Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-04-02

Special Correspondence of Gazette sud Journal
New York, March 27.-She was a
very nice woman. And when | read
the dainty little letter L felt myself
growing taller and it seemed as if my
head was growing just bit bigger.
Still it was rather pleasant feeling.
But what she asked was question
easily answered, "Are there any bad
husbands. y l began to think of the
different ones. And first of all there
came before me the sullen man. He's
the one who comes home at night with
growl, and wakens in the morning
with complaint. Neither of these
are loudly spoken, but he mutters them
with his tooth half closed, and his
wife wishes she knew how to make
dear Charley" perfectly satisfied.
But dear Charley is the sort OF man
who will not be happy either in heaven
or the other place. At the breakfast
table the children have been taught
not to speak for fear they will irritate
their father; and at the dinner table
they don't appear at all. not even when
the other sweets come on, for if it is
possible he is little bit more sullen
and little bit more hang dog looking
than he was at breakfast. He's been
forced to associate with men all day
and, of course, there is always the
chance of man kicking him if be
tries any Of his nasty business with
him, but with the little woman at
home whom he has promised to love
and protect he feels at ease and finds
no fault with himself when he bulies,
IN his horrid sullen way, the creature
that is bigger and better in every way
than himself. She can never get an
opinion from him. A sullen look,
words that are muttered, and a
grumpy" manner being his everyday
conduct in his home. Which Of Dante's
bells do you think he will be found in
when Gabriel's trumpet sounds?
Next came to my mind the fault
finding man. The man who is never
suited; the man who, if you offer him
mutton on Tuesday night, wonders why
1t wasn't served on Friday, and, if YOU
happen to have it on Friday, is sur
prised that you didn't remember the
cook and serve fish. lie isn't satisfied
with your gown, and he sends you off
into q shower of tears by reminding
you of what he thought you would be
when he made love to you. He forgets
how he was changed-he forgets that
there Is no possibility of suiting him.
If you are lively, he makes the cheer
ful remark that all women are gossips
and never stop talking. If YOU are
quiet, he wonders what you are sulk
ing about, and if you try the happy
medium of mixing chatter and still
ness, he asks where you got your
wisdom from when you talk, and he
inquiries what you are complaining
about to yourself when you keep quiet.
He finds fault with the cook, and YOU
discharge her; then he is surprised
that you were such fool, with very
expressive adjective before it, as to Get
rid of woman who knew the differ
ence between grouse and pork, and who
could boil water we'll He interferes
with your management of the children,
and tho result is that they are i'm.
pertinent and can never be called good;
but this, of course, he considers your
fault. | think with pleasure of the
fault-tinding mans hereafter. He will
be married. il there is such thing
as marriage in hell, to a New Woman,
who will treat him as he did his wife,
and then he will know the rather
doubtful pleasure Of continual mental
ehn puy slCdl pm DflCkS.
Usually the fault-tnding man com
blnes another vice with his chief one.
and that vice is the abomination Of
Observation-Disclosures. He is not at
all inclined to be stingy with himself,
but he wants to know what becomes Of
every cent which is spent by mis- wife.
Inc fact that she is his wife and has
an absolute right to certain part of
t1a, =
hlm, and nothing gives him greater
pleasure than 10 discuss with two or
three of his cronics the extravaganza Of
the woman who bears his name. If size
looks shabby no hlames not himself.
but her. He doesn't know and does1't
care how the little bit of money which
he gives her is so well managed that
ne always has good breakfast and a
good dinner, while she and the children
nave starvation luncheon. Ii he
happens to take her out ho SCOTS at her
quiet black frock, mover DREAMING that
it has gone through all the economical
possibilities that only come when n
woman hasn't much money and must
freshen her old frock. The five cents'
worth OF soap bark to wash il. the as
slstance Of little dressmaker whose
value lies in her cheapness, the careful
arrangement of the ribbon bows here
and trimming there, concealing lad
place, are, to you and mo, pitiful, hut
TO the stingy man il is all no more
than his wife ought to do He is ns
stlngy with his love and his pleasant
words as he is with his money. nnd
although, before he was married. he
used to make most ardent VOWS Of loye
that was to last till death and alter
he doesn't think it necessary, nova.
days, to even express his appreciation
cf the way the woman he has married
tries to cater to his wishes,
lie IS apt, IN addition, TO be sus-
piclous. Stlnglness and suspicion arc
close kin and usually 90 hand in hand
lie questions the children as "a their
mother having seen anybody during
the tlayi he manages to dron into the
KltcAen. anu, ty being pleasant ia the
cook, gets her to admit that Mrs Dash
might have been mora economical If
she tried. He knows some iolly pooI
fellows, and is forced II think tbat
when their wives call upon his wife
they must discuss him and romnare
him 10 them to his DISADVANTAGE lIn
i1fgets entirely iaut he is married 10
a womau-and whan one sayaa vyofnan.
one usually means a something nat
has NJ tho fgithfunr4s Of 4 doe. Will.
ont his oncasional tapae into a lad
temper, and, as a nga,jral sequence. /;
hite. If the mother Of His wife yisits
Icr' ~ y never quite suro that Tia
Gays would pass by 50 quickly unlas4
iis wees were under discussion and
~ nus nothor happnns t. Le to tbe rorn
ne toels sure that shr tolls his wiic
what he used to be, ana that they butb
slsh over what he is now. Oddly
enough, in his heart Of hearts. il a
nnsitiye cnntnlnnt ~ Li.Ir :"