The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-07-10

and also go to! They're all here" he
added with a sigh. That's my pen
ance."
WHAT" 1 exclaimed in astonish-
ment.
ITO live with the whole lot at once.'
returned Henry m%ournfully. land for
ever! I don't see how Solomon ever
stood it," and he tagged at his beard
unhapp1ly.
Variety is the spice of-love,' 1
quoted cheerfully.
"Oh, variety's all right" agreed the
king. "But-give me one wife at a
time and that-done we'll! A harem is
IKE a n dinner, where all the
dishes are put on the table at once. 1t
takes away your appetite. Besidese'
he added. ut requires the diplomacy of
a Richelieu to manage one wife in
these days"
Majesty should have had sufficient ex-
perience toto be capable
Il am" broke in the King hastily with
q bitter smile. 1T takes me to teach a
the house n that her place is OF q
footstool. 1t excites our royal mirth
when We read in the Stygian Review Of
your henpecked American husbands. A
jellyfish hath more backbone and he
chuckled cynically.
Perhaps" l suggested insinuatingly,
you never met any Of u American
girls: There are wives AND wives. you
KNOW.
"Tve tried nearly every variety
quoth His Majesty. with a short laugh.
There are wives and wives-but
there's only n IL OF a woman and
only one way to manage her. Every
feminine heart is built on the same
principle: and once you discover the
combination you've only got to press
the button
"To-what?"
Begin right" explained Henry, tap
I'M htS oonrtn~ TON 1- <A@
arm Of his chair. The trouble with the
modern man is that he begins at the
wrong end Of the ladder"
"Wherc?"
I'll begins by asking favors instead of
taking them; by saying viii your in
stead OF You will VIII you dance
with meg Will you kiss me? Will you
marry me?' That's the mistake l made
with my first wife," and the king sigh
ed reminiscently.
But l thought" I protested family.
that Katharine of Arason was a very
superior woman"
80 did l." rejoined Henry mourn
fully, land SO did she. For II years
that woman had me hypnotized into
believing that a wife is the whole thing
instead OF merely a rib. But when i
discovered the truth
You had an operation performed"
] suggested jestingly. and extracted
the rib?"
The king leered with diabolical ap-
probation.
Yes" he chuckled, once a man lets
a woman get an idea that she is su-
perior to him, mentally or morally, it's
time for him to put on the cap and
bells and play court fool. Once he lets
her dictate to him about his linen, cor
rect his grammar or haul him out OF
the downward path she climbs up on a
pedestal SO high that it strains his
neck to look up at her. Once a worn
or a woman finds out that she can turn
she'll turn so far that you never can
get her back into her place again
What is her place." ! broke in
anXiouSly.
oh. alongside your yacht or your
auto or your horse and carriage" re-
turned His Majesty noncnalantly. THE
way to treat a wife is to treat her as
if h were one Of your goods and
Notwithstanding which alnuses you
and interests you and of which you
are very fond, but only-an adjunct
Something to De cared for n petted
and kept in good trim and properly ad-
justed-and RUM"
y s-see!" l said slowly. AID to pe