The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-05
T aking Care
of a Husband.
Mrs. Bliss Explains How She Con-
duets a Fresh Air Society.

Mrs. Bliss Explains How She Con-
duets a Fresh Air Society.
New York, Aug S-Mrs. ]. Matrimonial
Bliss has not gone out of town yet. and
she isn't Summing or economizing
either. as she explained to an astonished
feminine friend from the country. whom
she encountered on the quiet side of the
soda water fountain the other morning.
II am conducting fresh air society
and hot weather relief restaurant for
John Matrimonial Bliss, Esq, who Is far
too good husband to be left in town
to swelter by himself" began the wearer
OF the black and white dimity. stirring
the compound IN her long glass while she
talked. las a rule you know we take
house somewhere near town, and John
runs in and out on the train every day
but this year the cottage we usually rent
was sneaked from us by some unscrupu>
Ious Philadelphians. Nothing else avail
able was offered and John suggested that
l should take the boys into the mountains
and he would try to give us a Friday to
Monday visit twice a month.
Risks Some Women Run.
We'll. that determined me. As I said
before, John is a good husband-in fact,
he is just as near perfection as a man
| can be and remain a truly delightful COM
| panion and trustworthy guide for a wo-
man through this worldly old world. So
then and there, / decided that he was
far too valuable to be deserted in hot
city in the lonely summer time. I've
seen lots of excellen husbands irreparably
injured just that way. An other wise
affectionate wife will reduce her house to
the aspect Of a retired graveyard, have
the worst servant in the bunch to do up
the hard-worked mans room, breakfast |
any old way and trust TO clubs or res
taurants to keep the poor fellow from the
desperation of loneliness and starvation.
t'W hen she comes home in the autumn |
she is amazed to find that the head of
the house has got a chronic club habit
or dyspepsia, and either one, you know
is the entering wedge for mutual dis |
agreement in the average family
Taking all this into consideration.
sent my boys off to their grandparents on
the farm, and / can say, without boast |
ing. that I have kept my man happy and
cool. well-fed and free from boredom.
Preserving "a Perfect Specimen.
1T isn't one-half the difficult job you
would think. I began by putting the
house in order and shut up the bedrooms
we had no use for, took up the carpets
cleared away the curtains, removed every
scrap of superfiuous bric-a-brac and got
the furniture into covers. did not, how
ever, reduce the living rooms 10 the typi
cal summer appearance of uninviting
ghostliness by bagging the chandelier and
tying up the pictures. Pictures~and chan
deliers are mono the worse for summer ex
posture when the rooms are kept shady
and free from flies, and where big gaps
were made by the removal of the fragile
ornaments, I filled in with pots of
geen house plants. The sight of them,
you know, cools the most heated mag
ina ton, and as our house has fairly
wide balcony at the rear / had green
and white striped awning made for It,
run line of flower boxes along the cop
of the railing, and easily converted ID into
an open cir breakfast room.
Having done SO much, I turned my
attention to the business of keeping j.
NJ Bliss temperature, while in the house.
down 90 normal. I artfully inquired from
my lord about all the little devices used
in the clubs and restaurants for men, and
I went them several better. We have
electric light in our house, so there was
nothing 90 prevent my having electric
fans. Al half-past five in the evening
our man comes with the hose and sprays
down the vines on the front of the house,
Washes tHc Steps anu gives Tic DdIh ydih
a drenching. From $40 in the morning
until shutdown the green blinds are closed,
the seshes drawn and not a ray of hot
sunlight enters the house.
"Once a day all the hardwood floors
are wiped up with cold water. for don't
| permit broom or feather buster to APP
pear; the range is turned off and gas
stove takes it's place; the laundry is given
out and candles and electric light take
the place of other illuminating mediums.
Domestic Rnr.
After 1 got so far went down town
and bought valuable work on how TO
mix soft and hard drinks, and now
know THAI any woman who can read and
who has a thoroughly equipped refrigera-
! tor can produce cooling compounds of
| infinite value. Many of these hot morn
ings I've spent cool as a cucumber In
tmy pantry, shaving fee, opening soda bot
| ties, squeezing lemons and tasting every
ten minutes until got the secret of mix
ing a cool and stimulating beverage. I've
learned at least dozen priceless tricks
! with ice and liquids, and the value ot
my recipes lies I'm the fact that while the
result is delicious and cooling I hardly
use any of the heating liquors and fer
mented things that, according to my guide
book, the barkeepers employ.
The Way the Schemeworks.
when the first hot wave got to town
set all the deadly machinery of my
scheme 70 work, and no carrier pigeon or
family cat is more infatuated with his
home than my John. When he drags up
town at O'Clock every snare is laid for
him. The floors have had their cold wa
ter bath and the electric fans are waving
the palm leaves about; there Is a tall
g.ass OF something standing ON the side
board, and / offlciate around In q white