The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-05-04

words OF love and sympathy and
when age and iniirmitieS rob herof
her personal charms aud wrinkles
takes the place OF dimples, his
love is like the holly that bios
SONS in the winter of adversely.
The model husband does not
allow his selfish nature to accord
to himself all the blessings which
come with well kept home. and
permit his faithful wife TO bear
all OF the burdens; he does not
fret and fume ii Il sick child dis
turbS his peaceful SlumherS, de-
claring urgent business duties on
the morrow, will demand his at
tentiOn and he cannot lose sleep,
yet can spend several nights at
the club or lodge each week and
never complain of heavy eyelids.
a model husband prefers the
society of his wife aud children
is that of the club, opera or
dance, and when his wife shares
III these recreations they are
pleasure to him. " hen She Is alb
sent they cease to amuse.
a model husband is not only
tender and KIND. he is manly aud
brave. 1t is apltitul sight to see
il strong, well balanced woman
yoked To a pigmy of man who
never had an inspiration higher
than his stomach; who whines
when be is hungry aud grunts
when he is fed.
a model husband must be a
honest man; not only honest with
his fellow men, thus keeping his
commercial reputation above re-
proach, but honest in paying his
obligations to his family. When
he allows vice and dissipation to
rob him of his manhood and self
respect he cheats 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
marriage, a model husband. A
selfish, arrogant son will grow into
a tyrannical, unreasonable hus-
band because he loves himself bet
ter than any one else, and his wife
will always occupy a second place
la,
opinions clash, and the happiness
of either party is i'll the balance
it will 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
f0rgets to cherish and protect the
atom of humanity the law made
his own. His marriage vows are
not made on Thanksgiving to be
broken at Christmas.
a model husband Is not neces
sarily one of the kissing kind,
who never enters his house or
leaves it without kissing his wife,
and then amuses his associates
by saying that his wife would
rather have kiss than IA dollar,
and as a kiss has less commercial
value, it suits both parties.
We believe in the existence of
model husbands; in truth we
have known great, sacrificing
men who would Scorn to impose
on any creature dependent upon
them for care and protection. Yet
we are skeptical of the abundance
of such men, and We too often
find ii vast gulf between the real
and the ideal which cannot be
brldged 10y human prayers or
human tears. Some men may
run well for a season, then drop
their masks at intervals; later
these are laid aside revealing the
true character of the man.
Then the beautiful bubble
bursts and the rainbow tlntS van
ish III mid air, leaving wiser and
sadder women to NOUN over their
shattered idols,
Herbert Spencer, who is the
best authority on biological
truths, thinks that the eventual
mixture of the varieties of the
human lace will produce in Amer
lea a finer type of man than has
heretofore existed in our world,
more plastic, more adaptable,
and far more capable Of
undergoing the modiica tions
needful for complete social life,
and tiatters the coming woman
with the assurance that America
will produce men grander than
the world has yet known, so if
this be true those not already
mated may find little difficulty in
securing model husbands. When
woman does possess a model
husband she should crown him
with earth's brightest and most
precious diadem, "A wOman's love.