The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-10-15
Husbands as Home Helpers.

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One Of our correspondents writes
as follows: 81 Should like to pay
a small tribute to men who are
manly enough to help their wives
do the dishes or otherwise CO.
operate with them to tighten their
labors. For my part, see nothing
particularly manly in man who
contentedly enjoys an evening to
himself while his wife is still busy
with work in the household in
which she has already served as
many hours as her husband has
served at his labors. She is as
much entitled to her evenings as he
is to his. Ny husband and have
been married nearly six years.
We have two children, both really
babies, and no servant except the
woman who does the weekly
laundry work. He always helps
me until am through my work in
the evening. If am not well, he
gets his own breakfast and relieves
+, me of the care of the babies when
ever he can. For this respect
him more each year. His thought
fitness makes my affection for him
thousand fold stronger. If the
time comes when | can effectualIy
help him in his work, shall be
glad indeed"
Perhaps our correspondent does
not live on a farm; but presuming
that she may, give space to this
letter because ! have something to
say in behalf of the husband, whom
we will call John, when he comes
in from his work at night-possibly
he has been in the field blowing all
day-"tired to death. (" The wife,
Jane. has spent as much time in
the kitchen as he has in the field
perhaps. At any rate, we will
consider that she has been at work
all day and is as tired as John. But
she has worked in the house ac-
cording to her own plan of action,
while her husband must work
foftentimes according to what the
weather may be, hurrying as fast
as possible to get a crop planted on
time, or harvested before wet
spell, etc, If Jane chooses to
take the time land this every wo-
man should do) for ten or fifteen
minute rest during the day, she can
do it. To go to ones own cool,
clean, orderly bedroom and lie
down long enough to lose ones
lself-a losing that loosens the
tension of that invisible mysterious
screw that tightens the nerves and
keeps them wound up to action
long, long hours when necessary
then to rise, brush and arrange the
hair neatly, take quick sponge
bath and don a neat afternoon
gown; all this is possible even to
the woman who must do her own
work and be her own nurse maid,
True, she must have system, as
suggested in a recent issue, in or
Ider to do this. Now John, good,
patient, Flooding John, has been in
the harness all day, much Of the
time with traces taut, and every
sineW, nerve and muscle strained
to the limit, and this, too, doubtless
| in the hot sun.
Jane, be merciful to him when
| he comes home like a bruised and
toil-Weary horse. He needs the
rest he has earned to recuperate
| for the next days arduous duties.
See to it, toiling wife, that he is
lpetted and spared and made much
OF during the few hours he spends
lin the home shelter, mindful Of the
stern fact that tomorrow he must
be again in the harness to begin
another toiIsome day. If there
comes seasons when John has
nothing to do, then he will most
surely try to tighten his good Wife
kIabOFs. or he is not the appreciafive