The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-07-31
DUTY TO FOLKS IN LAW.
THEY HAVE RTGHTS, As ZEE 40
OTHER PEOPLE, AND SHOULD
GET TEN

MOthere-tnsLnw ana Other COnnGctl0no
by Marriage - Possibilities In Family
Visits Ar Old Joke Proved False.
what's the matter, June Bridegroomp You
look out OF Sorts" said Mr.. Golden wedding,
as they met on tho Staten Island fettyboat.
My looks do not belle my feelings. I feel
ovt Of sorts. +" answered. the young man dlscons
%solntely. g
What's tho matter, young man ?" asked Mr..
Golden Wedding checrfully. Mad because
you couldn't 20 to the front. or did that wonder
full baby keep you IN all nightH"
"Oh. II that baby howled from dark till dayI
wouldn't get up to touch IT," retorted June
Bridegroom In an injured tone. mo. the baby
isn't bothcrlnE me and I've ceased TO want 70
go tho front The fact OF the matter lie. Mr..
Golden Wedding, I'm expecting some Interest,"
ing charges and attacks and sklrmlshes al
homo this umtner to say nothing Of a little
bushwhacking and guerrilla warfare
Tut, tut tell inc what's the matter" said the
older man.
"Folks-in Jaw" was the answer. delivered
with feeling. They're coming. my wife'e
mother, her two sisters. her brother who is Q
college junior and her little 12-yoar-old brother
who is-well l was about to say the very devil
himself. but l won't. Yes, they're coming NEXT
week. and they're coming to stay through
September. BY Jove how I dread itl
But l guess 1 ought to stand It since
folks-ln-law arc necessary evils. I never
could understand why some OF my
married friends used to advise me as a bachelor
to marry a girl. who, like Topsy. les Rroweds
a girl without a relative In the world. l unders
stand now. You see I know whit I'm talking
about. Mr.. Golden Wedding. l had 'etn for Q
month last summer, and It's awful"
Mr.. Golden Wedding fairly roared. Then he
remarked. You talk about your wiic's rela-'
tives as il they were Jim jams
aI,., ltbn thn at.alI l,p ,r1,a t,oSaA a,.,tl a
the difference between cause and effect" said
June Bridegroom. You're so we'll along in
years that l suppose your iolks-ln-law have all
died."
Yes answered tho old man with O Sigh o.
unaffected regret, Pm sorry TO say they are
dead. The happiest memory Of the past 10 the
visits that we used to have from my folks-lns
law and Mrs. Golden Wedding says she loves
nothing better than to think over the happy
hours spent with her people In law. I know
you think me crazy, because nine men and
nine women out Of every ten run down their
folks-in-law. They begin to do this because
they think it is the proper thing to
do, it becomes second nature with them,
dd%isIiki ffIa each 9th" others Relatives. Ell That Is a f most
s6mFort ahiiPs a no a smi S0d t fo p@ a eou life far 5 1ssS
S fenrn to- be foS 0de ot y n r{ R9ktatfI Of %q Snd tSnSyi;
your wife to be fond Of hers. You ask how
This way; Do not treat them as foIks-lnaIaw.
Us 81: s$ & ~ ll SE r. T 5SIiSsiS SsirsG ~ %o o %SS$RS K
the world. Whom l took my Sweet
heart home for the frat line after our en-.
end said. .99n are my daughter. DEAR and I
my own daughter has. and ! want you TO begin
nov to cal me mother; l neyer want the term
your tlips, al sSo S az tt$$%nify, and Want ~
nes in th.S b fsuf SnH / m3 Tss AMAZED IN Which aSa
groom eH5@ N. u Mrs sou diqldes saS %s sa9 seu sic Sap1 like 1'' he
m RSis { rn inst sR %ha as' I e shS ft thsmI any nnd t q ssean aHS
would never have imagined that she was q
aaFSSRhssae0 f fsSa TIE cue from aHS'SSs her and IT treat.
ed her family in the same way. or rather
days together. Ono az, when every member
mother fSr bringing about such a tender reln-
How did you ever come x to ,. suggest that ne
that we do away with all "in-laws." mother I
With t,hhB 5enS ,s,b I had , epeh s q 9%Iss Is st1s e exist nee
dear. she answered In her yE%entlest way. ~
was all our fault. too. and not theirs. HiS
f sHrs the fsm neyer was Was q a e moFe dRsSfis GSnts; f3 2em liz
than my yy,s owP; but Dboy your dd iet f0IEs s1d IAN. / made af t tbs
, very very outset eth that nine out Of ten newly married
COUPLES make, | wanted his tSmily e live NE
wanted my folks to be like his in every re-
spect. This was out Of the question, because
P Peo tT9 f cam be. c4 Th Be r a,sEf aR Was m tRs. tf he T STG
y ysGpiG e at ,Sft iol + Il t d iay SsPS SSIn that Si Ehf iR9 n.
and when mine visited us he felt like going
great mistake, and ! determined to teach my
children to regard their folks-in-law as their
And did she'" eagerly Interrupted Juno
wodding oe Wiz dn9 bo eSff; e aasTsESa M" M hpi vie
and | made up our minds when, we left the
With t ons S %S Fsq B BSs S SnlSt ths ism IL s ~ sasS
other. Instead Of ignoring this fact, from the
and We determined 10 get as much happiness
0@t OF cdb thH sGpoi sSg6 o. our To 1sTfipsS SibE T i9%5lifs ts a
SS 2dd' BIT &rs. ' d0ide to 9 %SS6ain@e' . @i2'h SIC iqssd
wife ovoTl9oked what were to Rerr' their queer
he: brothers did not in accordance with my
IDEAS; In sh2rt, we bore with one another and nd
/ three families were like one, big family. and
the term Inlay vas never heard in any one
!, THAT beats me- calculated June Bride
June Bridegroom" continued Mr.. Golden
Wedding: did you eyer think that this uH-
ali your bloomin' taultY We've often spoken
Of what a delightful family they are at our
sort of advice that my mother gave her chill
drcn along this line; Don't mis4ndsrstand me.
/ withstanding the professional joker and his
stock mother,in-Iaw jokG, think that the wife
: in her folk Sin law than the husband. In fact.
a n Nnnn pXpuSp nv phnUOr. | We regretted n
tendency on the part OF, yonr wife to complain
: disgruntled over the coming Of hers. Take the
!, advice Of an Old mn Who Is w&'ehh IN you With
; lolks-in- law; Danish EN- from your minds and
; hearts: Do you know folks;in-law are g bpGa-
, hoo Of the mind and nothing morop The
t Christian Scientist would say that they were
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