Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-04-02
THE ENGLISH HUSBAND
MASTER OF THE HOUSEHOLD IN
FACT AS IN LAW.
Custom Permits Him to Have Better Food
and Clothes Than His Wife - The
Women as Housekeepers - Position OF
Working Women-Homely Comforts.

law Is ODeu1ently IeueClCu ny INC lam
ily In nine households out of ten the
best of everything is reserved for 1.-The
MASTER the best chair is placed in the
most comfortable corner of the fire.
side, and it would be little short of
sacrilege for wife or child to occupy
either. II the fare is plain there must
be something "tastey"-to use the Eng
lish expression-for the man of the
house. An English woman who lived
in q London suburb said to the writer:
1.-THE family dine upon leg Of NUT
ton on Sundays, and it comes upon the
table daily until it is all gone" The
husband, in the meantime, dimes in
town, ordering the dishes he most pre-
fers. The greater part Of the econo-
MIXING falls upon the wife; if retrcnch-
ment is necessary her brougbam is
sacrificed, that her husband may retain
his cob. Everywhere in London, even
in the most fashionable quarters, ele-
gantly dressed men accompanied by
decidedly shabby women may be seen,
and it is the rule, rather than the
exception.
An Englishman's clothes are well
chosen and well made, while the dress
of his wife or daughter is very often
"a thing of shreds and patches" 1t is
in her home, however, that the English
woman particularly shines-if the hus-
band is not abnormally domestic, as
frequently happens, taking her rightful
authority into his own hands. In this
event she is only humble subordinate
who business it is to see, that the
wishes of her lord and master are carr
ried out. The British husband and
father experimenting the purchase of
n gown at the army and navy stores
told by the American girl in London"
and his stern command, Il will not
have you in stripes" is no figment of
the imagination. Such incidents are
common enough. When the masculine
will takes this turn there is nothing
with which "the head of the family"
:loes not meddle-the gowns of wife
and daughter, the employment and dis
charge of servants, the ordering of the
five meals daily with which the Eng
lish constitution needs to be nourished
-
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eiue'' eon anu
In great many instances the euuca-
tion Oh the daughters Is curtaiieo De-
cause the sons must oe traineo ior pro
1esslons py whicn they may earn Nv
lhg' put II Is hopeu tnae 'ne girls VIII
marry ana every eHort IS haue ny
lhe nother 10 secure sui'aoie huspanus
lor them. Ihere Is no pre'ense ol ie'-
thS thls Important consideration tahe
care Oh ltseil' IL IS Worheu ior anu
Planned lor from .he tlme the ouusl-
Ter reaches marriaseaoie use' MUCH
greater tnousht Is given the "neie-
"lthai-the income ior the hiain.e-
nance OIL tne newly estapiisheo lanihy
-than IN the oniteu states, anu "heh
the "iie fortune is settleu upon her-
sen ana ner cnllareh ny tne niarriase
contract " cannot pe toucneo Dy 'he
h"spahu VI ui'erteo from tue opJect
~ witch IL Is 10 oe appiieu.
Hhsilsh chliuren, IL somewhat shy'