Arizona republican., 1899-04-02

Nult1 lOIu1Gd u ECN
 years ago in hotel outside of Bosto!
 was one man whose answer interested
 me very much when I asked him why
 he and his wife no lot1ger lived togeth-
 CT. Of course, I expected he would
 say that she had been unfaithful tc
 him in the marriage relation. But no What then? Too much dust-pan and
 brush. "She was forever around with
 the dust-Ean and brush,' said he. Of
 course there were other causes that Led to the separation, but among the vari-
 ous disagreeable things in his life with her which he recalled was this scene of discomfort that arose from her habit of excessive neatness.
 His answer impressed me greatly, and in this Sunday morning letter
 want to say some things in behalf Of those husbands who are the victims of
 wives who act as if they believed that
 their ore all-absorbing duty in the
 home is to keep it free from dust.
 believe in marriage, and shal. often
 dip my pen in defense of the best In
 married life. But I have seen some
 women whom I think would
 be better off in the ranks of
 spinsterhood than as wives in the
 home. Fer some things these women deserve praise fer they are economical. good cooks, pure as a sunbeam, but they are so very particular about hav-
 ing everything in the house in such appie-pie order-such slaves to the broom-that they rCb home of the home-like atmosphere.
 NEAT, BUT NOT TOO NEAT.
 Of course the average man wants a wife who by nature is neat. Walls festooned with cobwebs have no par ticular attraction for him. He likes to feel that no foreign matter turks in the biscuit. He likes to. see his wife neatly dressed, but for the fus5-and feather type of woman-that destroyer of solid comfort in the home nest well, to put it lightly. he has no use for her. You recognize the woman, do you not? Everything in the house must be placed just so, and it must stay as it is put, or woe be to the trans gressor
 Coats and hats are left around at the peril of One's happiness. John, why | don't you hang things away?" And | John, poor fellow, hears this so often that he thinks of himself as a sort of eXecutioner looking fer something to bang, and I fear that he feels at times as if he would like to hang his beloved nagger.
 No careless leaving of ones shoes lround. Not Q bit of it. They must 1e set away neatly Toes pointing at cave things around" Familiar warn ng. How it haunts you. Until you ome to feel as if you might leave ourself around in some unguarded mo nent.
 TIDES, LIKE CHINESE. MUST GO.
 There are the tidies. mans special with sort or Tve-been ,laced- -here appearance, things to be ooked at but not to be handled One must not lay his head against them, for hat would soil them, or else get them ut of place.
 Comfort? Happiness of home? What { re these things beside the importance f order? Even the books upon the able are piled with brick-mason order- mess. They have been piled this way or years, same books, same piles, and
 photograph of the table as it looked ] ast year would do for this year If ook is removed it is to be put back [ Jhere it came from. Put that back 1 7here it came from" is heard by the ] hildren as soon as the Now I lay me- nd the cry haunts them all through hildhood
 If enc of these enemies of disorder i hOuld pass away and an onlool1er 7ere to change the position of a flower pOn the casket he might almost eX- [ ect the lips to break forth in resur- acted speech, Put that rose back just ' rhere you took 1t from" Victim Of I ne of these women, you have the sym l athy of your fellow men, Cheer up, $ or you may outlive her. I
 Tell me, reader. is there any cCm- l 1rt in the house where one of these 1 omen has charge? How one longs to t nook over the pile of books. How ha l 'ngS to pile every sofa pillow one on ( )p of the other, and then to bounce up | nd down on the pile and assert mean q nile that soft pillows were made for t lan, and not man for sofa pillows d ow he longs to see things out of or i 9r just enough to suggest the appear l nee of home. V He wants to move the chairs out of I le particular relation they bear Cue t ) the other and to sit in one and put S is slippered feet upon another. He iI culd like to make things look as if t ley were for use. But no, he must s JI u1lS NIlG IS OH SudIu- II uG, IL IS J $ home, too. He tolls for it, bur he a nnot take solid comfort in it. His n fife. insane on neatnes5, is always on b cket duty and to pass the lines of T der means unhappiness for him. u
 A POINTER FOR WIVES. O Call a halt. Be neat, but not insane .
 so. Bear in mind that household =, Ods are made for use. Let your hus- ~ md enjoy home. Life is short, too F ort to lose one ounce of possible hap = ness. Fortunate woman if you have ' husband who loves you. Don't scold n m when he gets things 6 little out A order. To keep his love is of more lportance than to keep the sofa pill !; WIS unwrinkled. Make a cozy corner =, d fill it with happiness for both of ~ Ill. After all, men arc queer ami ", lls, but good to have around. W,
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