Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1902-10-09
Rules for Husbands.

kton, OF Wilkesbarre, Pa, made wa.
IN deferring the civil-service exam
ination Of her husband, Mr.. Sutton
until after the marriage ceremon,
had been performed and she haf
submitted to his rude ways for 1
number Of years. But, all the same
Mrs. Sutton has performed public
service in suggesting q method b,
which the woman can more com
pletely control and reform the in
sect she has married. Il appears
that, after patience had ceased to be
. virtue and had become encourage.
ment to insubordination, Mrs. SUIT.
ton packed up her things and care.
fully wiped the dust OF her husband s
home from her well-shaped feet.
Later on. being by nature q soft
hearted woman, she decided to give
sutton one more chance. So she
prepared a set OF rules-11 in mum.
ber-constituting, In fact, q civil
service examination, and sent them
to Sutton. Sutton was to write at
the foot of each rule promise and
VOW TO keep it and walk in the same
all the days of his life. The rules
are as follows, the last one being a
footrule:
l. Get up at 8 without my calling
you.
2. Provide material for one cake n
week.
3. Provide material for pies each
week.
4. twenty-five cents worth of beef
Tuesdays and Saturdays.
b. Clothes for you that will make
you look attractive and clean.
O. You will not use vulgar or pro-
fame language at all.
z. You win go to church and Sun
day-school at Wyoming, and will not
make my life burden to get you
there in time.
8. Remove all of mothers things
and her COW, as l cannot tend the
latter.
8. Buy us one quart of milk a
day.
10. Ruth must not peddle, buy or
carry things.
ii. Wipe your feet when you come
into the house.
On the copy which was sent to
Sutton ample blank space was left in
which the pledge was written, and
at the bottom of the list was dotted
line opposite which Mrs. Sutton had
written in pencil, Sign your name
here. These rules are reasonable
enough, and every man should be
required not only to sign them as an
ante-nuptial contract, but should get
one OF the many bonding companies
to sign as surety for the faithful per-
formance OF the contract into which
he has entered by subscribing to the
rules OF conduct.
Every married maa should arise
ut 3 O'Clock in the morning, and his
wife should not be subjected to the
hardship of calling him. Every rea-
sonable husband should be required
to provide material for cake at least
once week and things to make in
to pie every day If the bride desires
these things. II she be willing to
make the pies, that is her part, and
the man should provide the material.
Twenty-Five cents worth of beef
twice week is not too much 10 con-
tribute to the Beef Trust, and a
quart OF milk a day is o moderate
demand. These are the material re
quirements. The moral rules are
no less excellent. A man is in duty
bound TO wear clothes which will
make him look attractive and clean,
and it shows that Mrs. Sutton is a
cherub in disguise-that she is main
iy concerned about her husband s
clothes and does not say a word
about her own. She would be der
elict in her duty if she did not carry
him 10 church and Sunday school
or II she permitted him to use pro-
fame language. A married man s
yea should be yea and his nay nay.
And, above all things, the insect
should be required to wipe his feet
before coming into the house. If
this rule errs, it errs on the side of
too much leniency. He might be re-
quired TO take his shoes of at the
front door and go barefooted into
the presence. But Mrs. Sutton has
kind heart and is very lenient. =
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