The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-08
HOW A WOMAN SHOULD
MANAGE HER HUSBAND
1t Is Easier in the Abstract Than in Reality, but
Here's Advice About It, ANYWAY
By KATE THYSON MARI.

SUN MARI.
( ton in the feminine manner that will
keep his respect in proportion As it
4 was won in the beginning.
. What is true of familiarity in ether
cases is equally true Of married life.
and when ali barriers Of reserve are
( demolished then We might as well bid
good-by to the respect that is the
keystone of the matrimonial arch.
The man who is happiest in his
/ home is the man who is made 10 be
/ lieve that he is the only Considera-
ton in this world that counts.
A man likes to feel important.
which accounts for his horror Of a
clever woman, whom he fears with an
abiding fear. And the reason is OBJ
+ vious-he wants 10 De looked up to.
He may admit that his wife is a
thousand times more brilliant than
he. but he doesn't want her TO think
so He wants to feel that his opin-
. ions are deferred TO. though he may
be as stupid as an oUI, yet he IS fiat
tered by the Difference paid his wishes
and is satisfied accordingly.
A Word to the Wise.
/ The woman who has an idea that
( she knows it ali, and that hubby is a
fool. is the woman who never makes
/ herself or any husband in the world
happy.
/ The superior airs Of a wife are
among the things that d man will
never reconcile himself to, and the
+ woman who assumes them might as
we'll bid good-by TO any matrimonial
+ peace.
/ I admit, though, that there are
r7any women infinitely superior TO
the men whom they marry. both in
mental attainments and in every gift
of the gods, but a girl who marries
when too young does not realize this
until years after. Then, too. men
and women develop differently. \
man may be q woman's equal men
/ tally at the time of marriage Vet
either the one or the other may dis
cover talents later in life that not
only surprise themselves, but literally
amaze their friends
One can never tell, and the lob of
keeping peace in the family is such
blooming uncertainty that it Is a hard
matter TO tell whether one is fitted for
1t or not.
There is no such thing as q mat
TimoniaI probationary course. except
IN Japan, 1 think, where the gentle
man takes the little aImond-eved
darling and keeps her for a year on
probation, after which, If he finds the
experiment satisfactory, the marriage
is confirmed, but if they agree to dis
Illusion the illusion, then h sends her
home ticketed and tagged and the
result leaves no stain on her charac-
ter Later. perhaps. some other swain
niarries her and they live happy. ever
after, which only goes to prove that
N the land of the Mikado they take
cut a sort Of accident policy insuring
them against reckless matrimonial
chances.
Why Wives are Failures.
Perhaps it is a pity that we who
are supposed to be more civilized and
cannot adopt the same precautionary
methods There are many who would
gladly sing the paeans of that old wear
and welcome d new one with a brass
Land and tin horn orchestra
thrown in.
The fact is when it comes TO the
question as to how to manage a hus-
band, We might add that there are
two classes Of women who make fall
ures of the game-rhe women who
manage too much and the women
who do not know how to manage at
all.
The women who mana-e too much F.
reduce a man to the consistency Of .
weak jelly. not too thin to be shaky, /
but too thin to be wholesome or pal !
atabIe
The women who DO not know how .
to manage at all are the women who /
are too weak themselves to even hold /
on to the better half of anything. +
But, after all. do you really think .
that any woman knows much about /
it2 /
IF she has managed 10 manage the
breadwinneT Of the family it must
have been by making herself awfuIIv
OF through some kind of /
accident. Anyhow. she would not
know how she managed the trick. II
would Ike to have any recipe that
might be intrusted to me But not
having a husband myself 7 almost
wish I could borrow a few for expert +
mental purposes which might enable
me TO publish a sure cure for the hus-
band VINO SHES at any ATTEMPT to
saddle and bride him preparatory
TO the matrimonial race
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