Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-11-25

year of married life was the most un-
comfortable. Take two people who
have been brought up differently and put
them together in the same house. de-
pendent upon each other for everything.
and things are not going to be perfectly
smooth until little friction has worn
off the corners. That was what they all
agreed. l was interested at the time and
listened intently, but unfortunately for
got again when / was having the fric-
ton and the corners were wearing off
the first year Of my married life.
at stands to reason that if you really
love q man you will care more and more
for him as years go by, and. Of course.
the first year won't be the happiest. 1t
can't. thought when you are first married
you look upon that year as q playtime
before the work of life begins. But it
isn't; it's the time when the grindstone
is applied.
'Well, in my case there might have
been something to complain of as to the
housekeeping, for l wasn't as good a
housekeeper as you are. l had been
away to boarding school so much. and
didn't care about housekeeping. But
George was dear. He never said q
word and praised everything l did and
told me how much improved. That was
true, for l worked hard to learn. But
still there was something the matter a
good many times. and l got regularly
blue about it. / believe that is the time
when lots of young couples come to grief.
George would get up in the morning
as pleasant as could be, but before we
had finished breakfast he would be so
grumpy ou<couldn't say a word to him.
He would kiss me goodby when he went
down town, but / could see he was all
out of sorts, and there was no reason for
il. Sometimes he wouldn't get over it all
day. and. you can believe, l cried when
l was alone. When he Wis home.
would try to be as lively as possible.
but matters only seemed to be worse.
would take particular pains at breakfast
to be entertaining, but my best efforts
only brought about the worst results,
and l was at my wits end.
"Well, one day things seemed to be
worse than usual, and George had bust
ness out that evening. and l was home
alone and pretty blue. / had picked up
my Bible to comfort me. Just by chance
I read the story of Samson and Delilah.
i EeaQ II SluCc i Was S1ll0s dhA
I got SO interested forgot all about my
self until I had finished. Then bright.
idea occurred to me. l thought to my
self:
".I'n play Delilah myself and see how
it will work.
'You see, l knew there must be some
reason for Georges being SO queer So
l made up my mind would just ask him,
not about his strength, but what his spe-
cial weakness was, that | could not seem
10 find out. l screwed up my courage
that very night when he got home, and
what do you think. the trouble WASP"
"What?' asked the young wife eager
IL.
We'll, I could laugh about it now. it
seems so foolish. but it might have been
the beginning of great deal of unhap-
piness. You see, George is English. and
| don't really know whether or not it is
a matter of nationality. but do know
several Englishmcn who are just Ike
hinl-he can't bear TO talk before or
during breakfast. ard if other people talk
around him it seems to get him out of
SORTS for the whole day. When break
fast is partially over, he is all right. He
says it is ridiculous, but some way he
can't seem to help it, and, you see, had
jabbered to him so that be was nearly
wild, and the more entertaining i tried
to be the more ruffied he was, and he did
not like to say anything.
'You know you are always reading
about the necessity for being, cheerful
at the table and all that sort of stuff"
"Yes, know said the bride. ~ have
read lot of that advice and tried to fol-
low it al"
swell. don't" said the young matron.
~ believe that such advice is the undoing
of more young wives than few. You
can't even manage two horses alike, and
cats and dogs are different, and hus-
bands have to be treated with q great
deal more consideration. If you don't
like to ask your husband what the trou-
BILE is, try not to care for q little while,
and if you don't experiment too much
you will find out some time, and it won t
be anything of Importance, after all. |
tell you, it's worth while being a modern
Delilah, and if you hunt carefully you
may find lot of little weaknesses to be |
petted instead of one big one."-New
York Times.