Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-20

CHARACTERISTICS.
Woman's work is never done when she
has a man to reform.

mas man to reform.
AS soon as a man saves up few dol
lars. he begins to lie about his ancestors.
We have heard of an editor who had
$4,000 but he made it running a saw
MILL
A good party-mark for the coming
, campaign in place of the full dinner pail
would be the iull coal scuttle
We are forced to respect some people
who have been in Jail more than lot OF
people who have never been there.
Jennings, the tailor. says he has one
customer who is so bow legged that he
cuts his trousers with circular saw.
A derrick is being built on which we
predict there will be quite run. 1t is
for the purpose of getting boy out of
bed in the morning.
Whenever we see a surgeon with his
chest of surgical instruments we wonder
if he uses fork with his knife.
1t is wanton waste of Kentuckys dis
titled JOY to feed it to monkeys and when
young fellows appear publicly in hilar-
ous and drunken condition they display
less sense than full grown chimpanzee,
Ritzville is a funny place. with big
hotels to feed your face, several doctors
tend your health and the saloons absorb
your wealth; three drug stores all doing
well and grafters thicker than fiddlers in
dance halls. If you are weary and worn
and wish you were dead. come to Ritz
vile and get stood on your-feet.
The most wonderful man in the world
lives in Ritzville. He belongs to no
lodges. was never worked by book
agent. never lost any money by bad IN
vestments, never bought stock in any
thing. cares nothing for hunting trips or
blooded dogs, takes his wife with him
when he goes to have time, neither
chews nor smokes. and earns his salary.
He claims to have good time but no
one believes him.
In a recent number of the Ladies' Home
Journal, Edw. Box gives advice to young
men about to marry. He says no man
ever gave as much as the marriage altar
as the woman gives: Few men under
stand what it means to a woman to give
her life into a mars keeping and, while
he can never repay her for bestowing
herself upon him, he can. at least. show
consideration of her higher feelings"
finer instincts" and "her SEX" God
knows" says. Mr.. Box. "how American
women suffer for lack of consideration"
The young American husband must. also.
show consideration for his wife's mother,
that she may feel at perfect liberty to
come to his house whenever she chooses.
and stay as long as she chooses. While
it is Mr.. Boks personal opinion that the
American husband should pass his whole
income over to his wife, and allow her to
manage their financial affairs, we'd like
to bet thousand dollars that Mr.. Box
doesn't do it. Mr.. Box says If man is
a man. and not miserly brute, he will
at least give his wife an allowance for
her personal needs. which amount is
sacred, and must be free from the slight
est instruction on the part Of the brute
who earns it. II man cannot trust his
wife to manage their financial affairs.
then he should never marry. says MIR.
Box. He says the fact that American
women have to ask their husbands for
money, is one of the humiliating elements
in their lives. and is one of the imper-
fections OF American husbands. OF
course MIR. Box holds up to shame man
who would marry and not carry large
life insurance. The Ladies Home Jour-
nal has very large circulation. which is
unfortunate, for it is devoted to spelling
women. Every woman who sees It gets
dissatisfied with her surroundings be-
cause it is devoted to exploiting the rich
and rarely contains a sensible suggestion.
Women are particularly fond of fairy
tales.