The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1904-12-29

III Nv pCrmisStOn OF DOuOUuoV FuVt U III
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I'm still learning how TO treat an Old
wife. and so | can't give you many
pointers about a young one, for, while
I've been married as long as I've been
In business and while | know all the
curves OF the great American hog,
your mas likely to spring new one
on me tomorrow. No man really knows
anything about women except wild.
over, aud lie forgets 1t when he gets
ready to marry again. And no woman
really knows anything about men ex-
cept n widow, and she's got to forget
IL before she's willing TO marry again.
The one thing you can know Is that as
a general proposition woman Is Ut
tie better than the man for whom she
cares, for when woman's bad there's
always n man at the bottom OF 1t, and
when n mans good there's always
woman at the bottom OF that too.
The fact OF the matter Is. that while
marriages may he made in heaven,
lot OF them are lived In hell ard end In
South Dakota. But when man has
picked out good woman he holds
four hearts, and he needn't be afraid to
draw cards II he's got good nerve. II
he hasn't he's got no business to be
sitting In games OF chance. The best
woman In the world will begin trying
out man before she's been married
to him twcnty.fo four hours, and unless
he can smile over the top OF n four
flush and raise the ante she's going to
rake In the breechcs and keep them.
The great thing is TO begin right.
Marriage is close corporation. ana
unless fellow gets the controlling
interest ut the start he can't pick 1t up
later. The partner who owns 81 per
cent OF the stock In any business Is
1.-THE boss. even II the other Is allowed
to call himself president. There's only
two Jobs for a man in his own house
ones boss and the others office boy
and n fellow naturally falls into the
one for which he's fitted.
or course when speak of n fellows
being boss In his own home | simply
mean that, in broad way, he's going
TO shape the policy of the concern.
When man goes sticking his nose In
70 the running OF the house he's apt TO
get II tweaked, and while he's busy
drawing It back out OF danger he's 60
ing to get his leg pulled too. You let
your wife tend to the housekeeping
and you focus on earning money with
which she can keep house. OF course
in one way it's mighty nice of man
to help around the place, but it's beef
|, my experience that the fellows who
, tend to all the small jobs at home never
! get anything else to tend to at thu
, office. In the end it's usually cheaper
: to give all your attention to your bust
! ness and to hire plumber.
You don't want to get il into you
head, though, that because your wifi
hasn't any office hours she has sof
. thing. A lot of men go around sticking
t out their chests and wondering VIII.
( their wives have so much trouble will
: the help when they are able to handl
> their clerks so easily. IL you reall,
= want TO know, you lift two of your me
s out of their revolving chairs and han
b one over forty horsepower cook stow
= that's booming along under force
draft 10 that your dinner won't b
I late with turkey that's gobbling 10
e basting In one oven and cake that
v gone back on you in low, underhan
/. way In another and sixteen differer
o things boiling over on top and mixln
up their smells. and you set the othe
at twelve hour stunt of making Il
the beds you've mussed and washiu
all the dishes you've used and cleunin
all the dust you've kicked up, and 20
e boss the whole while the baby vel
: with collie over your arm-you Just tt
this with two of your men and So
q how long II Is before there's roug
, house on the Wabash. Yet a lot
fellows come home after their wiv'
have had day of this and bio
around about how tired and owe
Z worked they are and wonder WI
!; home isn't happier, Don't you ev'
forget that it's O blamed sight east
r 10 keep cool in front OF an electric IL
n than cook stove and that you car
N subject the hest temper III the wor
~ TO 800 degrees r without warming
UP bit And don't you add TO yo
" wife's troubles by saying how mu'
~ better You could do II. but stand p
and thank the Lord you've got sna