Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-11-11
Mistake. Made During the Honeymoon.

A4at2!-e3 Made During the Honeymoon.
1T is during the earliest days of the
honeymoon that many young wives make
mistakes, the consequences of which are
likely to affect their whole married life, :"
said an observing grandmother.
Early impressions count for great
deal, and the woman who has just Sc
cured the man of her choice should care
fully guard against representing herself
i'll Il doubtful light. either from eXuber-
ance of spirits or from the feeling that
nothing matters now we are married.
To the ncwly-made bride | would say:
DO not presume upon your new honors
tc constitute yourself your husband 5
teacher, or rather keeper. Often, in
mistaken sense of her fresh responsible
ties, a wife is apt to assume on the
honeymoon playfully dictatorial de
meanor toward her lord At the board
ing house where they are spending their
first holiday together she cOnyuses the
male and disgusts the female residents
by her attitude toward George at meal
time.
mo. dear You mustn't touch those
pickles. You know pickles are not good
for YOU. And poor George sees the
coveted continent placed beyond his
reach as if he were Il naughty little boy
Or, Now, George. / cannot allow YOU
to smoke any more this morning. That
is the second pipe you have had since
breakfast
The unfortunate mans smoking ma
terials are playfully annexed by his bet-
ter half beneath the scornfully amused
glances of dozen onlookers Perhaps
in an ill-judged moment he asserts his
right to choose and tb' TX for himself
There is u scene and ir first QUARREL
when George, patient sore. gives in.
But if his wife has III this occu-
sion, George is alre. lily realizing
the meaning the tern upecked
Don't indulge in semi-public banter
and badinage with your husband. | was
recently visiting at a house where a
newly welded couple we're staying. The
man was quiet and reserved, but his
wife was of quite the opposite temprr3-
ment. and in his attitude | could dctn..
the dawn of Impressions concerning SIS
wife for which she will some day be
sorry.
Her idea of amusing him was to per-
petually poster him with frivolous ban
ter. provoking elaborate answers to the
most trivial observations, ana generally,
with gadtiy-like persistence, Keeping him
on the move. under which treatment ho
was obviously i'll ut ease, and to which
fact she was subimely unconscious The
day is not far distant when that young
husband will shun his wfc'S society.
ifpH W HtI ne CNlnNtS u bi'sliR To ifNHl
contentediy on the beach ON some fine
afternoon, show your independence hy
marching off for an excursion in COM
pany of some one else. Few things dis
illusion man more than the discovery
that the girl whom he likes to regard as
a tender. clnging plant, is able and
willing to seek her amusement in other
society than his own IT destroys one
Of the most cherished Illusions he pos
sesses. and he is not inapt To retaliatc II
a manner that speedily brings pain aud
a feeling of neglect to the thoughtln-s
wife even before the honeymoon las
Wancd.
Don't expect him to be lavish Of his
affections in society. George is So nice
when we are by ourselves walls tie
young bride. but when we are win
other people he treats me as if | were
his maiden aunt.
She cannot see, silly woman that G.
mas married an average man. who lr-
tests making an exhibition Of himself.
even to crafty the only woman he loves.
And by the same token, she should avoid
initiating the German manner in this
respect, for. much as the average Amor
lean objects TO playing the lover before
an audience. he letests infinitely more %
be fondled and called by endeariug
names under the same condition, ~
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.