New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-09-15
.RESOL UT|ONS OF
SIMILAR CHARACT TER
BY MORRIS WINNIE.
copyright, 1909, by American Press Asso-
ciatiOn.1


copyright, 1909, by American Press Asso-
ciation.l
Miss AIiggles, aged forty, is to the
matrimonial world what Ruskin was
to art Miss Miggles had never had
| a husband or a child any more than
Ruskin had painted pictures, but she
| reasoned that 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 by one another of husbands,
wives and children.
| Miss NIiggles' niece, Mrs. Shackleton,
had been married long enough to have
boy and girl, whom she was bring
nurse or servant, and her husband was
doing his part in a struggle to keep
| the wolf from the door. The conse-
quence was that each, having over
| strained nerves, Jared upon the other.
The observant Miss Migges noticed
| this and desired to do something to
ameliorate the situation. 1t did not
occur to her to bear part of her
Eiece's burden by helping with the
| household or nursery duties. The
world needs both analyzers and work
ers. Miss MiggIes was an analyzer.
She analysed the ia mily 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 Miggles 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 a 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
a 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
| unfOrtuitOuS incidents absorbed their
attention and an Improvement in their
conduct toward each other must wait
till luck turned and they should be
more free to give the subject atten-
ton. Mrs. Shackleton became so worn
out that she was threatened with nerv-
GUS prostration. Her husband endeav.
ored to get some assistance from his
or his Nife's feminine relatives, but
they all considered the Shackletons a
quarrelsome couple and declined any
interference with other peoples bicker
ings.
At this time appeared one of those
beings to whom people give that love
in place of which they give acclaim tC
heroes. Mrs. Shackleton received q
letter from Miss Meriweather, a for
mer schoolmate, that she would pass
through the city where the Shackle
tons lived and would spend the day
with her. Mrs. Shackleton wrote il
reply that if Miss Meriweather were
any other woman in the world she
would decline under the circumstances
to receive her. AS it was, she would
/ be delighted to have her come anC
stay.
Miss MeriWeather came. She had
not been in the house half an hour
before she had assumed control, hav.
ing first put Mrs. Shackleton to bed
where she remained most Of the time
through several successive days, while
her guest did all the work, including
the care of the children. Then one
evening when Mr. Shackleton came
home Miss Meriweather told him thai
if he did not get away from business
and his wife from domestic cares they
would both collapse. Miss Meriweath
er would remain in care of the house
and the children while the couple tool
a trip
There was not in this case the usua
putting off Of the remedy ON account
of cant afford it" or there's SO much