The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-28
Wonlan's World.


more men to perdition than all the lying,
cheating, and stealing that has ever been
recorded" said woman of the world, ac-
cording to the Chicago Inter Ocean. 10
two young wives recently. ITO be suIky
means 10 be so many things that are thor
oughly. disagreeable. 1t means that YOU
are moodily silent. sul!en, sour. obstinate
morose person all rolled in one
But you've just said that 1 have
sulky disposition, and that thar accounts
for my having so many little tiffs with
Dick" protested one Of the young matrons
.'and I know I'm not all of those things
And YOU hinted that l have occasional
f,s Of sulks," remarked the other newly
married girl In an Directing tone.
True enough" answered the woman Of
the world with a knowing laugh. II did
say and hint those things and 1 meant
them. We've been here together in this
hotel for six weeks now, and I do not
make my charges without good reasons
There's no place Ike summer hotel for
discovering the weaknesses of woman ma
ture, and both of you are suky women.
How I've pitied your husbands and do
pity them and shall continue 10 pity them
unless you rid yourself of that sulking
habit"
But everybody says that Dick and
are the most devoted couple here inter
rupted one of the matrons.
mo. they say that Ned and are in
sisted the other.
"of course you are both devoted coup-
h.. .s1.I rIs-x
''but all the same you two women sulk,
and so do nine-tenths of the women in
this hotel, and the world over. for that
matter If 1 were man. engaged to
young woman, and discovered that She
had a sulky disposition, l should first try
to break her of the tendency, and if
couldn't do that I'd break the engage
ment. Men aren't often justified in break
ing a betrothal (neiIher are women, mind
YOU, but they'd be in that case. Sulky
women cause more friction in home life
than any other kind of disagreeable wives.
Sulkiness grows on one It's such an in
siduous trait or, as l believe, disease.
II takes possession of the mind before one
is aware of its presence and can only be
cured by the exercise of strong will power
and reason
what makes you think that I sulk?"
asked Dicks wife.
why, I've seen you have forty fits
of sulks since I've been here. You never
sulk with any one but your husband, and
how you can sulk with him is beyond me-.
But that is a popularity with one afflicted
with sulkiness. The patient often makes
of her attacks. Perhaps it is because the
sulking renders one bit cruel, and she
enjoys seeing him suffer.
soon after you married Dick you made
up your mind not TO like his family. He
had always been devoted son, and had al
most taken husbands and a fathers
place in his fatherless home. Instead OF
yoHr encouraging him 20 keep on lin the
same way you conceived an intense mag
mary dislike for his family. and every
time he goes TO see them, does anything
for them. even mentions them, you have a
fit of sulks. You shut up like clam; you
frown you viii not speak, smile, or in
any way show any interest i'm what your
husband says or does for hours. I've
watched it all over and over. He is al
ways so gentle and patient, but warn
you that one of these sulky fits of yours
wears him out, "frazzles'' him completely,
and if you keep them III, they win drive
him from you. How would you feel IL
Dick acted toward your family as you do
toward his? Put the shoe on the other foot
and see IL it doesn't pinch. How would
you feel If he went apart from you, set
his face in stony stare, and showed about
as much sympathy and interest as a Chi
nose god when you mentioned your fam
lily?
Now, Dorothy here" turning to the
other young matron, "sulxs In different
1 IL
than six times day. Women should re-
member that men have moods as well as
women, and we should indulge them. I'm
consciously man depends on womans love
TO forgive his whimsicalities, and she
should never withhold il. Every time Ned
comes down from business a bit moody,
instead Of you loving him and petiing him
and telling him a lot of funny things in
your own bright way. Dorothy, to make
him forget, you get suiky and won't have
anything TO do with him. II he doesn't
pet you just as much as you think he
should, you sulk; II he makes some re-
mark you don't quite understand, you
sulk; If you want TO go sailing and he
thinks 1t looks a his squaily off you go
into 1T Of the sulks. / just know Ned
sometimes wishes a squall would catch
him. A squall. you know. is soon over. II
Isn't ike these heavy black clouds that
hang about for hours and keep one from
doing anything that one wants TO do for
fear of an ouGburst. A woman who lets
her temper loose is bad enough, but she
isn't circumstance to the one who bottles
hers up, and threatens TO let il 90 every
minute"
you say that sulkiness grows on one?'
asked Ned's wife In a subdued voice.
cit most assuredy does" answered the
woman Of the world. run over your ac-
quaintances of middle-aged and elderly
women and think how many of them in
dulge in sulks. over half Yes. / thought
you'd find Il so. / used 10 be a great sulker
myself. but / was completely cured by
my husband during the first year of our
married life. At first when ] had iii Of
suiks he'd pet and coddle and humor and
beg for forgiveness when be hadn't done
anything. and all this only made me more
suiky. made me love to exhibit my power
over him more vigorously. Suddenly he
tried a new plan. II he left me suiky in
the morning ne came home 10 luncheon IN
O stale Of sulkiness that out matched mine