The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-07-31

wakes up to the fact that her husband
regards her as nothing but a tonic and
their home as a private sanitarium the
only thing for her to do is"
THE same thing" put in Solomon,
with a chucls.e.
Tive no PATIENCE" I declared. with
the meek little creature who will stay
on the shelf like q medicine bottle and
let herself be taken down and put back
at a mans will. or-or his won't" 1
ooh, we'll" rejoined the Sage, looking
as if he thought h discussion had
gone too far one way. that's the trou-
BILE with wives. They make medicine
bottles of themselves instead OF honey
Jars or wine bottles, by making them
selves useful and taking a husband too
seriously, instead Of making themselves
beautiful and amusing and appealing
to his lighter side"
"Nonsense!" I put In quickly. 1.-THE
average man has SO many lighter sides
n a no one woman could appeal to
them ALL"
of course" agreed Solomon. That's
the beauty Of a 'harem. Variety is the
spice OF home"
And BESIDES" I went on, ignoring
the Interruption. "if you could ever get
round all his lighter sides. there's his
darker side!"
What" Solomon dropped his pea
cock feather.
SAhS AZ Wa IN IL DOJ Slcdl
apples even when there's a barrelful
In his w cellar" 1 explained with a
toss of my chin. and makes a man
want something he oughtn't to have
even when he has all he could possibly
want at home. II a woman were a
Venus and a Minerva n a circe and
a st. Cecilia and a French cook and
laundress combined she couldn't keep
her husband at her side once he be-
came tnoculated with the wanderlust.
A haTem wouldn't keep a man in the
house IL he heard the call of the wild
any more than a string of horses would
keep him in the stable IL he heard the
fascinating toot of an automobile. No
matter how much perfection a man
gets in one wife. he always thinks
there is something else he might have
gotten and he keeps on experimenting
to find out and"
Yes broke in solomon with a deep
sigh. ut took 200 experiments for me to
, find out"
-What?"
That Pharoah's daughter was about as
good as I could do. l always came back
to her." he added virtuously.
For q rest" retorted taunttnely.
.'just as anybody goes back to an old pair
of shoes when the new ones begin to get
uncomfortable. Pharaoh's daughter and
I looked at him accusingly, was the orig
snal rest cure"
Not at all" objected Solomon. Look
at Juno and how Jupiter kept coming back
to her after his flirtations and his var.
Gus escnpades. And I've no doubt Adam
got away from Eve occasionally for a lit.
tie hunting or a day Off"
"And was glad to get back to her
again." I rejoined. But that isn't any
consolation for being q rest cure,' be.
cause by the Time they arrive. about all
that q wife gets Is their tempers and
headaches and grouches and the cleaning
Of their clothes It's no real excitement
to mend your husbands golf stockings
and bring him his bromo-seltzer bottle
and get up his laundry and press hi.
trousers. for the sake OF having hip1 with
you until his bad humor wears of and he
acquires a good taste in his mouth and
saves some money and feels At to start on,
again."
.N-no-o."s agreed Solomon %grudkinsly
''but you don't understand men, my dear
It's the woman whom . man loves bes,
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