Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-21
HOW TO MANAGE A MAN

The shrinking. timfd little woman with
the fawn eyes and the demure. fnquiring
expression was called upon for her method
of diplomacy at married women's tea the
other afternoon, when the Inevitable SUBJ
ject Of how to manage husbands came up.
well" said the shrinking little thing.
my system is an old one, and yet it seems
to me a surprisingly small number of mar
ried women employ it. considering its ex-
cellence in almost all cases. It's based
upon the natural-born contrariness of the
human male biped. 1 can better illustrate
it by giving a few examples of how it
works in actual operation.
I'VE will suppose that I am just perish
ing for a new tailor-made dress. although
have one that Jack thinks ought to see
me through the season. Very we'll.
make up my mind to have a new tailor
made dress. and / hunt around among my
women friends to find one who has recently
acquired a stunning tailor-made dress. 1
tell her my little scheme, and she comes
and visits me while Jack is home. and she
wears her new taiior-made dress. She
looks tremendously fetching in it, of course.
When she goes don't say word. 1 wait
for Jack to say what l know he's going
to say.
by Jove, my DEAR he's bound to re-
mark, wasn't that a swell rig. though, she
had on? Say, 1 wonder how much those
togs cost-anything within reach?'
on, say, Sfo or So out 1 "OuluH
care for a dress like that; it's too tight and
too conspicuous don't you Think
No. don't think anything of the sort. >
my brave Jack is almost bound to say. I
think it's just the real thing, and it's a
wonder you wouldn't dress the way want
you to dress, my dear. Now. like that
dress. and I'm blamed If I'm not going to
have you get one just like it, ETC., etc.
Result, get the dress, which Is just exact
ly the kind of a dress I'm perishing for.
Another case: Surprising l am particu-
larry anxious to see some theatrical star
week, and 1 feel that Jack isn't very en-
thusiastic about going.
Il see So-and-So's going to be here next
week. Jack, l say, casually. 1 never
thought much of his-or her-acting, did
you"
Jack drops his paper and regards me
from very great height indeed.
NOW, my dear, that just shows how
vitiated you have permitted your theatre
cal taste to become he will reply in nine
cases out of ten. 'So-and-So's way at the
top in my estimation. and 1 wouldn't miss
seeing him-or her-next week for anything.
What's more, I'm just going to take you
along. to see IL you can't learn to appre-
ciate.' etc, etc. Thus go to precisely the
theatrical attraction next week that I've
been waiting to come around this way all
the season.
"Stin another illustrations: Surprising I
| want to go to the seashore this summer.
instead of to the mountains. begin about
now attacking the seashore to Jack-nOt
violently but in a mild sort of way.
Il think it's SO stupid at the beaches
/ say to him. and 1 keep on saying similar
things until finally he bursts out with:
" That's a queer way to talk. isn't 1t?
If it's so stupid at the beaches then there
| must be millions of stupid people in this
country that have all kinds Of fun at the
seashore every summer. l don't know
where you're going this summer, but I'll
tell you one thing. I'm going to put in my
vacation at the seaside Thus that is ac-
complished
THE poor human male bped can't help
1t: he's born contrary: but he's so dread
fully. hopelessly easy when you know how
to make out of his very contrarness tool
Wherewith to manage him."