Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-07-14
THE CITY HALL LOBBY
Is Pretty Good Place to Study Human
 Nature These Warm Days.

There may be a few worthless wo- men here and there in Waterbury if one could find them, but the number
 is small compared with the army of good for nothing men that can be To- cated without much trouble. InSno place about town can this be seen
 more easily than in the lobby of City hall building, where lazy fellows who ought to be earning a dollar come around now and then to complain of their wives. The other day man
 reported that his better half was off her base and insisted that physician
 be sent to examine her. The doctor called and had long chat with the
 woman, but could see nothing the matter with her. Then he made in- quiries among the neighbors and was informed that the lady was all right, but that the man was crazy and should be locked up. Whats a wo- man going to do that has such part ner? Some may say she is fool to live with him, but every woman don't look at things that way. As a rule they are more faithful than men and while they may not be fully asst isfied witht their lot they prefer to suffer uncomplainingly rather than make a "holy show" of themselves and their children. Many of them, luo, remember the solemn VOW they made when they were joined in mat rimony and prefer to take their med icine like little men, and if you could get at the facts there are thousands of women putting up with lots of abuse that their closest neighbors know nothing about because they hate the idea of parading their do- nestle relations before the communi- ty.
 '.My wife hasn't worked day in three weeks" remarked a big round- CT to a Democrat reporter the other day, "and if she doesn't pick up something I'll have to move out. " The reporter asked what he was doing himself. and why he wasn't working. This made him furious. and judging by the way he acclaimed ! it was pretty plain that when he mar ried he had notion that the woman was to be the bread winner for the family. After puffing and fuming around for a time he calmed down and said that the reason he was not working was because his heart is af- fected and his wife does not want him to do anything. She would never complain, he said. if he would stay at home and keep an eye on his children, but he can't content him.
 self about the house, and when he
 goes away there is trouble. for his wife kicks" when she returns and finds the youngsters alone. This makes him mad and he stays away | all night once in a while. This is
 hard. but there is good deal of il
 going on and there does not seem to
 he any remedy for 1t. It is true that
 a woman can come pretty near driy. ing a man out with her tongue, Il
 she knows how to use 1t to adyan'
 tage. but a man who fritters away
 his time on the street corners while
 his wife is hustling to keep home
 for him and his children Is lucky tf
 escape with nothing worse than tongue flashing. A stick or something
 that would make a more lasting i'm nression is what he richly deserves If is all right for a woman to assis her husband even to the extent o going to the factory or elsewhere tt earn a dollar if necessary. provided he is sick and has no means. but 1 is a question if she is not doing great deal more than the lav of Gos or man requires of wife when sh' tolls to maintain a man in idlenes who is well able to work and sup port her and their children