The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-04
Something Neat and Tasty in the Way OF
Lying When Two Women Who Hate Each
Other Meet

the night before and doing better in business than
ever before. That will bring more tears from the
wife.
You're right about it, and there is reason why
you should let have the money for Nellie. She
awfuly good to me, though, time when was
i'll, and if she had not nursed me night and day
would have died"
AS matter of fact, she never i'll enough in
her life be kept in bed for three successive days,
but the husband does not knowNthat She continues
to weep until he can't stand it, and then he viii
reach for his checkbook She will get the money,
which will pay her bridge debts, and when she gets
new gown something else she likes with the
mander she will convince him she has saved it out
of her allowance, although it had taken her years
to do it.
1t is case like that which points the way to the
danger of being caught in lie. If the husband had
not been convinced by the skfu prevarication, if his
suspicious had been aroused it might have been the
end of happy home. The tears small part of
lie of this kind and one of the first rules for wives
who find it necessary deceive their husbands is to
have few tears tap at all times.
Many who lie and do it we'll during bust
hours who can sell stock in gold mines that
in the middle of deep lake, often miserable fail
at lying in their homes. They seem to
expend their energy and originality during business
hours and depend on lot of timeworn bromides to
fool their loving wives.
Any who puts. on his coat and hat after din
and remarks in casual way that he going down
the St. Francis see when he is really
going the club to play poker deserves to have his
wife suspect him. There women trusting that
they believe any story husband tells Them but they
usually die young and the has extra allow
ance of trouble with his second wife, particularly if
she is widow and just little wise to the ways of
If has any intention of fooling his wife he
should come home, sigh, be just trife cross, and
then kiss his wife and beg her pardon
81 am SO tired tonight do not know what
saying" he will tell her. and he has her sympathy at
once. Il would not go out of the house again to-
night for thousand dollars. Me for book and
then l will hit the hay early
After dinner he will light his cigar, take the
paper and stretch himself in the easy chair The tee
phone will ring
Darn that old telephonei' he will say. and as he
starts get up his wife will tell him she will an
swer it.
"They want you Jack" she will say, and as he
rises slowly he will repeat, Darn that telephoner
"Hellol-yes, it's Not much. l wouldn't go.
down town tonight if knew could make FIVE thou
sand. l tell you l won't go / have been working
hard all day and l am tired know he is good
customer but have to rest sometimes"
What is it, Jack7" inquiries the wife
"A big customer from Sacramento is here and has
to take the early morning tran the husband will say
as he puts his hand over the telephone He wants
a big bill of goods, but tired go after the
order tonight"
You'd better 60 dear"
The husband will argue with his wife, taking his
hand off the telephone occasionally say Hold the
wire Finally he will say that he will be down. but
he has explained that if the wants big bill of
goods it may be late before he gets home, and
wait him.
He has actually made his wife believe she has