The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-09-19
OLUTIONS OF
|. SIMILAR CHARACTER
By MORRIS WYNNE.
ICopyright. 1909, by American Press AS
ciation.l

q husband or Il CulIu any LiOiC 'b''i'
Ruskin had painted pictures, but she
reasoned chat as the best critics did
not themselves shine in the field they
| criticised so an old maid was better
fitted to observe unbiased the treat
ment bv one another of husbands,
wives and children.
Miss Mjggles' niece. Mrs. Shackleton.
had been married long enough to have
a boy and Il girl whom she was bring
| ing M without the assistance of either
nurse or servant, and her husband was
doing his part in a struggle to keep
| The wolf from the door. The conse-
nuence was that each, having over
strained nerves, Jared upon the other
The observant Miss Miggles noticed
this and desired to do something to
ameliorate the situation. 1t did not
occur to her to bear a part OF her
Eiece's burden by helping with the
household or nursery duties. The
| world needs both analyzers and work
ers. Miss Miggles was an analyZer.
She analysed the family condition. She
did more than this; she prescribed a
remedy.
One evening when Mr.. Shackleton
came home from business as he passed
into the house Miss MiggIes passed
out. Throwing himself into his accus-
toned chair, he took up the evening
paper lying on the table. His eye at
once rested on the following paragraph
marked:
A husband should maintain that same
watchfulness over his amiability at home
that he does while at business. He knows
that any loss of temper with customer
will lose him that customer. Let him re-
member that by constant loss of temper
at home he may eventually lose his wife
The suggestion was not without its
effect upon Mr.. ShackletOn. Making a
. good resolution for the future, he went
upstairs, where he found his wife, ad-
vanced to meet her with a smile, which
was returned in kind, and the two
spoke pleasant greetings. Though he
; did not know it, his wife had received
similar suggestion as to her treat
! ment of him and had made a CORE
spending resolution.
Mr.. and Mrs. Shackleton the next
day forgot all about their respective
resolutions and did not subsequently
recall them. Their children were
taught at school that if they did not
at first succeed they were to try again
but the parents did not have the time
: to keep trying again. A succession OF
y unfortuitous incidents absorbed their
attention and an improvement in theil
conduct toward each other must wall
till luck turned and they should be
more free to give the subject atten
ton. Mrs. Shackleton became so worr
out that she was threatened with nery
Gus prostration. Her husband endeaV
6 ored to get some assistance from hi:
; or his wife's feminine relatives, bu
s they all considered the Shackletons {
quarrelsome couple and declined an!
interference with other peoples bicker
k ings.
, At this time appeared one of thos'
). beings to whom people give that low
n in place of which they give acclaim t.
= heroes. Mrs Shackleton received
II letter from Miss Meriweather, for
mer schoolmate, that she would pas
% through the city where the Shackle
il tons lived and would spend the da
v with her. Mrs Shackleton wrote i
reply that if Miss Meriweather wer
any other woman in the world sh
would decline under the circumstance
to receive her. As it was. she woul
be delighted to have her come an
stay.
a Miss Meriweather came. she ha
4 not been in the house half an hou
/ before she had assumed control. hay
ing first put Mrs. Shackleton to bee
where she remained most of the tim
through several successive days. Will
her guest did all the work, iacludin
the care of the children. Then on
evening when Mr.. Shacklcton cam
home Miss Meriweather told him thS
if he did not get away from bushes
and his wife from domestic cares the
would both collapse Miss Meriweatl
er would remain in care of the houS
and the children while the couple toe
a trip
There was not in this case the usu
putting off Of the remedy on accoul
or cant aHOrQ II OF LneIe 50 uuI
to do to get ready" Miss Meriweat
er had a knack of persuading Peep
over such impossibilities, and Il
couple started the next day. Befo
they left the house Miss Meriweath
slipped a fifty dollar bill into MI
Shackleton's purse, which, she sal
was for delicacies, rides, amusement
etc.
The couple were gone fortnigi
when they returned much refresh
for another trial at life's ordeal. Aft
Miss Meriweather's visit somehow tn
managed to avoid great deal
the effect Of their responsibility
.,a Perhaps it was the result of her
-ho ample. The improvement was motto
,ss by Miss Miggles, who was delight
with what she considered an effect
tor her cunningly devised prescript1t
~ She has since told individuals ne
he and there how she turned a QUAR-