The age-herald., 1901-07-07
4 Recent Clever Article is
 Discussed 4 BRIGHT COLLEGE ANNUAL
Issued by Seminary GirIs-Some of the Original Poems and Sketches of>Alabama's Clever Young
 Women.
BY ANNIE KENpRlck WALKER.

BY ANNIE kENDRICk WALKER.
 We are both i'll and miserable" tele- graphed one of Birmingham's well known club men recently off on his honeymoon, and this laughingly recalled by his friends who expected the usual i've are well and happy" theory, turned their conversation into a channel of more serious discus sion, and apropos of several stories of happy and unhappy marriages, the dis cussion became very general.
 ''t1ow wives may make married life success was the topic of conversation the remainder of the evening, the gather ing being composed of several persons whose married lives were undoubtedly very happy, and the little party also in cluded two or three unmarried persons. A bride to be was among the group, and the conversation was partly directed to her and if she does not profit by the eX- perience of others and manage her hus- band successfully then the evident inter est she manifested in the discussion was only after all due to the fact that she was conscious only of the absence of her flance and the intent look in her ex- pressive eyes was due to her being pre- occupied. Then, too, she had proven her ability to manage her fiancee through several years of undisputed belleship, so what need was there for advice on the management of husbands" The dis
  ever, made all the more so when a clever married man threw away his afterdinner cigar. turned on the electric light on the balcony and announced that he had a treatise" in his pocket on the very sub ject under discussion.
 It was a charming Title article from the pen of a clever woman. CLucy Gray) in the Kansas City Independent, and he proceeded to read little paragraphs which, one by one, were commented upon by the members of the party.
 This was the first broad statement that was made:
 ''The average young matron's library Is invariably overstocked with fat cook books, volumes on the babies, essays on gardening, helpful household hints etc, but never by any chance, little brochure on the management of men.
 Man, the central figure of the domestic department, is boycotted on the family bookshelf. Ills management and care often a most difficult and intricate matter has been left for the bride to try her prentice hands on. Hundreds of girl pilots wreck their domestic barks on the unsuspected shoals and quicksands pre- sentihg themselves on the honeymoon voy- age.
 ''It Is easy to manage a man when once you are married to him Is the first and
  fenced girls who find their fiances restive and inclined to kick under the tight fem mine reigns of an engagement Older and wiser women know that it Is much easier to manage man when you are not mar ried to him."
 He did not wait for anyone else to make any comments, but began a little discus sion immediately. Tt is refreshing sub ject," he said, flor with all the present agitation of the woman question, man has been completely lost sight of. and the poor fellow has been left to manage all for himself" woman's only thought just before the marriage is regarding the trivial things, her trousseau, the flowers he sends her, the entertainments In her honor, and in many cases the first few weeks of her married life proves to her that after all she understands her hus- band little. She makes mistake then in attempting to manage" him, and my ad- vice to her would be to let him feel the restraint as little as possible"
 'Tt Is only after marriage that a woman ever realizes that she fails in the management of a man, because 1t is only then that she really studies his character and her own at the same time and the management of a husband becomes a serious thing with her." said a woman whose married life Is unusually happy, q knew my husbands nature fairly well be- fore we were married, but even If I had not F do not think that any one can give another advice as to the management of ones husband. One may read all the cook books In the world and yet be unable to prepare the simplest meal. So 1t is in the management of husbands Advice counts for very little and experience is all that is needed. I never undertake to give advice to brides. It is best for them to pilot their own domestic barks."
 ITO continue" went on the man, resum- ing his reading: