Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-10-18
Matrimonial MonotonY.

NO cOQuetrY IN matrlmOny,
Who is the Philistine who dareS utter
such blasphemy? Good heavens. il half
the curling pins which are used by
women at night in order to he beautiful
the following day ana attract the atten-
tiOn and admiration of strangers were
used by them in the morning so that they
might be beautiful the same day and
draw the attention and admiration of
their husbands, there would be happiness
in matrimony, and the world would 20 ON
much better than it does.
The greatest, the most dangerous
enemy of happiness i'll marriage is
habit which engendcrs monotOny. You
get TOO much accustomed to each other.
and love fades, as a flower which falls
off IFS stem before it has lived it's natural
life, owing to some insect which destroys
That insect in matrimony is habit.
which devours everything without your
being aware of its presence Destroy
that insect before it has had time to do
dual happiness.
grave error committed by many
women Is to believe that they must look
their best for the friends acquaintances
and strangers who visit them. but that
they need not take much trouble for their
husbands.
But the fact is that n woman ought 70
ever appear before her husband at hcr
very best, whether it is morning negli-
gee or full afternoon or evening toilette
Your husband, my dear lady, ought 10
see III You more than lie could see in an,
other woman. All comparisons ought 10
be to your advantage. II is not at all
necessary that Won should have an OK
peI&lVe gown on Mt breakfast time Your
mar well fixed and Il nice fitting dressing
gown may make You look as attractive
as a beautiful ball dress.
1t IS not clothes that make a woman
fascinating; L is the way She puts them
on.
In fact, never allow yourself to be seen
by your husband in any other state than
That III which you would allow yourself to
he seen by the male portion Of your ac-
quantances. Not even in illness As
LONG aS your strength permits. remain
coquetlsh and jealous of your appearance.
Yes. | say even on a sick bed
Jhc part you have to play consists in
SpraAlng a perfume of poetry nround yuu
Fill your husband with remouhranccs Of
you- 50 that, even when YOU are not WISH
pc, You are present before his eyes. Al
to" him the most complete liberty. and
never ask him questions on what he has
done, whore hc has bccn
Take it 70" granted that lie has done
nothing which ne should not have done,
that ne has been nowhere where he
should not have been. aud j, is that per-
Ie"t confidence that VIII always keep linn
on the path of fJ}thfllMc~S. unless he is.
which Is only exceptional. an absolutely
bad IuaH.
II clouds are gathering over vour hap-
p.hesS, II Is for you women to clear them
away. Aou are the guardian angels Of
the home, which is your Kingdom i Won
nave trials. strain every nerve 70 appear
SMILING, and II sometimes tc.,rS Stida YOU
Sh"t them ~ secret even should the cause
OF your trial be the Inconsistency Of your
husband.
You viii NOT bring him hack to Won
with r2proacR"S, fears and scenes. Nou
viii thrS keep him away for good. Re.
member th1t nature. which has treated
you 50 unGenerously. makes won ugly
when You weep. and hide0as WHOM YOU
make a scene.
You viii bring back an errin- husband
by your Kindness. your sweetness. yoni
devotion and your intelligence. III"
only ntaihhle way to get husband at-
tachcl to You is to lei him believe that
you never suspected him. much less ac-
cu@td h!m, even when he was guilty.
Gail to your aid whatever resources are
M your disposal. resources 0f intelligence
Of beauty, Of abncgatjou. and If your
husband is not a brute Aa viii return "a
yon. aud he will be all th" more ashamed
OF the way lh which ha neglected yOn
for time that. by yoar behavior. Won
seem % consider he haG uor,r 1or day
ceased 80 love you.
Never make am aliu-ioD to tie fattcd
calf which you killed ON the return Of
the Prodigal Heart. b as mercifuI In
your ricory as you were In yoGr tempo
rary defect.
DO not be satisfied with forgiving-
forget aud make him forget everything.
| - scales: on one side place his years
Of devotion 70 you. his industry. his
foreth0ugbt in securing voar future and
that Of sour children: Oh the o.her his
faults, and even il these scales should
incline to remain horizontal. with Il gem