The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1909-01-07
happiness ane a slump in the divorce

The woman who tells the story
starts out by saying she has been mar
ried thirty years; that she and her
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 says, ''if l were a young
woman and knew as much as do
now, / would not marry my husband
again
Then she tells why she would not.
Con icnsed here ale the reasons,
Real them We married men, and ye
who will some day take wives:
Because her husband did not mani
fest affection for her after marriage,
but let her take it for granted.
Because, instead of waiting upon
her in the 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 it.
Because he was less polite and less
courteous to her than any other wo-
man of his acquaintance.
Because he often shut her up" wha
she wanted to talk with him by TAX
tug no interest In what she said. or
by mumbling at her from behind a
newspaper.
Because he smoked TO excess, fill
ling the house with the stale odor
of bad tobacco.
Because he never complimented her
on her dress, her cooking or her
housekeeping.
"0h!" you may say, Mr.. Husband,
mo wonder she wouldn't marry again
He's a pup!"
No, he's not. He's just the ordin-
airy, selfish. self-satisfied husband,
perfectly ignorant of the longings
and the needs of woman's soul, and
miserably unaware of his ignorance.
How about you, who think him a
pup? No answer.
Do you ever give your wife more
than one kiss at time? Do you max
love to her as you did when you were
winning her. Or do you think it
would be silly?
Do you frequently tell her how
pretty she looks; how well some new
gown becomes her after she has work
ed on it for days; how good a meal
has been set before you? Do you?
Do you give her a regular allow
ance out of your salary, or do you
dole her dollar or a five-spot when
she asks for it?
Do you talk with her evenings
about the little things she wants 10
tell you about-the little things for
her daily life that she wants 10
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 1t to do over
again and knew you as she has learn
ed to know you In the years since
you married her.
Concludes the writer Of this inter
esting article:
"A woman in love is the n est
tractable creature IN the world. WHY.
then, can the man not keep her in
love? That he does not even try to
do so is the common history of we'd
ded life
True absolutely true and what
commentary on the folly and the
stupidity, as well as the selfishness.
of man.
For sometimes the wife does not
go patiently along to the end carry
ing her heart full of sorrow as the
to-be-expected portion of matrimony.
Occasionally she says I'm tired.
There's nothing liz this. You can go
your way and I'll go mine"
And t1en Mr.. Husband wakes up
and realizes too late that he has
thrown away the most precious thing
in this world to any mana woman's
love and devotion.-Louisville Herald.
Material in 8attleship.
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