The San Francisco call., 1905-03-12
Husbands
and
Wives
By Hate Thyson Marr

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not going to give rein to his folly in
the enemy's- camp, as 1t were. A jeal-
Gus wife is Just about the worst pos
sible handicap for :; physician.
The lawyer who Is attractive and
magnetic should also be spared the in
niction of Jealous wife. 1t is abso-
lutely impossible for one to be success
ful If wife is going TO try to keep tab
on him. If the aforesaid lady had any
sense she would not be half so alspi-
cious Of his clients as she might with
better reason be of his stenographer.
Where one lawyer falls in love with
client. a dozen are paipitating victims
Of the stenOgrapher's little wiles and
ways. Hence a lawyer has no business
with a Jealous wife. She might find out
too much, which would sadly interfere
A lawyer with a jealous wife Is
wretchedly handicapped. II he has
wealthy female clients it may deprive
him of his divine right TO transfer a
portion OF their wealth to his rwn
bank account. II his stenographe'' be
pretty. a wife may be decidedly de
trop and inconvenient. The loving wife
should never interfere with hubby. IL
there were fewer pretty stenOgraphers,
legal lights might burn with purer.
stead1er flame, and the fraternity be
more moral. The wife of a successful
lawyer should never interfere with
wealthy clients or pretty stenographers,
who are or may be useful to hubby,
and the non-compIaisant wife has no
business 10 haEdicap hubby's particu'
lar sphere.
The newspaper man has still less
business with a wife who will nc
understand. He is not subjected to
the onslaught OF women who are al
ways in love with their doctors and
lawyers, but. all the same. he has trou-
bles OF his own The man on a morn
ing paper rarely leaves the office until
2 or o'clock in the morning. when he
goes home too tired to care if such
thing as a woman ever existed. He
work too hard to be a companion for
any woman on earth-he cannot desert
his post for any soci11- Gemaud so dear
to a woman's heart The wife need
not be jealous OF a newspaper hubby,
because he il too tired to care rap,
for her or any other woman when
dreamIand is in sight
The wife OF a newspaper man who
Ianguishe- for his society and becomes
unhappy because he cannot take the
time to enjoy it with her, IL she nags
him to that effect. simply handicaps
his usefulness. The strain OF news
paper life is perhaps s-eater than that
of any other vocation. consequently
a mans home life should be more
serene than where other lines are pur-
sued.
There are other stations where the
wife should not interfere. The clerical
gentleman is supposed to be above
suspicion, although we are not sure
that We would not rather trust ths
more skittish matinee male divin-
ity than some polished specimens cut
out on pious angles Yet We are 10th
to criticize the gentleman who Is sup
posed to be adamant- Some or MS
clan have been known to be touched
by fire. but, unfortunately, were not
purified by the process. The wife OF
the ministerial collar exhibit should
never think hubby less good than he
appears to be. She should never be
Suspicious OF the pious old trump in the
front pew. the weaItny parisnioner
whom he can always touch for dona-
tion. or the pretty choir singer. The
wife who interferes In this regard sad
Iv handfcaps the hubby whom she tries
70 make as good as be looks
1t is really dreadful to have man
handicapped by wife. and yet this
brief expose Of what unreasonable
espionage women are prone to indulge
will show that a man is often sadly
Handicapped by a wife who interferes
IN his little ways
The moral OF all this story is that a
wife is very foolish 70 want to know
anv more about hubby than he wants
her to see. The less she knows the
more peace OF mind she enjoys Mat
rirnonial felicity often depends on
what both ends OF the game never
finds out about the others. Sad, isn't
1t. but, then. it's the truth. you know.