Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-11
POINTERS ON HOW TO
keep HUBBY AT HOME.
Be Cheerful, Interest Him, and
Make Him Comfortable
Wife Happy, Too.

1t Is foolish wife who does not make
home pleasant in the evening for her
husband. There Is no possible question
that man will find the diversions of
the theater or the society of other men
more agreeable when he Is tired at the
end of the day than the compa1ionship
of fretful or critical wife. A man is
tired when his work is done; there Is
every reason why he should be. II he
has any measure of success in business,
or profession, It is because he Is work.
ing harder than many other men, even
though he have more than average abil-
tty. All the genius in the world will
accomplish nothing II It Is not applied.
man who Is maintaining his home,
however simple, struggles every day
downtown to keep II running, and this
Is fact OF which wife should never
lose sight Even though he Is not able
to give her all she wishes, and the ten
ant downstairs has a more elaborate
wardrobe. what possible good will 1t do
to whine and complain? A constant
asking for dresses. ETC.. may force her
husband to give the money she desires
to keep peace. but usually with the re-
suit that he gets In debt or is handi-
capped with unwarrantable expenses
for which. In some way or another. both
pay later. To do other than make the
best Of the home she has. and of her
part OF the woman.
She will be very much helped in this
II, instead of allowing her mind to
dwell on what she has not she will
think Of what she has. Health, per-
haps, home In which there is love
and protection, man working and car
Ing for her, and the hundred little daily
Joys that exist, II she will only try to
find them. This makes a far pleasanter
atmosphere In which to spend her days
than thinking Of the luxuries she lacks.
Make the Best Of Things.
The truth Is that the woman who
makes the best of things gets a great
deal more out OF life, and has a far
happier time than she who will not. as
the English say. buck up" Part Of
this salutary process is making home a
place where her husband comes at the
end OF the days work. not because he
is obliged to, but because he prefers to.
1t isn't such difficult thing to accom-
plish, either. 1t Is merely a result Of
looking the best one can and being
cheerful. instead Of moping. An ele.
ment Of 1t is keeping to herself the dis
agreeable things that have happened
during the day. The man has had his
own share In his work, the wife may
be quite sure Of that. Some Of them
he may tell her. but a rehearsal Of her
own troubles In return Is not half so
satisfactory to his irritated feelings as
sympathy and understanding. Certain
serious difficulties that arise at home
during the day husband may be
obliged to know, but II is not necessary
that they shall be flung at him the in
stant he enters the house. 1t is infinite
| ly better to walt until he is rested and
refreshed before the unpleasant topic
| Is introduced.
CheerfulnesS and interest are two
very important qualities in a wife for
her own happiness and that of her fam.
fly. If she will develop them both and
| try to make herself look sweet and at.
tractive, she is not likely to be among
| those women whose husbands spend
their evenings away from home