Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1909-12-10
ADVICE TO HUSBANDS
Give Up Your Barren Scepter as
Master OF the House.
JOHN HAYS FIRST SPEECH.
A Witty Response to the Toast "our
countrywomsn" at Banquet In
Paris When Hs Was Secretary o.
Legation In the French Capital.

Paris When He Was Secretary OF
Legation In the French Capital.
BY Official proclamation President
Johnson set apart the trst Thursday
OF December. 1865. as u day 81 mn
tional thanksgiving. The American
residents and visitors IN Paris deemed
II an occasion 10 be- celebrated with
more than usual ceremony The re-
suit was that nj \ O'Clock on the even.
ing OF the 9Th OF December some 2;sl
OF our countryniei, sat down To y
dinner IN the spacious dinin; room of
the Grand hotel In Paris. then regard.
ell by travellers ns th. most elegant
public dining hall In Enropc
After succession uf speeches the
chairman CLOSED fh. entertainment
with a toast "a our Country
and asked Colonel John Hay. then
secretary of legation ~ Paris to a..
spond 10 II. ~ This WAS probably the
FIRST public speech Mr. HAY had ever
made aud though nothing hr then said
could l~'ssihIy add any lustcr To his
Subsequent career. II umy Justly he
said that II WAS mor. successful than
the first pullic effort In oratory either
of Sheridan OF of Bcaconsneld. tie
replied In part ms follows:
My COuntrymen iand would say
my cOunirywomen but that the for.
mer word embraces the latter when.
ever opportunity offersl-i cannot un.
dersiaud why ! should have been call.
eTi upon Ia respond 10 this toast 81
all others having nothing but theo-
retic.i ideas upon the subject 10 he
treated one. Ia fact must be pre-
suni.d never TO have handled. Laugh.
ter 3nd applause.
Il have been called up. too. ~ coin-
mittec OF married inch. can think Of
no claim ! have 10 be considered an
authority IN these matters except what
nigh, arise from the fact Of my hav.
Ing resided IN early life IN the same
nelghburhood with brigham Young
who has since gained some reputation
rs thorough and practical ladies'
man. iGrcat laughtcrl ! am not con.
scious. however. OF having imbibed
any such wisdom nj the feet of this
matrimonial Gamaliel as should Justly
entitle me 10 be heard among the
elders
$50 am inevitably forced 10 the
conclusion that these husbands cannot
trust each Others discretion. The Sc
crets OF the prison house are too i'm.
portant 10 be trusted 10 one Of the
prisoners So ignorance OF the matter
In hand has come 90 be held an also
lutte prerequisite when any one Is Ia IL,
sacrificed 10 the exigencies OF this
toast.
II really do not see why this should
attempt TO keep this thin veneering Of
n semblance " authority The syui
bols of government they still retain de
ceivc nobody. They may comfort them
fort themselves with the assurance OF
some vague. invisible supremacy. lii.
that Of the spiritual mIkado or tn,
grand llama. but the true tycoon - the
wife. \ witty and profound observer
the other dry said. Every husband
doubtless knows he IS master In hi,
own house. but he also knows hls
neighbor'S wife is master In hers.
| Laughter and cheers
why should not YOU. husbands 0f
America. admit this great truth aud
give up the barren sccptcr; Thinga
would go much easier " you ceased
the struggle 10 keep M appearances
The ladies viii not be- hard on you
They viii recognize the fact that. aficr.
NIL. yen ARE their fellow creatures. and
you can h. very useful to them IN
many little ways They viii doubtless
allow you to pay their bills. take care
OF their children aud carry their votes
TO the balloI box just ms you de- now.
"You had better come down grace
discovered iaferiority bcfray you into
evil speaking Of the domestic powers.
There have been recent instances Of
gentlemen. no doubt in.
FAkNAtNl UhNbAfhEs "hE
have recklessly accused these guards
fan angels of your iresidc " being
extravngant and frivolous. These
things are never uttered with impuni-
~. ! would not lnsure the life Of one
who libelS the ladies for less than cent
per cent.
"Dlsciic jusiltium MONTH ct non lem
mere Dlvas. which. rs you may not un'
derstnnd the bacswoodS pronunciation
OF the classic warning. win translate
with freedom betting the day we
celebrate: 3r Il
( Now. all you happy husbands.
, Beware the rebels fate.
Live In obedience all your lives.
Give M your latchkeys TO your wive.
And never stay out late"
Laughter and cheers.I From Jolas
Bigelow'S "Retrospcctiors OF an Active
life" In Metropolitan Magazine.
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