Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-04-07
a MASCu AILING
MANS TROUBLES WITH HOME Ami
vERsARY DATES.

The Male Crentzrc's Pe-siatcnt AbiI-
tty IS Te-Ect she osys Upon Tl-seh
I%EeTsSnts events, tIne;adiaE ETsn
his wedding, Took Place.
It, is one of The misfortdnes Of the
average man that he cannot remember
anniversaries. He can remember with
out difficulty the dates Of his various
board meetings. the price Of stocks, the
amount of money he loses at bridge"
The price or his; wife's last bonnet but
two verifying. In fact except tile
day upon Which he became' enga ged or
even, worse sim; the on2 upon which
he married. Aud there is none Of his
fofbles which make him SO unpopular
atihOme as this one.
A man Is sometimes born unpopular
and sometimes 4 he! has unpopularity
thrust upon him. but If 5 he. wants. to
achieve appropriately with n bound Just
let him forget the date OF his wedding
day and allow his wife to find it out.
We know a man who is occasionally
greeted upon his return from business
by his wife dressed I'M her hest gown.
withfa rose in her hhir and Smile on
her lips. ! n
The man is always courteous, and so
lie greets his better half kindly. even
while he asks in q tone Of distant dis
approval. Are we going anywhere to-
night. dear?" .
Going anywhere!' says that lady.
NO: don't you--is it possible YOU don't
remember what today Isl"
The culprit makes Il valiant effort to
recoliect. lie runs his fingers through
his hair and assumes q thoughtful look.
he knitS his brOws and bites his Iips.
ana lie is painfully aware all the time
thathis wife,is growing more and more
rigid and more anti more sorry that she
mas assumed her best gown for an oc:
casion that is so little Appreciated.
IL know il isn't our wedding ami
yersary.' says the beud of the house
presently and pleasantly. ''for we were
married i'll the spring am sure we
were. for YOU Wore some sort Of white
thing. 1t was very pretty" lie adds
hastily Immediately aware thar the at.
mosphere has grown even cooler with
his remarks T-t
II wore gray going away gown"
says his wife icily, land nothing white
ct all."5ut.
1T isn't file anniversary of our en-.
gagement," goes on the laundering
masculine, for You told me last year
that came some time In June" /
HIS wife absently takes The flower
out of her hair aud brushes IT,, !.
Tell me what II is commands the
man inpatienty. I'll never guess 1t
by myself j..
His wife leads the way Into the II.
brary with an air. "It's not OF the
slightest consequence of course, she
says bitterly. ~ was very foolish to
remember,.it myself, bur somehow L
didNait has been four years today. since
met you at Mrs. Blank s3lthenter
party, andcyon sat next 10 me during
the performance or ROMEO and JULIET:
and said that so long rs you lived YOU
would never forget that night nor the
privilege that had been yours on that,
OCCASION .sy YAH
1t would be very hardened criminal
who would NOT be bowled out by this
$500 tSNttoi' ohu lhS Lluu III Tue CQS6l
is properly .contlite and writes the date
down in his Docketbook so that he will
have 1t for next year, but he never BIZ
any chance remembers 1t then, sand
about the same scene will be gone over
again. =, H.,
The woman. who cannot recolleet that
columbus discovered. Americn in 1892
or, that, The civil war was begun In 1851
can remember without difficulty, the
day. and date upon which she met her
husband, the day he first brought her
aibulich. Of violets, sthe first time he
took her TO the theater and the-pl
they saw, the moment when he began
to-. look upon her as something more
than an attractive girl. the time he
asked her to marry him. what lie said,
whatsshe snid, what hour OF The day5,it.
was and What she had on. AS for the
wedding day, each detail Of it Is as
plain 1oitier half n. century later as, ii
II. had been yesterday.
Then SHE gets raging mad because
her beloved cannot follow her in her
flghts;of fancy, - et.ii ~
Once there was u man who never re.
membered until he was reminded that
the anniversary of his wedding day
had rolled around again. He found
that his misconduct greatly hurt The
feelings OF his wife, and so one year
he resolved to make q great mental.
effort aud be the first to speak of tho
occasion .;s I4f ), ia. 5l,.55f,,
He made the effort, he bought his
wife superb purse, aud he had IT
marked with her initials in gold and
then inside the flap was the date-oct.
6. 1898. '.s5 II RI az,
And was his wife pleased at this
delicate compliments