The Cairo bulletin., 1907-12-05

as SEN ~ THE FOREIGNERS
WHO i..hE STUDIED HER.
Think Her An ttcriy Selfish Great
urc--Indiffcrcn 10 Her Husbands
Nceds--I.cayes Him 10 Manage
Servants and |, ausc.

. |
Servants and Louise.
The American Woman has solved
problem or the ages. for as a wife
elthruned she proves 1t Is not only
Iosslble TO set something for no.
thing, bat every as of her life ex-
cmplifies what an !. .iN job she tinus
II | have passed d zen years In
the United States ana ~ pictures
| from my experience IN. ~ not un-
! interesting, says a !. ~ lnguishei
foreigner In tho Pittsburg Gazette.
] NY, first host on this side OF the
water was the owner aud editor OF
one OF the foremost New England
newspapers. Ten years preyiops he
| lad married a pretty. yitaciols lit
tie cerature, the penniless jal liter
uf one Of his own proofrea iers tr
establishment was conducted On a
! lavish luxurious scale, and In ex-
! t.emely good style At dinner the
fish night, noticed that az me
different courses appeared my frierd
seemed anxious and kept a sharp,
organizing eye upon the servanf.
Madam, on the contrary. was rot
cnly miracle Of French modishness
but wore an air Of complete serenity,
willie amusing us with gay clever
talk. Finally. some dish went wrong
ana there was d mufiied explosion
from the master.
Thereupon the wife called my at
lention to her husband, asking II 1t
were possible for any mar to feel
as worried as he looked. You
know, she remarked, In airy fash
ION, Charley takes housekeeping
reuch too seriously II Is often pos
lively annoying the way he frets and
fdsses over trifies.
imagined in the innocence OF my
heart that my trends menage was
uIiaue. | studied It's workings for
one week, all the while In state of
Easping amazement. By seven o.
clock every morning the good soul
was I'D and hard at 1t. He wrote out
Llenus for the day, then went mar
keting for food to supply them. He
audited and paid bills, engaged and
dismissed servants, adjusted domes-
tie difficulties, looked for dust, and
all but counted the silver L. was
The poor fellow confid-
Cd I'm me once, that the control OK
his great newspaper was chiId's play
to trying to please Pussy
In the housekeeping When | asked
him why in heavens name they did
not engage a woman to relieve him
Of such COMPOUNDED responsibility, he
told me his wife had tried half a
dozen paid housekeepers, but none OF
them gave satisfaction, and she al
avs fell back on him.
know a wealthy. influential New
i urk banker who at Easter every
year runs down to his Tuxedo house
10 prepare for the summer, and III
october makes his town residence
-eady for the new season. He goes
,arefully through linen and china
examines paint and pap
!. furniture and store rooms and so
orth. noting and carefully supply
Jig any detail that may b. needed.
md then only after the establish
nent Ia perfectly equipped and In
aultless running order even to cut
lowers in the vases, does he permit
lis wife to come and approve of his
4 bors, In fact, as a rule. he per-
uades the deanthing to take little
rip to the Virginia Hot Springs to
race npG her health.
You4 ilssIst aadenStand her over
rought nerves are apt To give way
rfth a crash under he responsibility
+ irritation; and that hawk-eyed
VAN Street operator, who hoists the.
rack flag OF piracy in business, Is y
n abject slave to the wife OF his
osom. He plans surprise gifts to
,in her smiles, takes an absorbing a
interest in her clothes and doings,
nd swcars By her beauty, Nor, Is
or ingratutude surprising. With
,ch enervAting indulgences, the wo-'
ian naturally become capricious and
ard 20 please 4The American man =
more consistently considerable off,.
nd generous TO women. than any n
,llow on earth. and in. no country I
oes he get sharper znubbing for his i.
aihs.' - s = ;ae''f = y - /.
I remerDer one very enlighteniug
Sperienee that gave me look in
non the cool calculating way lad.
3 in the United States manage their
,tds. was at a country house one
corning. when the hos,ess treated
: TO a deplorabie scene of alternate
.mpcr and tears because a trades
an failed to deliver saddle she
ipcied. As a matter of course the
ashland was accused of both negli-
,ce and cruelty. He had done all
ortal man could to crafty her
him. but because someone blunder-
there we're reproaehes, even
Ireat or hvsteria. Naturally our
ding party was dished. and my fin
RS fairly itched TO take that spoil
piece Of baggage BY the shoulders
III while shaking her. soundiy deal
II a few stimulating truths. Would
M believe It. the man who should