The Monticellonian., 1907-06-13
WOMAN WHO TALKS
HER WORRIES AT HOME As AN ANNOYANCE TO HUSBAND.
When the Man Comes Home He Wants to Hear Something Else Besides
 the Rasping Side of Troubles.

| When a man comes home from busi-
 ness there is one subject that should be tabooed between husband and wife; the days worries. A man is supposed | 10 leave the cares and annoyances of office hours downtown. and a woman should suppress hers the moment she | hears the front door open. If there Is sympathetic bond uniting the two | hearts the man will easily guess that the worry lines are due 10 things which | have gone wrong. and he will be gratc- fu1 for the cheerfulness of the uncom- | blaming wife. while she. on the other hand, will, in 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 is nc man iH the world so un- selfish as the American husband and | father. Perhaps he lacks the polish which comes of easy work and much leisure. for this is a luxury that the American never indulges 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- vaHtages denied his own youth, and SD he works on into a sordid middle age that has established a habit of work | that cannot be broken. This Is true Of the man on a salary, and it is 10 the home and the wife that he looks for the reward for his many sacrifices. But does he always receive it?
 Me insist that the American woman is not spoiled, says the San Francisco Bulletin. but can We prove that she is not selfcentered 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 well off how many stop to think of the effort that it costs to keep the wife well dressed. the chil- 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 a fresh demand
 She tells of her worries with her dressmaker. whose price has gone up: she complains of the servant or serV- ants and reconnts the inrtatiens 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 h.urs, and the tired brain of the oyerworked becomes dull and apathetic with the increased pres sure
 Home becomes place to sleep and eat in. He remains at his office until the last minute, for between the choice of evils a normal man will see the lesser in the absence of a weman's complaints. Instead of refreshment, sympathetic companionship, he pie lures to himself the worried wife. eager with her grievances, and so he fingers until the very last. and then only sense of duty impels him 10 drag his tagging feet homeward.
 Can any sensible person blame this type of the unfortunate American pro wider?