The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-29


nice woman. And when read the dainty
little letter 1 felt myself growing taller
and il seemed as If my head was growing
INST a bit bigger. Still it was rather pleas
ant feeling. But what she asked was a
question easily answered, Are there any
lad husbands 1 began to think of the
diAerence ones. And first Of all there came
before me the sullen man. He's the one
Who comes home at night with q grOwl,
and wakens in the morning with COM
rlaint Neither of these are loudly spoken,
L,,t he rnutters them with his teeth half
closed and his wife wishes she knew how
20 make dear Charley" perfectly salts
fed But dear Charley is the sort Of man
Who will not be happy either in Heaven or
+ba other place. AT the breakfast table
tbe children have been taught not to speak
cor 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
hit more sullen and a little bit more hang
dog looking than he was at breakfast
Hes been forced to associate with men
all dav and. of course, there is always the
chance of a man kicking him if he 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 bullies, 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 grumpy
manner being his everyday conduct in his
home. Which of Dante's hells do you think
he will be found in when Gabriels trum-
pet sounds?
Next came to my mind the fault-hndins
man. The man who is never suited; the
man who. If you offer him mutton on Tues
day night, wonders why it wasn't served
on FRIDAY, and, If you happen TO nave It
on Friday, is surprised that you didn't
remember the cook and serve fish. He
isn't satisfied with your gown, and he
sends you off in a shower of tears by re-
minding you of what he thought you would
be when he made love to you. He forgetS
how he has changed-he forgets that there
is no possibility of suiting him. II you
are lively, he makes the cheerful remark
that all women are gossips and never
stop talking. If you are quiet he wonders
what you are sulking about, and II you
try the happy medium of mixing chatter
and stiffness, he asks where you got your
wisdom from when you talk and he in
qures 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 a fool, with a very expressive ad-
jective before ii, as to get rid of a wo-
man who knew the difference between
grouse and pork, and who could boil water
well He interferes with your manage
ment of the children, and the result is
that they are impertinent, and can never
be called good; but this, of course, he
considers your fault. / think with pleas
ure of the fault-fnding mans hereafter
He will be married, if there is such a
thing as marriage in hell, to a New Wo-
man VINO VIII treat him as he did his
wife, and then he will know the rather
doubtfuI pleasure of continual mental and
physical pin-pricks.
another vice with his chief one, and
that vice is the abomination of. 'desola-
tfon-stinginess. He is not at all inclined
to be stingy with himself, but he wants
to know what has become of every cent
which is spent by his wife. The fact that
she is his wife and has an absolute right
seems to dawn on him, and nothing gives
him greater pleasure than to discuss with
two or three of his cronies the extrava-
gance of the woman who bears his name.
If she looks shabby he blames not him
self, but her. He doesn't know and
doesn't care how the little bit of money
which he gives her is so we'll managed
that he always has a good breakfast and
a good dinner, while she and the children
nave starvation luncheon. If he happens
70 take her out he SCOTS at heD quiet
black frock, never dreaming that it has
gone through all the economical possi-
bilities that only come when woman
her old frock. The cents worth of soap
bark to wash ii, the assistance of a little
dressmaker whose value lies in her cheap
ness, the careful arrangement Of the
ribbon bows here and a trimming there,
concealing. a bad place, are, to you and
me, pitiful, but to the stingly man it
is all no more than his wife ought to
do. He is as stngy with his love and
ms pleasant words as he is with his
money, and, although before he was mar
rled, he used to make most ardent vows
of love, love that was to last till death
and after, he doesn't think it necessary,
nowadays, to even express his approba-
ton of the way the woman he has mar
ried tries to cater to his wishes.
He is apt, in addition, to be suspicious.
Stlnginess and suspicion are close kin and
usually go hand in hand. He questioned
the children as to their mother having
seen anybody during the day; he manages
TO drop into the kitchen, and, by being
pleasant to the cook, gets her to admit that
Mrs. Dash might have been more econom-
ical if she tried. He knows some jolly
good fellows, and is forced to think that,
when their wives call upon his WIFE they
must discuss him and compare him to
them to his disadvantage. He forgets en-
t1rely that he is married to a woman-and
when one says woman, one usually
means something that has all the faith
tuinesS of dog, without his occasional
lapse into bad temper, and, as a natural
sequence, bite. If the mother of his wife
visits her, he is never quite sure that the
days would pass by so quickly unless his
vices were under discussion; and if his own
AiotueT happens TO De 10 the IOfe, ne 1eelS
sure that she tells his wife what he used
to be, and that they both sigh over what
he is now. Oddly enough. in his heart of
hearts, is positive contempt for himself,
Tor he knows that he is a cad. One or two
thrashing week might, perhaps make
man of him: but I doubt it, When fault
hnding and suspicion control the heart of
man, he is about as near degradation
as any human being can be. What do you
think will be his Hell? have an idea that
ne will get that fifth one, where he will
SIT on cake of ice, drink ice water, and
nave two or three particularly devilish lit
lle demons to find fault with his manner
OF sitting of drinking and of living, even
IN the depths of Dante's fifth cahto.
what do you suppose the life of a wo-
man IS when she is married to a drunk
ard Fancy the never certain Of his con-
oltloni Fancy never being quite sure in
Mnat condition he will appear 1t may be
mat he will come in merry drunk, and be
gay with the children, throw all the
money he has to you, and then stumble
20 bed and go to sleep. Fancy his COM
ing in sulky-it forces you to send the
children out of the room quickly, as you
explain to them that their father is not
quite well; and you endure all the mean
words he says, and only, when he can no
longer talk, do you help him off with his