The Winslow mail., 1899-02-04
POST MARRIAGE VIEW.
An instance Which Shows How n
Welded Life Changes Riany
Ideas and Ideals p


The point Of view of q husband and
wife after marriage differs frequently
and radically from the horizon that
bounded the sky Of the engagemert
season. The first year of married life
IS the most difficult year to live. for it
takes infinite patience as well as in
Unite love to adjust ones self and
tastes to another, even If The other is
the beloved companion Of life. The fol-
lowing story illustrates the tiny Spsck
that mars the blue sky or the little rift
within the lutte that makes discord cut
of domestic harmony:
The wedding day of this young
couple was far enough in the distance
to show a decided linear perspective,
and the husband had come to know his
wife sufficiently well to feel that.
though she might be very good little
wife, she was. not the wingIeSs angel he
had at first supposed her, and heawas
not always exactly pleased with every
thing she did. Only little things, of
course, but, knowing that great oaks
from little acorns grow, he felt it his
duty to comment occasionally upon
these little shortcomings.
"'Jennie,' he said ore DAY, coming
into the parlor, where the little wife
was warbiing a love song at the piano
and exhibiting an altogether care-free
enjoyment Of life, which grated upon
the feelings at that moment, Jennie,
he repeated, there's a hole III one of my
socks, ard ! don't believe that YOU
mended them at all Mop queried
Jenniein an enigmatlcal tone, and con-
tinued her music, apparently without
further thought upon the subject. But
inwardly she was angry. and very an
CRY. She had been we'll brought up by
a housekeeperIy mother, and to be told
that she did not darn her husbands
stockings was gall and wormwood.
"I'Il let him know whether | mend
his socks or not she said to herself
the next morning. the Insult still rank
ling, though she had kissed her hus-
band goodby with wifely affection
Then she put on her hat and coat and
hied herself to the nearest dry goods
Shop, and thcre she purchased goodly
Juan III Vi VI lS ut. SCd1lSl udI UIIS CO(-
ton. 4 won't miss hole. either she
murmured to herself, vindietively, as
she sat down that afternoon to attend
to the small family mending. She
didn't, If there was suspicion of q
break in thread it was sufficient eX-
cuse to put in stitch of the bright
scarlet. His feet, will look like a pair
|,
ly as she completed her task.
Whether the young husband had not
an eye for color, or whether his con-
science snote him for his former harsh
ness will never be known, for he never
said a word concerning this bright en-
hroidery, and it might have been CON
tinued indefinitely if his mother-ir-
law had not made her appearance on
the scene. She felt it her duty to set
straight any little matters that were
goingwrong,a and one of the first things
her sharp eyes espied was the red
speckled black socks that came from
the family wash.
{" Is it possible, Jennie she said, in
grieved tones. that, after ali the in
struction I have given you. and all my
efforts to make you good house
keeper, you should go and darn your
husbands scci.s with red cotton? Give
them to me- That must be all taken
out and they must be darned over, each
with the color of the sock. Mamma
in-Iaw heaved deep sigh as she sat
down to her self-imposed task. while
her daughter, with wicked twinkle. in
ber eyes, went to the piano to sing care
lessly the chorus of an old song: And
Adam, the very first man, the very first
woman obeyed.' Chicago Chronicle.