Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-02-20

another cause for ~unhappiness between
them. Mrs. Carlyle was very near a genius
herself. and almost as nervous as her
headache, She threw her teacup at him
of course with a very bad aim. And after
her death, how the sad and lonely man
TO miss her also. which was unreasonable.
Rubens' second wife. Helena Fourmeut.
in all Flanders. sat as his model for many
of his best known pictures. Romney mar
ried at 20. left his wife TO herself for forty
Hamilton, and when he was old and i'll
went back to his lawful wife to be nursed
and coddled for the rest of his ignoble life.
CuriouSly, musicians and composers seem
usually to make good husbands, in spite
of their nerves. Wasnsr was perhaps an
rearranged their matrimonial bonds.
The most bitterly debated marriage ever
made must have been that of Martin Luth-
er. whose wife used to scold him heartily,
though, she had been u gentle nun. Swift
loved his Stella. was secretly married to
her hair was found in his desk. labeled
Only a woman's hair Sterne was a
erai ciergymen have been guilty OF moth
irs worse than %nagging; Many may have
forgotten that Cardinal Manning was mar
ried before he left the English church. His
wife died after four years of a very happy
union. Whitefields wife also died in four
years. somewhat to his relief, as he cor.
feSSed: though she was too good for him
and heartened the poor. Spiritless fellow
b. sea and on land as best she could. Once
she stood at his side Shouting Now.
George, play the man for Cod"
And again when they We're bound for
Georgia and an enemy was about to attack
the ship, the stout-hearted woman made
cartridges while her husband trembled and
confessed his fears.
John Wesley's Wife.
Mrs. John Wesley was a woman OF quite
another sort; indeed, she was a terror. and
went on occasion even so far as hair-pull-
ing. for which the sanity life of her spouse
certainly gave little prOvocation.
Lawyers have had their shares of mar
rage tribulations. Bacon and Coke were
rivals for the hand of a lady who chose
happy.
Doctors marry cannily. They can Judge
extensive inquiries about Mrs. Pole before
he married his secOud wife. Abernethy
told his lady that he had no time to make
love and she must take him yes or no
P. D. Q. She took him.
Soldiers as Husbands.
Soldiers make good husbands. Cromwell
had nine children. and ruled as well as
loved their mother. Marlborough was a
conquering general. but Sarah Jennings.
his wife. ruled him with an iron hand. But
refused to marry the proud Duke of Somer-
set. because she wouldn't permit the
emperor OF the world to come after John,
Duke of Marlborough" Every one knows
what a husband Washington was. Well
ington loved a girl whose father refused
consent. but they considered themselves
betrothed. For nine years they did not
even write: during that time smallpox de-
stroyed the lady's beauty. Yet they were
finally married. and lived not too happily
together. Chinese Gordon never married
because he never found a woman who
would follow him to the ends of the earth.
Garibaldi did find such a woman. who
actually went into battle by his side. Nell
widow. and played under a table with her
little boy. They were married, but Nelson
became unfaithful under the charm of Lady
Hamilton. and it was the name of the
latter. not the wife, that was on his lips
when he died.