Evening journal., 1902-02-22

Anu AusS dIouhu the room DIT,
And fix the covers right.
And one time when my aunt got sick
And tuck to bed, week,
There was a crazy man, and not
So very far to seek
Then Uncle Solomon took down;
And Aunt Jane never slept.
And day and night she tended him
Her faithful vigil kept
And when the doctor came and said
His time had come to die.
dIe took her hand so tenderly,
And said last goodbye;
You've been the best wife in the
world"
He paused and then says he:
But / don't want no women folks
A fussin' over me"
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Every man likes to be petted and
sympathized with, remarked a shrewd
woman recently. and the lack in many
households is a little mothering. pet
ting and spelling which is the right
of every man to expect and the duty
and privilege Of only certain women
to administer"
Under the suggestion lay a great
deal of that practical wisdom which
accepts certain things as unavoidable
facts and seeks to make the best of
them. The assumption by the young
wife that her husband is a being of
iron and of inhexible purpose, upon
whose strong arm she may always lean,
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.illusioned the better.
The process of opening ones eyes
to the faults of our matrimonial part
ners is sometimes painful, but it may
result IN the conviction that after all
our cOnsorts are intensely human and
perhaps are more lOvable for that fact.
THE query of how to retain hus-
bands affections is usually answered
by feed the brute but after all this
is only partial solution. The healthy
animal whether he be a brute or man,
has good appetite, and in catering to
it one is going far in smoothing out the
wrinkles in the mind and winning in
return a feeling of gratitude.
But this is not all; modern business
life is a very strenuous battle. The
man may put in his days in fighting
for existence. in keeping his business
going and in persuading the sheriff
not to pay him visit. At every turn
there are problems which require all
| his courage, all his intelligence and
every grain of his industry.
When he comes to his home at night
he longs for respite; to throw care
to the winds and feel that he is no
longer in a sOrdid atmosphere. but in
a region where love and sympathy
prevail. and things are not measured
bv dollars and cents.
If the cook is out. and the fires are
low. and the children cross, and the
woman of the house emerges with dis
order in her apparel and discomfort on
her countenance the brute man sees
another treadmill before him as re-
Dulsive as the one left behind, and he
will possess. rare courage to meet it
with smiling cOuntenance, and not in
Icontiently fee.
Under these circumstances a cold din
ner with smiles and sympathy. are
more to the taste of the average brute
than a full course dinner where the
partner OF his joys sits opposite with
a petulant look and complaining tone
just at thislpoint another faithful club
member may be made and confirmed.
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Our feminine friends may ask us fol
the other side of the picture, and de-
sire space to portray the trials of the
woman who has to undergo the vexa.
5 lations of daily domestic life. But, beg
t ging their pardon. we are now engaged
j in considering the oak and not the
vine. and the man in this instance
must get the last word.
{ Il is a favorite saying with on
friends. our partners in woe. that al
men are alike" and there is wisdom
S in the summary. They all demonstrat
= that each has his elements of strength
e and that along with these are uneX
lplained weaknesses. In the crises G
life he may give DER the contest, Will
n the frail creature who has been accus
j. toned to cling to him for support, sud
IL denly steps forth and assumes the bur
l. den
The woman may brave financial rui
from which the man Quails and
" helnless. When death hOvers over IN
Is household and threatens the life q
= the children. hers is the steady han
10 and the untiring vigil which is tn
deciding factor in the contest.
1t is an undoubted fact that the bray
/, est man. the most self-confident. like
~ 10 be fused over and mothered. Whe
~ his slippers are brought and his piI
filled and lighted for him, he ma
growl that it is foolishness, but theI
A. is in it a note Of satisfaction.
,- Our feminine friends tell as that
M man can worm his way into woman
,e graces by attention to the little thinl
te that are so dear to the feminine hear
He may be cruel to her, but he mul