Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-05-26
The Interfering Husband.

goes DevOnu his sphere, IIldHN tudEAIcu
ladies will know him too well. He
may be called 1.-The interfering hus'
band" the one who will poke his nose
into household and domestic matters
which in no way concern him.
He is kind Of general walking
encyclopedia Oh all matters connected
with housewOrk: thinks nothing Of In
structing his wife as to how she should
perform her duties; he frequently goes
the length OF lecturing the general
OH the most trivial points OF house
wifery. No true wife cares for hus-
band going about the kitchen; In fact
it Is no place for a man. Yet the
kitchen is kind OF happy hunting
ground for the interfering husband.
He drops In of an afterncOn-why
on earth is the floor not scrubbed yet!
He demands IN explanation and Is told
that the ''mlssus" said 1t wasn't ia
be scrubbed that day.
This won't do for the interfering
man. however. He hunts out his wife
and Informs her that the kitchen looks
like an old clothes shop. Can she
not keep his house in clearly state
Is he to pay for servant standing
about doing nothing when she might
be well employed scrubbing floors
And so he goes OH.
Such man is more than Il nuisance.
he is an intiiction, and the household
over which he presides is rarely hap
by one: it cannot be when the man
goes on like this.
But the same individual won't only
NEEDLE with household affairs; he will
also dictate concerning the children,
and this no true mother will tolerate
Suppose the month of May comes In
and is raw and cold. Have the chill
dren stopped wearing their winter
fiannels? No! Well, they must must
do SO at once So orders the interfer-
ing husband, needless OF the fact that
the mother ought to be the judge as
to when children should put Off or on
certain articles of clothing. And thus
he dictates, always interfering with
the wife's duties.
Naturally trouble is ever to the fore
it could not be otherwise. Suppose
such a man gives his wife II certain
sum monthly as Il private allowance.
Why, 1t isn't private at all; she really
has to account for every penny spent,
and woman of spirit will not meek
ly stand this sort Of thing long; open
rupture follows almost as u matter of
course. l wonder If the Interfering
man is aware of the fact that he Is
known all over his neighbOrhOOd as
suchI If there happens to be serv'
ant in the house 1t won't be kept dark
all his little peculiarities will be dis
cusscd with Mary next door, and Mary
IL she happens to be on free terms
with her mistress will not hesitate
to speak of that man" up the street
mentioning few facts concerning
| him. Her mistress will. IL she be OF
the average female type, most Ger
tainly hint to some of the ladies OF
the ncighborhoOd about Mr. SOand-
so and his goings on. and thus his
name is handled about till he is well
known in his real colors half a dozen
streets away.
The interfering husband. however
takes up other duties. For instance.
lie act. as kind of censor over his
wfc's friends and acquaintances; he
lays down the law as to who shall or
shall not visit the house. and. in very
truth. his wife Is sorely tied down.
The interfering husband. In short,
is II wife's sOrest trial. A woman
cannot respect man like that. But
then he IL no man, and the woman
who las such husband deserves our
pity Knoxville Sentinel.
How Society Discoura&es Matrin,Ony.
lone Is sometimes led to speculate
upon the very apparent subsistence of
the sentimental relationship Of the
sexes in our age" says Mrs Burton
Harrison In Everybody's Magazine.
Certain it is that the young man who
dares not. and the girl who cares not,
to achieve matrmony are frequent
spectacle In the mans case. who
can blame him. acquainted as he gen,
orally Is with the stress of money
getting. and informed on every side
of the expectations and the necessities
of wife in society," AS for the
girl it Is the habit of well-to do Amer
lean parents so to equip and prepare
their daughters for life among the
highest; they so commonly provide her
with luXuries unknown to their own
youth, with suites of rooms. maids,
horses. vehicles of her own: they carry
her so much abroad that she cannot
find herself tempted to give up this
ease and variety for the humdrun es.
tate Of marriage and husband who
must daily work down town. Such
a state Of things seems abnormal but
IL not unusual And while | am quite
unprepared to accept II. b. Marriott
Watsons declaration in the Nineteenth
Century, that the American woman Is
anarchial; that she is undermining the
sociological foundations of the state
think in this matter of wanting TO
remain single because she Is better
oil than If married, there is a menace
OF grave import to the nation"
The Wife's Relatives.
If any of our relatives are really