The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1908-02-07

at Suited Her to she is sweet. She
Be lanauid." has nothing else
under the blue canopy of heaven to be
but sweet! That woman to my knowl-
edge does not work three hours day.
She has. a husband who is simply
wickedly indulgent."
oh" murmured the caller deprecat-
ingly. 81 like to see him with her; he
is always so tender and considerate."
Mary Belle Sedgwick," pursued her
hostess, relentlessly, lis no more in
need of rest and attention than | am
or than any other perfectly healthy
woman is. She simply found out very
early in life that it suited her to be
languid and helpless and frail and she
has played up to that role ever since.
She is far from being artless, with all
her girlish simplicity-girlish at 81"
she does seem younger than that"
agreed the caller.
We'll, are you surprised? She has
never taken a particle of responsible
ty or worry or any of the cares that age
women who are not everlastingly
say she is selfish. She really does not
seem to be; though, of course, that is
what it amounts to-" finished Mrs.
Bovee, completing the circle.
But can you imagine her any diff
ferent?" asked the caller. Il have
never seen her anything but graceful
and leisurely and charming. / don't
believe she would be so lovable any
other way"
Nobody says she would" retorted
her hostess. That is just what
started out by remarking. And that
is why | say | think | ought to have
been different from the very start
with Henry"
IF Mrs. Sedgwick can keep her hus-
band a perfect slave to her every
within by the simple expedient OF
never doing a useful thing; never
serving a hot dinner when a cold
lunch is more convenient for her;
never sparing him any of the worries
of marketing and keeping the house
hold accounts; never knowing for the
life of her what he needs in the way
Of wardrobe or what he can afford
for her pleasures if Mrs. Sedgwick
can do all these things, l repeat and
still get along beautifully, l cannot
see why we don't all try it!
Il for one get very tired of keeping
every single thing about the house up
to the last notch all the time, yet
Henry is used to it and he makes me
feel like a criminal when l slight any
thing. | would no more think of let
ting the house go for club meeting
or of picking up my trunks and going
on a pleasure trip whenever the spirit
moved me than l would think of-of
Shaping Henry's face! And he would
be quite as surprised at one as the
other"
IT think It depends a good deal upon
the man." suggested the caller. 1T
never would work with my husband,
l know"
THAT is just where you are mis-
taken; it depends altogether upon the
woman. I've seen every sort of man,
serious and dignified, and frivolous
and bored. fall into line and fetch and
carry for Mary Belle Sedgwick, and |
can tell you that she is just as effec-
tive with one kind as another. She
has what you might call universal
method"
Both women were silent for mo-
ment. The caller seemed unable 70
think Of a counter-argument for her
hostess heretical views. Finally, how.
ever, she found one and when she
spoke il was with unexpected decision.
We'll" she announced, the way
look at Ii is this: A family has just
80 much to do and If the wife shirks
her duty the husband simply has a
Souble load to carry. | wouldn't want
% add to my husbands worries If
could. And, when you stop to think
Mrs. Bovee, haven't you noticed that
Mr.. Sedgwic';, after all, has rather
tired k?"-Chicago Daily News.