Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-10-29
WORDS OF WISDOM
POINTING OUT THE HIGHWAY OF
HAPPINESS.
Taking as His Text, Feed the Brute"
Writer Gives Forth Few Facts
Worthy of All Women's
Remembrance.

We are bowling y Miss Mary Snow
OF Chicago and wondering how 1t hap
pens that she bears the title OF Miss"
She SAYS she holds to the view that
tie highway to happiness runs through
the pantry and the kitchen into the
dining room; that a good meal and a
well-kept house are the keys to mari.
tai happiness. Miss Snow Is a teach.
er OF domestic science in the public
schools of Chicago. but she ought to
know that q woman of her views can
easily land good-natured and CRATE
ful brute CT the yeEus homo by com.
ing to Texas.
The girls Of the present time are
making a mistake when they fail to
value the tremendous Importance of
domestic science. The happiness Of
which they dream in the married state
will fade with the honeymoon II they
do not know how to minister T. the
Temporal needs Of the boy who does
the work.
Strike healthy man in the stun.
mick with a soggy biscuit, dearie. and
he'll kick the dog before he goes to
the Office; hand him a waffle weighing
two pounds and of the consistency Of
armor plate and he'll swear as sure as
you are born; give him a steak that is
burned on the outside and raw in the
middle and tootsy-wootsy is going to
drop a gill Of tears before sunset:
serve him coffee of the strength of
diluted milk and he'll forget to kiss
somebody good-by at the door, and
then therell be the devil to pay.
1t is easy enough, dearie, to hook
the scoundrel at the altar. Slip your
hand into his few times, rub your
cLeek against his. and look IN appeal
ingly into his eyes until in the desper
alton of ecstasy he rips of 81 kisses
and you've got him, but that's no sign
you are going to hold him. The
strange hold on his affections is OBJ
tanned through iam-up kitchen and
dining room work.
Feed him indifferently for a year
and he'll be downtown till midnight
while you are worrying with the baby
and when he does come home. he'll
swear a blue streak if you ask hin
TO walk the kid for a couple of hours
And the first thing you know he viii
be taking two meals a day at the res
taurant and spending half an hour a
each meal jollying the pretty girls whit
run the cigar counters.
You can't tell US anything about tn,
brutes, dearies. They are the wors
ever. Their horizon of cussednes.
passes far beyond mere boundlessness
We have seen them in all their hide
BUSINESS and We have prayed anC
pleaded with them for your swee
sakes. but all in vain. We would hav,
gathered them together as a hen gath
ereth her brood and led them HON,
but for the likelihood that the yer,
suggestion might cause them to qui
the Democratic party.
Swing on to the cook book. girls
Master the possibilities OF the kitchen
ant see that the house is sweet anC
clean. Get a PAL of your daddy!
old breaches and learn how to patch
and see II you can sew on a button
that will have some approximate rela
ton with the buttonhole. 1t may meat
your life's happiness, dearie. and #
may mean the brute's souls salvation
May the Lord prosper your efforts anC
bring you finally into a state of happi
ness that will bless all with whom VOL
come in contact. Amen.-Houstor
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