The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-08-06

| why w ouiu A>OI huiis IVY
Husband Again." is the title of an
article in the current number Of
the Ladies' Home Journal.
If all the husbands, and all the
men who are ever going to be hus-
bands, in this broad land, were to
read and digest the things set forth
in this article, there would surely
| ensue most tremendous boom in
domestic happiness and a slump in
| the divorce market.
The woman who tells the story
starts out by saying she has been
married 30 years, that she and ner
husband probably live as happily
as the average married couple, and
that she expects they will go down
the years together till death breaks
their bond.
But" she avs, ''if | were young
woman and knew as much as do
now, | would not marry my hus-
band again"
Then she tells why she would
not.
Condensed, here are the reasons.
Read them, we married men, and
| We who will some day take wives:
Because her husband did not
manifest affection for her after
marriage, but let her take it for
granted.
Because, instead Of waiting upon
her In little household matters, he
allowed and expected her to wait
upon him.
Because he made her ask him
for every nickel she got to spend
and account afterward for what
| she had done with 1t.
Because he was less polite and
less courteous to her than to any
other woman of his acquaintance.
Because he often shut her up"
when she wanted to talk with him,
by taking no interest in what she
said. or by mumbling at her from
behind a newspaper.
Because he smoked to excess,
filling the house with the stale
odor of bad tobacco.
Because he never complimented
her on her dress, her cooking or
her housekeeping.
Obi" you may say, Mr.. Hus-
band, mo wonder she wouldn't
marry him again. He's pup"
No, he's not. He's just an or
binary, selfish, self-satisfied hus,
band. perfectly ignorant of the
longings and the needs of wom-
ans soul, and miserably unaware of
his ignorance.
How about you, who think him
a pup? Now answer
Do you ever give your wife more
than one kiss at time? Do you
make love to her as you did when
you were winning her? Or do you
think 1t would be silly?
Do you frequently tell her how
pretty she looks; how we'll some
new gown becomes her, after she
has worked on it for days: how
good meal has been set before
you? Do you?
Do you expect her to live con-
tentedly in smudge OF tobacco
smoke and to enjoy kissing a
mouth that smells like quart of
cigar butts?
Do you give her regular allow
ance out Of your salary, or do you
dole her a dollar or five-spot
when she asks you for it?
Do you talk with her evenings
about the little things she wants to
tell you about-the little things OF
her daily life that she wants to
talk over with you because you
have elected yourself to be her
comrade and companion and chum?
Do you?
Do you, in every detail of daily
life. do every service you can for
her?
Answer to yourself and decide
whether your wife would have any
particularly good reason for marry
ing you If she had II to do over
again and knew you as she has
learned to know in the years since
you married her.
Concludes the writer of this in
teresting article:
"A woman In love Is the most
tractable creature In the world.
Why, then, can the man not keen