The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-19
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their latest possibilities as spanking i'm
plements. Do you know, Mr.. Ruiz
never quite got used 20 being spanked.
and I've actually caught him trying to
break away in the morning before I'd
given him his tonic. But I'm a woman
of remarka bly, firm and determined dis
position, even If l have got one of the
most tender and sympathetic of natures.
Between the question of duty to my
husband and the question of hurting my
own feelings l never hesitatad. 1 be
heVed spanking was good for Ruiz He
didn't. But l never argued the point
with him. Discipline has to be main
tanned in family life as we'll as in the
army, and l was the ruler of my house
hold.
And Ruiz says I was cruel to him,
does he? That's just like the ingratitude
of man." commented Mrs. Ruiz, her eyes
swapping. He never dared say that to
me! Cruel! PshaW Why, the spankings
l gave him were only equivalent to a Wig
orous massage, and every one knows
that's good for the system, sets the blood
to circulating briskly and imparts
healthy glow to the body. Why, after
I've spanked Ruiz, 1t was positive pleas
ure to see the rosy glow the flesh would
take on. No, l never spanked him so
hard that 1t was painful for him to sit
down. That's lie that some of those
gossiping women in our neighborhood
started. They also said that Ruiz had to
eat his meals standing up. That's an
other lie! He may have done so once or
twice, but that was not my fault
BLAMEs WOMEN NEIGHBORs
Those women in our neighborhood had
very little to do and seemed to take a
great interest in our affairs, especially
In Ruiz. Not that my husband was any
thing of a masher,' as the slang phrase
is. Oh, no! But, actually, l think all the
women are afraid of their husbands. and
the fact that l wasn't afraid of mine and
was boss in my family made them feel
spiteful and vindictive toward me. They
were conscious of their own subsection
you see, and jealous of me because
had thrown off the trammels which bind
women down. Four or five Of them came
bursting into my room one morning when
l was spanking Ruiz, and-wen, it was
very embarrassing, not to me. you I'M
derstand, but to Ruiz. 1 told him to
stand in the corner, and then gave these
women piece of my mind that they will
not forget in a hurry. They called me all
kinds of names, too, but 1 never pay
any attention to such trif1es.
And then the husbands of these wom-
en- would try to make trouble for me-
on his way home nights and counsel him
to rebel. Be man and assert yourself, :
they'd say to him. He was late getting
home one night, and l went out looking
for him. He was standing out on the
street, with four or five of our neighbors
about him, giving him advice They d
got his courage worked up to the point
where he thought he was second Aguin-
aldo, and was going to head an insurrec-
ton. You come right home, Rutz,'
said. and don't stand gossiping here
III come home when 1 feel like It,
he said.
Well, you'll feel like it right now
l answered, and with that 1 picked him
up, put him under my arm, and walked
off with him. I'm not positive" said
Mrs. Ruiz, with an engaging smile, but
l think 1 spanked him with Carlyle that
night. But then consider the provoca-
ton! There was no more insurrection
on his part thought
HER OTHER IRREGULARITIES
Mrs. Ruiz, who lived in West twenty
Third street, had some other psculiarities
besides that of spanking her husband.
One Of her diversions was to imagine