Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1907-05-23
UNCLE GID'S LETTER.

notice that some of our love sick |
correspondents borrow their poetical
effusions Now, your Uncle Gid is |
going to borrow one himself. and |
am going to tell you from whom
borrow, Mrs. g. A. Corbett
"There is but one face in all the
world
| That holds charm complete,
There is but one pair of eyes for me,
One voice like music sweet.
There is but one cord in my life's harp
That's strung so strong and true,
1t thrills and vibrates through my be-
ing
That chord is my love for you.
Now, girls and boys, Mrs. Corbett is
speaking of real, true love; the genu-
inc article None of your idiotic, may
be-so kind, but pouring forth the very
essence of the soul in flow of hallow-
ed love.
Now, am going to launch out on
the ideal wife and how she became
one. Men have about as many ideas
about what wife ought to be as be
has hairs on his head ard they begin
to draw pictures of their wife long be-
fore they ever get one.
First She must honor and obey
him, and love him harder than mule
can kick down hill If she does this
then he proposes to allow her certain
amount of privileges and a little pin
money provided she don't ask him too
often.
Seconll-H don't want her to dress
too fine and claims no married woman
has any business to do SO,
Third. She must prepare the kind
, ling wood for the morning fire and 9TH
er jobs. She can do all of this without
his lordly permission. Then when
married the first morning he turns
and says, MARY, I want you to un-
: derstand | am going to wear the
britches and you amt to do single
thing without my permission. "All
> right, says Mary, the obedient wife.
So up he gets, fixes a fire in the
: stove and says, MARY, the fire is
Q burning. Get us some breakfast. - He
!, feeds the stock, washes and is ready
: for breakfast but no summons come.
He waits awhile, then goes to the din
ing room and asks Mary if breakfast il
ready. "Oh, yes, says Mary.
why didn't you can me?'' said hel
= lord. "You didn't tell me to. H,
j. eats and off to the fields he goes ant
d WORKS until noon, goes to the hous
u expecting Mary to have well cooked
= dinner for him. After working hare
/. his appetite is ravenous and he says
y ''Have you dinner ready?" mo, yol
q didn tell me to and you said | mus
!, not do thing unless you told me-
Is John looked at Mary and said, 'Se
IS here darling, l thought l would max
g an ideal wife of you, but I'll be durn
IL IL ed if l know how. Suppose you sorte
k do as you please about this her
S. house. ''All right" says Mary
ID "Only one thing l reserve" he says
D. when you want to go a-visiting tax
" me along" Mary, with mischievou
N twinkle in them, agreed to do go.
to All model wives have first to brea
D. their husbands to work double and Ma
as as ry was one. of these wise young wivt
70 and agreed to obey John to the lettt
le and did so, which showed to John ths
AZ his dictatorship in his own hon
nr would be likely to starve him to deatl
3. The ideal wife or the model vii
rt never carries her point by quarrelin
N and fretting over the exactions of the
~ ~ husbands. She wins by obedience
Any smart, intelligent woman ca
wrap her husband around her finger ;
easy is she can a thread. Model wiv
generally have little fun in breakir
their husbands, but they succeed in
d. little while IT you wish to be mod
nu wife, honor and obey your husband
70 20 the proper course. Wonder how man
,r. married women have been told by the
,rt husbands the next day after marriag
"You can have my pants and if "
ng don't want them I'll wear them,
IL meaning which is going to be hos
which of course she refuses and he, b
ok Ike like, thinks he has gained poir
,rt Not much just about as fit to boss t
on house as a monkey is to boss churc
Well, I'm going to stop right here
,r- UNCLE GID.
ICE Good Words for Chamberlain's Cough +