the world
their pride In adorning and equipping
their wives and households luxurious
ly and ostentatiously. In brief. the
marriage state is literally cO-partner-
ship. the limitations and conditions of
which are so personal. so flexible, so in
definable. that 1t Is impossible to as
sign to each partner the exact and
proper share of the dividends. Each Is
presumably entitled to go to the drawer
and to take whatever there is i'm 1t. Ac-
tually. the husband Is the senior part
ner. as one might say. and has the first
chance at it.; the junior partner taking
what Is left. But owing to the different
temptation. training and disposition,
sometimes it Is the Junior partner who
gets the bigger share. The perfect part
nership Is where both are as well bal
anced. and have such entire conf
dence in each others judgment and af-
fection. that almost instinctively and
unconsciously they dispose of their in
comes to their mutual satisfaction
Perhaps, In spite of the common COM
plant of the wife that 1t humiliates
her to ask the husband for the money
actually needed for the household, and
to pay for his needs as well as theirs,
the successful matrimonial firm Is
more common than 1t seems. Other
wise, there would not in this country
be so many thrifty households with ac-
cumulations of capital"
TWO OPINIONS:
HOstess-After I had finished singing.
last evening" Mr.. Gusher told me l ap-
preciated music thoroughly
Caller-Yes; he told me he thought that
was the reason you didn't sing oftener.-
Truth.
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SELECTED RECIPES:
Orange and Cocoanut Candy. To two
cupfuls of granulated sugar add the graft
ed rind and half the Juice of a small
orange. together with enough cold water
to thoroughly mOisten the sugar. When 1t
comes to u boil, add half a cupful of
desiccated, or, better, freshly grated CO.