The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-02
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of the sleeves. A second band of tucks
is at the bottom of the sleeves, which
hang open over unlned puffs of a
coarse dull net. At the throat of the
simple waist there is a tucked cravat
of the same.
But the American wife? Henry James
has summed up the American wife in
just one sentence. He says: THE
American wife knows nothing of her
husbands affairs-except that they are
of not the slightest consequence.
This is both epigrammatic and ex-
actly true, says Ainslees Magazine.
The American wife has quite a gen.
uine affection for her husband. Even
after years of marriage have gone by.
she thinks of him with unaffected
friendliness. He is so useful. She
credits him with almost all the virtues.
except perhaps the virtue of being in
teresting and she overlooks that one
defect of his with charitable federation.
She sees him come and go each day
with clock-like regularity. She vague
ly knows what his profession or voca-
ton is. She thinks better of him IL it
is a profession or vocation that is gen.
orally regarded as quite creditable; but
this is practically all she knows or
cares about it.. She sees him rising
early and hurrying to his office. She
hears him sitting late into the night
in the room overhead; and she is prob
ably aware that he is immersed in a
great sea of papers and documents of
some kind or other-tiresome and stu
pid things that he viii persist in bring
ing home and fussing over.
She finds that he must sometimes
stay in town all through the summer
when the thermometer Is in the nine
ties and when the sickly heat sweats on
the very walls or sizzles on the pave
ment. She thinks it very inconsiderate
of him to do this. She would really
rather have him 60 with her to the
cool, wind-swept nook that she selects
for her own summers outing. Just
why he does not go, she cannot possi-
bly, imagine.
1t is one of the curious, irrational
traits which he possesses and which
prevents her from taking him quite Sc
riousiy Perhaps he will run up there
for a day or two: and when he does
come she is very nice to him, apart
from scolding him a little for getting
so hideously thin and sallow. But he
is not particularly comfortable there.
He follows her meekly into the dining
room three times a day for a while,
and then he has to go back to what
ever 1t is that he does in town. Just
what 1t is she doesn't know. The
household bills are paid; the checks
come to her regularly. She does the
things she likes to do, and sometimes
dimly recognizes the fact that 1t is
pleasant to have somebody to see that
her various projects and arrangements
all como out so nicely. Her husband
is really quite what husband ought
to be. He does his duty perfectly. and
she has very accurate notion of what
that duty IS. To provide whatever she
requires to fetch and carry out her
bidding. to leave her absolutely free
from care, responsibility or worry
such is the whole duty of the American
husband.
And then. She Is so very sure of hint
It never enters her head that he has
anything to wish for, that he can pos
Silly be conscious of void somewhere
in life, or experience even the faintest
stirring of dissatisfaction; that he could
ever imagine anything different
from what he has: that he might ever
dream of an existence where he should
be something better than the house
hold banker, glorified butler. a supe-
rior maitre d'hotel. She is absolutely
satisfied with herself and absolutely
sure Of him. She does not want an
other kind of husband, so why should
he desire a different sort of wife?
Somebody has advanced a new the
DRY, says the North American. II is
declared that the fashion of wearing so
many large diamonds is injurious to
the eyesight.
This news will not interest a large
percentage of the feminine population,
for obvious reasons.
Neither is it likely to make unhappy
the one who wears a tiara and a sun
burst the size of plate.
The danger Is only to the admiring
and envious few who surround the
wearer of the gems.
If they gaze too long and earnestly
at her jewels, according to this semi
medical authority the effect produced
on the eyes is somewhat like that OF
the electric light, a sense OF bedazzle-
ment and strain. which is hardly no
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