Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-05-30
A MASCULINE FAILING
MANS TROUBLES WITH HOME ANNE.
vERsARY DATES.

Hhe Male creatures PerHfHtCnt Adj.
ity to Forget the Days Upon yNIricI,
Important Events, Including Even
His Wedding, Took Place.
1t is one OF the misfortunes Of the
anniversaries. He can remember with
out difficulty the dates of his various
board meetings the price OF stocks, tho
amount of money he loses at bridge"
the price of his wlfc's last bonnet hut
two everything, in fact. except The
day upon which he became engaged or
even, worse still, the onS upon which
he married And there IS none Of his
foiUles which make him SO unpopular
at home us this one.
A man. is sometimes born unpopular.
aud sometimes he has unpopunrity
thrust upon him. but if he wants to
achieve appropriately with Il bound Just
, let him forget the date of his wedding
day and allow his wife to find It out.
We know n man who Is occasionally
greeted upon his return from business
by his wife dressed in her best gown.
with a rose in her hair and smile OIL
her lips.
The man is always courteous, and SO
he grects his better half kindly, even
Willie he asks in tone Of distant dis
approval, "Are we going anywhere to-
night. dcar?"
Going anywllerc!' says that lady.
No; don't you-ls it possible you don't
remember what today is?"
The culprit makes Il valiant effort to
recollcct. He runs his fingers through,
his hair and assumes n thoughtful look.
He knits his brows and bites his Inns.
and lie Is painfully aware all the time
that his wife is growing more and more
rigid and more and more sorry that she
Inns assumed her best gown for an oc-
casion that is SO little appreciated.
Il know it isn't our wedding ami.
vcrsary." says the head OF the house
presently and plcnsantls, "for we were
married In the spring. am sure we
were, for you wore some sort Of white
thing. 1t was very pretty" he adds
hastily, Immediately aware that tho at
mosphcre has grown even cooler with
his remarks.
Il wore gray going away gown"
says his wife icily. land nothing white
Mt ALL"
ut isn't the anniversary of our en-
gagcmcnt," goes on the laundering
masculine, "for you told me last year
that came some time in June"
His wife absently takes the fowe.
out of her hair and cruslles 1t.
Tell nc what 1t is" commands the
man impaticntly. "I'll never guess 1t
by myself"
His wife leads the way into the H.
brary with an air. 'lt's not of the
slightest consequence Of course" she
says bitterly. II was very foolish to
remember it myself, but somehow
did. 1t has been four years today since
met you at Mrs. Blanks theater
party, and you sat next to me during
the performance Of 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"
1t would be a very hardened criminal
who would not be bowled out by this
naive recital. and the man in the case
Is properly contrite and writes the date
down In his poclietbook so that he will
have 1t for next year. but he never by
any chance remembers 1t then, and
about The same scene will be gone over
again.
The woman who cannot recollect that
Columbus discovered America in 1902
or that the civil war was begun In 1861
can remember without difficulty the
day and date upon which she met her
husband, the dny he first brought her
a bunch Of violets. the first time he
took her to the theater and the play
they saw, the moment when he began
to look unon her as something moro
than an attractive girl. the time he
asked her, 10 marry him. what he said,
what she said. what hour of the day It
was and what she had on. AS for the
wedding day. each detail of It Is as
plain 10 her half century later as II
1t had hccn yesterday.
Then she gets raging mad because
her beloved cannot follow her in her
flights of fancy.
once there was man who never re
membcred until he was reminded that
the anniversary Of his wedding day
had rolled around again. He found
that his misconduct greatly hurt tho
feelings Of his wife. and SO one year
he resolved to make grent mcnta,
effort and be the, first to speak of tho
occasion.
Ie made the effort, he bought his
wife superb purse, and he had II
marked with her Initials In gold and
then inside the flap was the date-Oc
G, 1893.
And was his wife pleased at this
delicate compliment
Not SHE.