Daily camera., 1899-03-03
QUESTION OF AMUSEMENT.
In Most Cases the Man Desires Rest
and the " .-uan PrSfeFn
Excl -ment.

One OF the p-un ~ins that develops
out OF IL. - IS 60, var of married
e. 80. Is ~ =. Il! ad, :. ,;lEent OF the
AIMS, n..L, Ours; on. To the average
man. worn out with the work and
worry of the Cay. tired of the ba bel of
vo.c~s and coz. ->ion in which he has
tou-d and weary of trying to make
himself agre.->1.e to those he must
please for bu.-ness purposes, there
s-eMsnoth:ng else on earth so desira bic
as the quiet and peace of his own fire
side. He doesn't want to talk or be
talked to. He doesn't want to have to
force himself to smile or to think, and
least of all does he want to forsake his
slippers for his dress suit.
The woman, on the other hand, has
been shut up all day in the walls of her
house, going throusi. The deadly dull
round of domestic duties without the
distraction of seeing fresh face or
hearing a new idea She has toied in
her way just as hard as her husband,
and when night comes she, too, feels
the need Of a change to rest and refresh
herself. She is also worn out in body
and mind and tired-tired of the serv-
ants incompetence and the children's
fretting and nagging and perpetual de-
mands and of turning and twisting and
patching and menGing and thinking
While she is swallowing one meal what
she will have to provide for he next.
She would like to rest from it all by
putting on pretty frock and going
to the theater or party. or even to
make call on the people next door.
To even suggest such thing to her
husband, however, is to bring on a
growing dia'ribe on women's gadding,
with the self-righteous assertion from
her lord and master that you don't
see me forever wanting to run around
somewhere" Having delivered his
homiy. the man stretches his feet out
again to the fire and absCrbs himself
in his paper and never once thinks he
is not an entertaining companion for
a woman who is pining for little
brightness and innocent amusement.
From their own points of view the
husband and wife are both right, and
tions Of life it is good deal better to
adapt ourselves to them than to try
to adapt them to US. An old proverb
sets forth the fact in natural history
that you can take an OK to water. bu,
YOU can't make him drink. In like
manner you can take your husband to
a party, but you can't MAKE MIN enjoy
himself, as every woman knows who
has ever tried it. So the part OF good
sense and good feeling seems to be to
let him alone. Let him be happy in his
own way and devise your own scheme
for relaxation and enjoyment. There
is no woman. unless she is Il miserable
manager, who cant get out Of her own
house for a few hours every day. In
that time she may meet bright people.
go to club meetings, see the best plays
at the matinees. and if she tires of
home cooking treat herself to unusual
dishes at the restaurants. In these days
of women's independence there is 10
self plenty Of rational enjoyment ;hat
would in no way interfere with her
home duties or interests. And in find
ing these outside interests she better
fits herself for dealing with the com
pleN duties every woman confronts
who has husband and children.--Ch
cago Chronicle, ~ ~