The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-10-27
To Retain Your Husbands Love.

To Retain Your Husbands Love.
Many young women seem to labor
under the impression that once the
marriage ceren ony is over their object
is attained; they have played theirpart,
so to speak; the future can take care of
itself. 1t is one thing to gain a mans
love, it Is quite another to retain it;
and the girl who is willing to rest con-
tent with having gained it will never
make marriage much of a success. A
girl generally studies her sweetheart,
more or less; she considers if this will
please him or If that will not. Well.
If that sort of thing is so far essential
before marriage, it is absolutely neces-
sary after the nuptial knot is tied; a
husband must be studied, and the wife
who does not study her husband will
never retain his love and respect.
Again, why is it that a sweetheart
who always dressed well and neatly
before marriage, adopts a slovenly
style Immediately after settling down?
This often happens, and it may give
the husband food for much reflection.
for what does it hint at? Does it not
suggest that having got him, she does
not care; in other words, may it not
mean that she only dressed carefully
in order to entrap him? Let hus-
band get those ideas into his head,
and love, on his side. may be conspic-
uous by its absence. A wife should
really dress just as carefully after
marriage as before, more carefully in
fact, If she wants her husband to re-
main a lover also, and by the wa}.
that is the best condition under which
married life can be spent.
Then there is another important
thing-a wife must always be interest
ed in her husband and all his doings,
and her interest must, in certain cir
cumstances, be blended with sympa-
thy. Take his business or profession,
for instance. Well, of course, it is to
her advantage to be interested in his
business; if he starts talking about it
she must listen, and If he wants ad-
vice she must be ready to give it to
the best Of her ability. This greatly
q
the fact that his wife takes a deep In
terest in his affairs; it spurs him on;
he has an incentive. Then If business
worries crop up she must be sympa-
thetic, and who knows but what she
may be able to give him many q valu-
able hint. Be very sure that the wife
who thus acts will retain her hus-
bands love; he finds that he could not
do without her; he gets into the habit
Of turning to her as his wise counsel
lor.
On the other hand, If a wife is apa-
In her husbands affairs, can one won
der If his love becomes a trifle luke
warm? 1t is hardly necessary to say
a word about cooking and housekeep-
Ing, but it may be remarked that a
tidy, Clean, well-ordered house. cou-
pied with prompt, well-served meals,
go long way in holding mans
love, but enough Of that.
Then there Is one other important
thing, most men have a hobby; indeed,
the man without hobby is hardly a
desirable person to marry. Well. a
wife should always take the deepest
interest in her husbands hobby. 1t
may be argued that the particular
hobby may have no interest for her,
but she must make herself interested
IN 1T; she must show him that his hob
by IL also hers. and this goes long
4 In huc 1,a nd
respe ct-Home Monthly.