Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-12-17
TACTICS PUZZLED HIM.
ling Husbands Gives Hcrs "a
Good scare.

81 admit in advance" said the newest
member tas she cast a deprecating glance
1t the belligerent-looking woman in the
STRAIGHTFORWARD chair, that Journal
I'm is a noble profession, and that only
[ifted beings pursue literature. Never
.heless, there is one subject on which
hey are entirely at sea, and the ina
nimity Of the mistake renders it the
more surprising" relates the New York
Times.
ITO what do you refer?" asked the
belligerent one. She occasionally
sold a little fllet to the Sunday papers.
and felt sufficiently important, from a
literary point of view, to feel aggrieved
,or the entire craft.
81 refer" resumed the original speak
er, ito articles having for their basic
idea how to be happy though married
Whenever an article of that nature is
directed toward the feminine half of
the matrimonial partnership it has but
one text: Never let your husband be
sure of your love- According to those
threwd observers of the masculine tenn
Iti dLltlll d hlANu WOIu HUN a LlG :
wife induces boredom, while a thought
full act leads to safety if not actual
abandonment. The proper attitude to
be maintained toward each other by the
married pair should be something on
this order: The wife should smile and
pout and smile again. The second smile
should not be resorted to unless the
wife feels that the withdrawal Of the
weekly stipend is imminent. Then she
may smile-broadly.
THE husband should be beset all day
by fears as to whether or not he is los
ing the precious boon of his wife's love.
important business should remain uE-
answered while he buries his face in
his hands and ponGers on his unfitEes5
to guard the precious jewel intrGsted to
his keeping. After a day spent in this
fashion he returns to find his wife be-
tomingly arrayed end smiling. He calls
himself a fool for his fears. OF a surety
she loves him. But next Gay she
pouts again and the Demon doubt
grasps his vitals. I know" she con-
Guided, that you think I'm %exaggcrat-
ing, but it is ali simple truth"
did you ever try any of the formu-
Ias?" asked the woman in gray, with a
sly twinkle in her kind eyes.
yes" responded the speaker of the
day, Il did. 1t is only fair to my hus-
band to say that there wasn't any rea-
son why I should resort to kittenish tao
tics to rekindle the fires of affection"
How did it work."
"Well, the first day the poor man wa
simply puzzled. The second he was
alarmed, and the third (when l still per-
I sisted in flirting with him) he came
| home with our family doctor and in
sisted on my seeing him. In explaining
| his course of action he said that he had
always considered me extremely well
balanced, but l had been so variable and
whimsical during the last three days
that he knew I must be i'll. He fastened
to add hat he hadn't blamed me at all
| as he felt that | wasn't responsible. New
ertheless,' said the literary lady" with
a knowing look. che blow hot. blow
cold manner is the only one to adopt
| With a certain style CT man"
r$robably that is true" returned the
happily married enc, but do you know
I don't fancy many wives of the vintage
of 1903 are wearing that style Of hus-
| band"