Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-05-18
MODEL. HUSBANDS

De TIE means OF diSpelliilg the deiu
sion. We feel sure no two women
weigh mankind in exactly the same
scales. What one woman may re-
gard us virtues another may regard
as faults.
A model husband in our opinion is
not a man who alone brings wealth
to his home; nor one who endows his
wife with u fine social position; but
the one who gives to his wife the
best of himself; wn'. appreciates her
virtues and pardons her faults.
A model husband may be day la
borer VINO returns 10 his home at
| night with d hard earned dollar elias
ped in his houest hand, and adds it
TO the fnnily fund to bc used TO pro-
vide necessary comforts for the fam
| i.y. He shares faithfully with his
| wife whatever he may earn by trade
or profession When business matters
pcrplex he docs not go home with a
woeful tale of his hardships and turn
the bright side of his character to his
associates, but he comes into his
home with q cheerful face that IN
spires his wife with new courage af-
ter day Of pcrplexing duties which
women alone have to meet, and in
their monotony become distasteful to
the most patient of them. -
A model husband does not hang up
his fiddle at the door, to be taken up
as he goes out to entertain outsiders.
and come into his home as devoid of
any suggestion of music as is the face
of a monk.
A model husband is one who will
share every hardship or sorrow LIE
may bring to his wife, and sweetens
suffering with his words of love and
sympathy and when age and intirma-
i ties rob her OF personal charms and
wrinkles take the place of dimples,
his love is like the holly that blossoms
in the winter of adversely.
The model husband does not ALLOW
his selfish nature to a"cord to himself
all the blessings which come with a
wei. kept home, and permit his faith
ful wife to bear all the burdens; he
does not fret and fu'-le il u sick child
distmbs his peaceful slumbers.- de.
claring urgent business duties on
the morrow will demand his atten-
ton and he cannot lose sleep, yet can
spend several nights at the club or
lodge each week and never complain
of heavy eyclils
A model husband prefers the soci
ETY. of his wife and CD ldrcn to that of
club, opera or dance. and when his
wife shares in these recreations they
are pleasure to him, when she is
absent they cease to amuse.
A model husband il; not only tender
and kind, he is manly and brave Ii
is pitiful sight to see u strong,
well balanced woman yoked to pig
my of a man who never had an aspi-
ration higher than his stomach; who
whines when he is hungry and grunts
when he is fed.
A model husband must be honest
man: not only honest with his fellow
men, thus keeping. his commercial
reputation above reproach, but hon
est in paving his obligations to his
family Whcnhe allows vice and dis
sipation to rob him of bis manhood
and selfrespect hecfleats his wife out
of her legal rights.
Model husbands as a rule are not
the outcome of circumstances, but
they are natural products. A kind,
loving son will become, after marri-
age, model husband. A selfish,
arrogant son will grow into q tyran-
zeal, unreasonable husband because
he loves himself better than any one
else, and his wife will always occupy
a second place in his affections; when
their opinions clash. and the happi-
ness of either party is in tie balance
it viii be surrendered, or there will
be friction in the household.
A model husband delights to bring
happiness to the heart OF the one he
calls wife and never forgets to cher
ish and protect the atom of humanity
the law made his own. His marriage
VOWS arc not made or Thanksgiving
to be broken on Christmas.
A model husband is not necessari-
ally one of the kissing kind, who
never enters his house or leaves it
without kissing his wife, and then
amuses his associates by saying his
wife would rather have kiss than a
dollar. and as kiss has less CONNER
cial value it suits both parties.
We believe in the existence ofmo-
del husbands. in truth VT have known
great noble, self-sacrificingme who
would scorn to impose on any s.rea-
ture dependent upon them for care
and protection. Yet we are skepti-
cal of the abundance OF such men.
ani we too often find a vast gulf be-
tween the real and the ideal which
cannot be bridged by human prayers
or human tears. Some men may run
well for a season, then drop their
masks at intervals; later these arc