Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-30
A ROPE, DOG, cow AND WIFE.
1t Would Take a Heroic Man to Ad.
miniater q Heroic Remedy.

H " QUA rake a Heroic Man to Ad.
minister a Heroic Remedy.
The timid little man, with the lawn tie,
weak voice and effeminate manner, was
telling the other married men how he man
aged his wife and settled the question In
his household as to the status Of its in
mates.
The big burly, hoarse-voiced man. sheer
ed contemptuously at the little man. Still.
since the diminutive better half of the bur-
ly man made him walk chalk line one
inch wide at home. he condescended to lis
ten, especially as the little man was paying
for the drinks.
Il used to read in the magazines and
periodicals devoted to the gentler sex"
said the little man, with an apologetic
cough. 1.-The various recipes of How to
Make the Home Happy What to Do for
Husband How to Make a Wife Loving
&c, but somehow, none of these very excel.
lent suggestions seemed to fit in the house
l owned. My loving wife always wanted
her own way
The other married men all nodded vigor-
ously and drank copousy. with here,
too" expressions at this statement.
and the good, old recipe of the one Civ
ing away to the other was always applied
by my wife to mean that I was to give in
and forbear with her. She could never
bring herself to allow me the same priv
ilege. 1t was truly unselfish in her, I'll adj
init. to save me the trouble of thinking
to what would be best in all matters, but
this monopoly of bossng the job all the
time and on all things grew tiresome.
Last summer 1 took my wife down in
Virginia on farm, or to be exact. my wife
took me, because 1 wanted to go to the
mountains. On the farm was collie dog
named Shep. who would go after the cows
every evening just before sunset and bring
them UP to the barn to be MIXED. Shep
performed this duty every day without
solicitation. One day, however, Shep chang
4 1,a,, l. -
her sex. She decided that she would not go
after the cows any more. and communicat-
ed this decision to her master, the son of
the farmer. by declining to leave the house.
THE young man tried coaXing, threats
and strong words, but Shep with true fem
mime consistency on being contrary, de-
elined to scamper off to the meadow as of
yore. The son made several trips in the
hot sun and then decided to adopt coercive
measures. He procured a piece of rope
about forty feet long, one end of which he
fastened about Shops neck. Shep wagged
her tail affectionately as the young man
meadow. half mile away. AS the rope
finally frightened on Shops shaggy neck
he gave it jerk that lifted the dog about
five feet in the air in the direction of the
meadow. From the house to the meadow.
and home again. up hill and down dale,
there might have been seen a collie dog
flying In short symmetrical curves about
every forty feet. When the cows finally
off Shops neck, and what there was left of
a collie dog crawied to a shady spoe to
ruminate upon the uncertainty of dog life
and ponder on the advantage Of not kicking
againsl good thing when 1t Is up against
you.
Il was much impressed by this instruc-
tive object lesson. We came home the next
week, and the first day in the house l put
its principle into practice with my wife.
had been bossed for the last time. Every
day 1 lassoed her, fguratively. of course.
with forty feet of stout determination and
assertive manhood. We made many trips
thus to an imaginary meadow. and while 1
let her down as easy as a kind-hearted man
could at each jerk. she had some pretty
hard falls, which. while shaking her up con-
siderably, strengthened her faith in man
kind in general and in her little husband
who paid the bills in particular. My wife
has lot of good sense, and these little
trips to the meadow brought it to the sur
face.
I'VE don't need any recipes Of how to
make the home happy under my roof now.
1t Is peace. eternal, blissful peace"
The burly man said he would try 1t that
very night, but the other men made even
money bets that he'd weaken just as soon
as he heard his angels voice in the hall.