Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-11-21
FOR SILENCE WAS GOLDEN.

FOR SILENCE WAS GOLDEN.
The Philosopher said he wanted to
talk about marriage, says the Wash
ington Star, and then he talked after
this fashion, although with the Ph1los-
opher quotations are not allowable.
This is all about marriage, and l
have not been married in the past
few weeks, either. l have been mar
ried so long that my wife never thinks
of calling me mister even before my
sixth cousin. She calls me mister
when talking to the milkman, and |
suppose that is honor enough. One OF
my main reasons for getting married
was to have some one to elevate me
to the altitude of mister, and 10 and be-
hold, l was unable to breathe the rarl-
fed air for more than six months,
when l dropped back into the valley
of Jims and Jacks.
Speaking of this matter, I.once knew
an old lady up North who made herself
awfully unpopular with young couple
Just on this line. Sam Green had only
been married a short time when Aunt
Debby called on the bride, whom, as
well as the groom, she had known
since their teething stage.
Come right in, Aunt Deb" said the
young wife, when the old lady APP
peared at the gate. Come right in
and sit down; Mr.. Green has just run
down to the postoffice, but"
mister who?" said Aunt Debbie.
'Mr. Green-Sam-my husband"
with blush
Land sakes alive" CALCULATED Aunt
Debbie, has that good-for-nothing
shiftless, sawed-off Sam Green actual
ly got some one to call him mister?"
All this, however, is straying from
the point Ilstarted to reach, which, now
I come to think about it, wasn't mar
riage, either. / started out to relate
little incident connected with mar
riage, which may serve as an example
to other husbands.
In Cairo, Egypt, not many years
since, the American Consul General was
q young man from Kansas, without any
acquaintance whatever with khedives
and potentates, but with a fair knowl-
edge of kings and queens and spades
and an intimate knowledge of fun,
whether found among the aristocratic
denizens Of Shepherds or in the pic
turesque Arab quarter. Up to the time
of his arrival in Cairo our Consul Gen
erals idea of dress for the male por-
ton Of humanity had been confined to
long frock coats or dress coats, with
rundown collars and black string
ties. The presence, therefore, on con-
slant guard in front of the consulate
OF two dark-skinned Arabs in flowing
white and gold robes and curved and
sparkling scimeters, was a matter of
constant awe and admiration to him.
These two individuals served the
United States at a joint salary amount
ing to almost SIS per month, but they
were beautiful in grave faces, spotless
turbans, picturesque robes and gaudy
weapons. In themselves they were
well worth the price of admission, but
one of them, and he the. graver and
more graceful of the pair, had a wife
Like so many wives, this wife refused
to be awed by the imposing get-up
She utterly disclaimed any intention
of calling her liege lord mister, and or
frequent occasions would drop around
and hold animated conversations with
him on the street in front of the consul
ate, during which affairs she would
express her opinions of him and his sex
In earnest Arabic. This sort of thing
was too much for even the easy-goine
nature of the gentleman from Kansas
and one day, after more than usually
exciting family affair on the sidewalk
he called the dignified husband to his
presence.
'Suloman, who is'that woman"
hn &c fA @1, =.
stars
well, I anna man of few words and
liberal ideas. | am from Kansas and
have associated with Susan B. An
thony and Mrs. Lease. l don't expect
the impossible, and therefore I don't
tell you to keep your wife from talking
but understand that you have got to
stop her from doing her talking around
this consulate and that's straight, see. y
Oh, child of the sun and brother of
the moon, it shall be as you say" and
Suloman departed with a profound sa-
laam.
After that the peace and quiet around
the house could be cut with a knife.
The hot sun glistened on the turbans
OF the sentinels, the little donkeys went
scurrying by, now and then a long.
ungainly camel passed with noiseless
footstens, but no woman, wife or maid
broke the calm of the square. Several
days later the Consul General, entranc-
ed at the peace after the storm. felt
called upon to compliment Suloman
upon his success.
You have done nobly, my boy, and I
intend to raise your salary II cents
per month, if the government will
stand it,
1T is nothing, most high; she will
come no more"
"If | felt real sure of that I would
make it 10 cents.
at is certain, oh, glory of the world