The sun., 1908-11-22
HANDBOOK ron HUSBANDS
"If You Can Get Her So Mad she Cans
Talk. 1od'H Have Peace

@Man that Ia born of woman Is small
potatoes and few TO the hill" said Uncle
Henry wearily when the door closed and
She left the room. He thinks he's &c
horsepower with n limousine. but he's
only poor old horse.
Adam had everything his own way
and nature as handing him out straights
and three Of kind all the ,ivelong day
till the lady arrived on the scene and
began to get ready for the first cake and
apron sale. Then what happened to
poor old Adam. Well, by gracious.
he had to get out and dig! Son, take il
from me, we've been digging ever since v
Not that mind digging. don't
But I'd like 10 do e little talking too, by
gum! I'm going to do it You hear mel
I'm working on system and II stick
around a while we'll see-. ..
Now my wife, she's about the average
verbose. That 10 she's got good wind.
pretty elaborate vocabulary and a
willing heart. When she makes real
business of IL she can comb things over
quite some lively
-She's one of the kind that keeps still
for while until you've told your little
tale and then begins to take a synpa-
thetic interest In it She asks questions.
Honest, son. they're the blamedest ones.
the ones that ask questions.
Then when you've got yourself all
tied UP and you don't know for sure
whether you spent the evening with a
sick Elk or live tiger she gets her cold.
fishy eye on you and she says: Henry
l. Ia 80 tfrt-
nality than you've got to get away with
that Hans Andersen she says, Now
you listen to me- That's what gets me.
don't want to listen. It's tiresome.
Now OF course there are several ways
to beat that game. In the first place
you can get mad as a halter and grab
your hat and go out and slam the door
after you. That works with some Of 'em.
Not with mine. though. -.
Il tried it once, and when came back
an hour afterward the frat thing heard
when came in the door was And, Henry.
as / was saying / had interrupted
her, but she came back strong.
There's another pretty good idea a
feller was telling me about, but 1t don't
work with mine. That's sitting still
while she is speaking her little piece and
saying, Yes, dear. and No. dear as
nice as pie. The feller says they just
naturally can't get used to having any one
agree with them and it takes the wind
all out of their sails. Well, son. IL might
don't know. 1t don't work with mine.
aThere is one though that I've got a
good deal Of faith In. just tried It out
a little to see how 1t was going to work
and l will say that I got better results
from 1t than from anything ever did.
'It's scientific, It's got a regular kind
of a name like. Itis called The Gamblers
Last Resort See what meanf It's
based on the old poker principle OF dou-
bling your bets to, reooup your losses.
Listen here. son. This 10 1t:
'You come home come time and you
see there's something. In the air. You
know from past performances that the
colloquial nionsoon is about to take place.
Get that' You see the dark clouds
looming on the domestic horizon and YOU
hear the distant cracking OF the forked
lightning that is going 20 blast you to
your roots pretty soon. The air is huahed,
as they say in the classics. There is some
thing going to occur. .H .e
-Well, sir, YOU don't get ready to
beat ii. You decide TO stay and fight.