The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-03-14

DOCn Spend a week or TWO IN the cOun-
try when he has his vacation" NO.
she replied, che takes that time to fix
up things around the house. He's a
| very handy man; he can carpenter, and
paint, and do mason work, and plumb
ing; in fact, there's hardly anything
about the house that he can't DO. But
Il hope you won't mlsunderstand me,
doctor-he makes me awfuliy nervous: 8
he's a great home BODY, and know I
ought to be thankful for that, but
sometimes almost wash he belonged
to a club that would keep him away
from home an evening or tWo-any-
thing for excitement"
! "WelI,' I said, II cont think you
need any medicine, nothing more thar
a little beef, wine, ana iron, perhaps,
or a little wine to sort of quiet your
| nerves and strengthen them, and what
would you think of taking vacation
of a week or two?"
"Oh, doceor!" she exclaimed, that
would be fine, but I don't see how I
could do it; Mr.. Clenough couldn't get
along without me and wouldn't think
I or asking ff1n:' r~'-@<'1-
I told her perhaps we could find that
and said: Il would like to see Mr..
Clenough tomorrow evening"" When
Mr.. Clenough came into my office l
nearly scared the life out of him. I
said: "Clenough, you've got one wife
form, you won't have any, or else you'll
have a lunatic on your hands" RE
form, said Clenough, in an indignant
tone.
Send Her to Lively Places.
"Yes!" said I, reform. No wonder
your wife is nervous; working all day
like a galley slave, and you're worse
than no company when you're at home.
The first thing T want you to do is to
q
not to the country, either, but to some
lively place, where there's something
going on, concerts, lectures, balls, COM
edies, anything that's gay and cheer
full, and nothing that is sad or serious
no tragedy, mind you, for she's act
ing that now. Don't let her do bit OF
work for fear that she should worry
about you and the house; shut it up
and get a good room for yourself in
town. When she comes back take her
to the theater at least once a week, and
when you go home at night chat
while with her instead Of being as
dumb as a mummy. Tell her few
lively or humorous incidents that have
happened during the day. You see
enough of them; you see people
enough; you see this one and that one,
and have a social, chat and keep up
your spirits, while your wife slaves at
home, without seeing or speaking to a
single person. No wonder she is ner-
vous. The wonder is that she is not
insane"
There's another thing want to say,
Clenough, and I. know you have too
much sense to get offended or misin-
terpret my advice. It would be good
idea if you didn't stick quite so close to
the house. OF course, don't want you
to spend your evenings in barrooms or
any such resorts Of doubtful character,
but there are enough good places where
you can have good time. The fact is
much Clenough. You are thoughtless-
ly selfish and your wife is self-sacrific-
ing enough to let you have your own
way and say nothing, but it worries
her all the same, more so than II she
gave you a good tongue-lashing once
keep to ourselves that frets the strings
of life the most and soonest snaps
them. And don't forget that you have
a. few neighbors. Call on them with
your wife occasionally; it will do you
good and do them good"
Clenough followed my advice, and
he last time that I saw his wife s,.c
lad gained flesh and was as smiling as
+ basket of chips, whatever that ma
be, and she had lost that worried, anx~
ious look, and seemed contented and
happy, and the men who work at
Snagues' say that Clenough himself is
much more Of a good fellow than he
used to be.
One of the men, in fact, gave me a!
idea that I had never thought OF oeF
fore. He said Clenough was a good
man, industrious, conscientious, an en-
bodiment of all the virtues, in word,
he was exasperatingly good. And there
are others Just like Clenough. They arr
models of goodness and propriety, so
nearly perfect that they drive the av-
erage mortal, with his imperfections, to
madness. They're so good that they
actually make other people bad by irr1-
tation. They're so patient that they
make others lose their patience. AND
of all these good men the quiet, stay
at-home all the time man is most ex-
asperating to the good wife, who, While
she appreciates all his good qualities,
wishes for little excitement, even II
her husband furnishes it. It's one OF
many cases where you find the good
woman nearly crazy from too much
goodness in close proximity. It's a
pulling case, too, if the doctor is noe
wise; ne's apt to give all sorts OF drugs
for all sorts of diseases without etfece3
rs not malaria, or hysteria, and ~
he balm in Gilead will do no good -
the selfish man doesn't lend a hand n
kha cure Leon Noel.