The Anaconda standard., 1899-03-26
BACHELORS DIE YOUNG
Clarice Reasons That 1t Is Ac-
tually Due to Neglect.
THE NEED OF A HELPMEE7
Tender Hygienic Hectoring an Affection
ate Wife Bestows Upon Her Husband
Better for His Health Than the
Most Luxurious Ease,

lnls spring. as never HetOre, j have
realized that when ''Thc Lord said it is
not good that man Should be alone, I
will make a helpmeet for him." our
creator referred TO sons of men unto all
generations, and not merely an indi-
vidual Adam in the garden of Eden.
Here are some recent observa tions
upon which l base my belief that rich
or poor, a man is better off married
than single.
Since the beginning of last November
it has been my melancholy duty to fol-
low the funerals of SOM seven unmar-
ried friendG-young, well to do. attrac-
tive men. who had been living care free
lives in handsome bachelor style As
far as the world knew all Of them were
decent upright fellows. led thoroughly
respectable lives. and each one was a
distinct loss to the cOmmunity. Two |
can vouch for as noblemen in the best
sense of the word, and il is my un-
shaken belief that they would be living
to-day had there been wives to care for
them.
Most of us read about or have seen
the luxurious suites of looms occupied
by prosperous single men, where all
that money and modern convenience
can accomplish to make existence
agreeable is combined for the benefits
of bachelor residents. \ standing jest
in the comic papers is to compare the
welded slave of fiat house miseries
with the unmarried sybarite who re-
joices in the beauty and ease of club
apartments for single gentlemen
And it is true the unattached man
does get prompter electric bell service,
SINNER shoes, richer sauces on his food
more plush. lveries, gill, plate glass
and fewer petty annOyanceS than his
friend who makes the same salary sup
port a wife and babies in the suburbs.
In these days one would suppose the
insurance companies ought to accept
the prosperous bachelor at cheaper
rates as a superior risk Apparently he
lives in pink cotton wool with his pri-
Fate bath, quiet, airy rc0m&. breakfasts
in bed and no one to think about but
himself. For him there are no curtain
lectures. no wearying domestic COM
plants, no fretful children, ailing wife
or big household bills to shock and
strain his nervous system,
And yet statistics show that the aver
age married man has better chance
for a long and healthy life than his
bachelor friend. Pnuemonia. appendi-
citis. rheumatic feveie, etc. that sweep
like demons of destruction through
those softly lighted richly draped
rooms where beauX and gallants dwell.
are, when met, mOrr often conquered
in the shabby home on the outskirts Of
town.
In talking it over we. every one of
us, agreed that both Jack Davidson and
Henry Turner in their thousand dollar
a-year rooms actually died of neglect.
Three weeks ago when Jack dropped
in O'Clock for nT a. I p
claimed almost aloud over his haggard,
feVerish looks and dreary cold. and
upon entreating him to go to bed and
have a doctor was Mortified to be told
he intended giving a theater party that
night. Next time ! saw the poor soul
it was TO lay bunch of violets in his
still white hands and say good bye for
ever
Jacks mother who lives up in the
northern part Of the state. wept as she
repeated all the servants had to tell
her; how for weeks before his death the
boy lost his appe lite. was irritable and
coughed incesslntly. The maids, it
seems, had been much concerned. and
had done what they could to make him
comfortable and demonstrate at his
recklessness. one in particular related
with tears in her eyes: LAS how | beg
sed him not to so a-train' out in the
RAIN ldtL wednesday IilSIll. Bul ne 100
me up mighty short and just marched
out in the storm"
Now that is the sort of stupid impru-
dence the average wife simply won
put up with from her husband. 1t may
be bit tireSomr to have Mary COM
ment every tim" you decline soup or
sweets, count your pulse when you are
cross and insist upon faring a candle
down your throat whenever she fanciSS
frog has gotten into it. And then to
be forbidden the club because YOU
sneezed the night before is certainly
NeNatious. but then Mary properly con-
siders it part Of her duty to keen you
we'll.
True. she cant follow along to the
office and see her tendery watched
over spouse gohhle down a Welsh rare
bit or hot mince pie. and sit through in
wet feet because Overshoes We're forgos-
ten when he went to lunch But on the
whole. Mary's vigilance does vast
! deal in wardine off sickness, and when
it comes her promptness with mustard
baths, plasters and hot teas routs the
enemy in fashion bachelors know
nothing about.
WOman's love is quick to note the
smallest sign of distress in a cherished
object. Men may love truly, but are
negligent of details. I'm sure when
Jack Davidson was at his worst all his
men friends would have told you he
was looking fine" A man must be
pretty far gone in health before his
closest chum notices anything out of
the way.
And later, when Jack was too i'll to be
around and a trained nurse had been
installed, | went one day to make in
quires. The woman came out and told
me in despair she could do nothing FOR
her patient. The night before. no soon
er had the doctor gone, leaving strict
orders that the invalid was to be alb
solutely quiet. than couple Of men
came and asked to be admitted. Tho
nurse refused, but Jack said nonsense,
let the fellows in, and with gas blaz-
. ing, there they sat smoking, gossiping
and laughing until all hours, It never
occurred to The visitors that they were
putting nail into Jacks coffin: they
regarded it as Il friendly action to visit
awhile with the sick man, no matter
what his condition might be.
1t is because women realize this, and
know what stupid, half savage Gre
atures men are in all relating to health
or sickness. snat a woman begins stern