The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-07-03
SOME DOMESTIC REMEDIES

put your finger right on the sore spot
in the body social and demonstrate
what must be removed to make the
body heal. And some woman has hit
upon the trouble and. has megaphoned
from the housetops that divorces are
the result of the woman getting in
and helping the man work. She says
that such condition causes the wo-
man to lose all pride in personal care
and adornment and, as a result, her
hair is unkempt, her dresses soiled
and ragged, and she presents the gem
eral air and appearance of slatteru
What woman should do, says this fem
mine oracle is to just lay around and
be toy, and man will love her and
worship her intensely and life being
one unending dream of joy, they will,
like the termination of fairy tale,
live together happily forever after.
Now that may be all good philoso-
ply in the abstract and considering
society as great whole, but we never
could get the habit of viewingG society
in its wonderful and confusing vast
ness, and so prefer to take a little
slice of it like we do our potatoes and
bread. We can't take the whole of
loaf of bread in at one jolt, and
must SO content ourselves on mouth
full at time. And so we shall have
to deal with society.
Now, we have yet to find the man
who dislikes to have his wife work
with him, or who finds fault with her
because she does work, but We have
found men who greatly disliked it be-
cause their wives were frowsy and I'M
clean. And it has been our fortune
to find that it is usually the woman
who is idle and lazy, and not the one
who bore her share of the weight of
the matrimonial yoke who presented
this deplorable appearance. What at
tracted the man to the woman was
her cleanly habit of dress and man.
ner, but, too often, she lays these
aside with her courtship days, and on
ly presents these rare virtues to her
visitors and on holiday occasions, and
neglects her appearance in the pres
ence of her husband. Before she was
married, with many arts and bland
ishments, she attracted her husband,
since then, in the stress of the cares
of a. family, she has laid them aside.
Before sheswas married the slightest
whisper-even the glance of the eye
made her all attention; now a mega
phone at her ear will not arouse her.
We now approach one of the great
est troubles in the world matrimon-
ial. Man is like an engine-he must
be replenished regularly. He should
have his meals on time. It is the Gus
tom to have three meals a day, and
those meals should be regularly
served. The time should be the same
every day. But five o'clock comes and
Mrs. Jones is at the house on a visit.
The good wife knows that supper
shouldCb be ready to serve at $3.50 and
she fears to affront Mrs. Jones and
Mrs. Jones won't go home, not even
when she knows that Mr.. Jones will
be expecting refreshments at $50
likewise. So the good wife waits and
entertains Mrs. Jones; $3.50 passes,
then 8; then $3.50. Still Mrs. Jones
hangs on. Husbands supper is late;
the children are getting cross, peev-
ish and fretful. Instead of the good
wife telling Mrs. Jones that her hus-
band and family must be served
regularly and that she must begin
the preparation of the evening meal,
she permits Mrs. Jones 10 spoil the
happiness of all her dear ones as we'll
as the dear ones Of Mrs. Jones. In
the morning and at noon the good
wife is late with the meals and as
result, the husband goes to work late,
his employer greets him either with a
cold stare Of disapproval or some curt,
cutting remark, and life is one round
Of trouble. He hates to call his wife's
attention to this matter for he knows
that it will cause a family jar, and as
a result he treasures these things I'M
til they begin to wear upon him, and
a day comes when chubby" does not
appear and later divorce on the plea
of "desertion" occurs.
II some wives can be neat and clean,
Rli wives can be neat and clean; if
some wives can have the meals served
regular, all wives can serve them red
ularly. We humbly suggest these
ideas for the benefit of marital peace
and happiness.