The L'Anse sentinel., 1907-12-14
WOMAN WHO TALKS
HEN w0RRIEs AT HOME a. An
ANNOYANCE 70 HUSBAND.
When the Man Comes Home He Wants
10 Hear Something Else eesides
the Rasping Side OF Troubles

When . man comes homo from busi-
ness there is one subject that should
be tabooed between husband and wife;
the days worries. A man is supposed
to leave the cares and ann0ysnces OF
ONCE hours downtown, and Q woman
should suppress hers the moment she
hears the front door open. II there is
sympathetic bond uniting the two
hearts the man will easily guess that
the worry lines are due to things which
have gone wrong, and he will be crate
ful for the cheerfulness of the uncOm-
planning wife, while she, on the other
hand, will, in q swift intuition. grasp
the burdens OF the harassed business
man. He has come home to rest, to
enjoy the quiet and nearness of family
life, and these moments are TO refresh
him for the next days struggle.
There Ia no man in the world so un-
selfish as the American husband and
father. Perhaps he lacks the polish
which comes o. easy work and much
leisure, for this is luxury that the
American never INDUCES In unless the
short interval spent at home can be
counted as such. The American million
aire permits himself about one-fifth Of
the vacation demanded by the English
tradesman. Time is something he can
not afford to spend. He has family,
sons and daughters who must have ad-
vantages denied his own youth. and SO
he works on into q sordid middle age
that has established a habit of work
that cannot be broken, This Is true of
the man on salary and it is to the
home and the wife that he looks for the
reward for his many sacrifices. But
does he always receive 1t?
We insist that the American woman
is not spoiled. says the San Francisco
Bulletin, but can we prove that she
Is not self-centered and selfish? The
great middle class is the majority in
every civilized community. and Of the
vast army of women whose husbands
are counted fairly we'll of. how many
stop to think of the effort that il costs
to keep the wife wei; dressed, the chill
dren clothed and fed and educated.
The bills are paid and she has money
in her purse, and the average wife
stops there. She accepts; she does
not question when she makes fresh
demand
She tells of her worries with her
dressmaker. whose price has gone up;
she complains Of the servant or serv
ants and recounts the irritations of
the day; she tells how unmanageable
the children are and how expensive is
the living. In short, she pours her tale
Of woes into the ears that have listen.
ed to hard facts and business methods
for the past eight hours, and the tired
brain of the overworked becomes dull
and apathetic with the increased pres
sure
Home becomes a place to sleep and
eat in. He remains at his office until
the last minute, for between the choice
of evils normal man will see the
lesser in the absence of a woman's
complaints Instead Of refreshment,
sympathetic companionship, he pic
lures to himself the worried wife. eager
with her grievances. and so he fingers
until the very last. and then only a
sense. of duty impels him to drag his
tagging feet homeward.
Can any sensible person blame this
type Of the unfortunate American pro-
wider?