The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-12-08
IN PRAISE OF HUSBANDS.
They Wash Dishes, Get Thee Own
Breakfasts, and are Models of
Department About the the
House.

II the American husband is the
best to be found in the world, the
North Yakima husband is certainly
the peer of any of his fellow coun-
try men. His wife is a queen, a prin-
cess and a whole royal family COM
bined in one. He is careful to buy
her what she wants, solicitous about
any delnquencies IN housekeeping.
how hard she works and blind to
He eats what is set before him with
out murmur and if nothing is set be-
fore him. he goes out into the kitch-
en- and cooks it himself. At least
some of them do.
Handy at the Wash Tub.
When his wife loses her wash-wo-
woman-and wash-women, as any
domestically trained husband knows,
are as hard to find as needles in hay
stacks and less easy to keep than
engineering camel through a need
les eye-a certain husband, and he
a prominent merchant, too, gets up
betimes Monday morning and helps
her hustle OFT the wash before
breakfast. He appears at the store,
cheerful and smiling and says cts
great exercise"
announcer nuSDdnQ Wnen ne 1umDloS
out to light the fires-this of course
is a fact for no special comment, since
1t is a custom universal in North Yak
ima-takes time to put the coffee pot
over and to rush in a cup steaming
hot to his wife before she turns out
into the atmosphere fairly balmy by
this time, provided her husband is a
good fireman. II,
Wipes the DisIlesE IL
Ever since we have been, married
oh. ever so long" confesses a woman
proudly my husband has always
helped me with the dishes. You've
no idea how clever he is. He can
sweep beautifully, though he is a bit
impressionistic upon busting. He can
cook some, too, though I do not in
sist on that. And he always turns
the crank when I am making bread
you ought to eat one of the beet
steaks which my husband broils, -
challenges another. "He loves to
cook and fuss about the kitchen and
l really believe, if fate hadn't di-
rected his destiny in other channels
he might have been a near-Delmo on
ico."
Gets Owns Breakfasts.
There are husbands-and their are
wives and their own approving con-
sciences will locate the same-whc
get their own breakfasts; others who
breakfast alone. albeit mental is
retained in the kitchen to prepare the
necessary food. 1t is bad for these
mems wives health, or their COM
plexion. or their comfort to get up be.
To- ut
men who live within easy walking
distance do not go home at noon
though the exercise would be good
for them and their food more whole.
some than the restaurant variety
simply because their wives don't wan
to bother to get luncheon for them.
/ He Was Dear.
A woman who finds joy in card par
ties unceasing, told the following an
ecdote of her husband, without the
slightest idea that there was any crit
icism of her self implied. 81 had t.
run down town in the morning." she
said, 80 I left the breakfast dishes
Then a friend invited me out to lun
cheon and some people came in fol
bridge in the afternoon before I hat
time to straighten things up in the
kitchen. My son came in after schoo
and found a doughnut or something
and went out. It was an awfl,lly ex
citing game and we hadn't finished
the rubber by six o'clock. 1 heart
my husband come in. and ! heard hin
moving around in the kitchen, but by
the time the game was over. he ha(
disappeared Well. what do you thinl
that dear had done Washed III
every one of those dishes and ther
gone down town to the hotel to ge
something to eat"