Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-14
Fun Box Flies Open.


We do not recall the exact words
but it has not been long since the
Editor of THE GREENE CoNUNTY HER
AID was twitting the Editor Of the
Call about not being married. How
he could advise a good FREUD to emit
er the matrimonial state and then
paint such pen picture as the fol-
lowing, is more than we can under
stand This is fresh from Bro.
Faulk 5 excellent and thoroughly re-
liable paper:
We wonder how many of our read
ers have noticed the difference be-
tween the man who has been married
but a short time and one who has
been married several years. You can
always tell Young husband from an
old one. When man has been mar
ried few months, you viii generally
see him working in the garden or fix
ing up about the house and while he
works ne whistles, on sings, or occas-
ionally looks up towards the window
to see if anyone is watching him. A
year later he is still working in the
garden but the smile has been ex-
char ged for a frown and he OCCASION
ally looks up towards the house won
dering why in thunder breakfast is
not ready. Another year rolls by
and his looks would sour milk, but he
is still at work, stopping occasionally
TO kick the dog or throw brick at
the cat. The next year we find him
sitting on the front porch, smoking
a pipe, while his wife does the dig
ging in the garden. Now just watch
our young men, as one by one, they
are caught in Cupid's net and see if
this rule does not work out the prob
lem correctly. Chronicle Call.
We might sly TO the above that
the article in question was not writ
ten by this writer, but was run
through our columns inadvertently
without credit given due it; that in
appearing it we had no idea it would
interest Bro. Thomas, as his failure
to copy or respond to our last shaft
on the hymeneal controversy left us
believing he had passed it up; that
Bro Thomas is to be reminded that
our former ramifcations were direct
ed at bachelor editors and not the
unmarried class Of young men goner-
ally; but none of these things we
would use to offset his thrust at us
We would just merely EXPLAIN
that the article which he asked ex
planned, when read in general sense
in which it was meant, explains it
] self. 1t was simply an effort Of the
HERALD editor to depict \ certain
stage of married life which is not
necessarily lasting. That era il
the young husbands life history
when he would attempt to veil /;
wealth of affection under cloud o.
external and assumed Indifference
Sometimes it takes the gardening
breakfast waiting irritant type, agair
the pire putting wife working watch
ing act, but nevertheless meath al
this lies true and deepening love
for his life partner that ripens with
the years in contradiction to his ac
tions. Later he passes into a more
demonstrative experience, but why
go over all this with Bro. Thomas,
just because he has attempted to play
the Innocent too shrewd an
old boy in his varied observations OIL
humanity to have not come in con
tact and acquainted with this philos
Ophy of the Hymenial estate.
One count we get on him out Of
this round. He is still interested in
the matter, for if not why does he
want explanatory light turned onto
incongruities that loom across his
horizon? So we will not regard him
as altogether hopeless yet.