The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-15

should act as if she did not what he had to say
md without putting it in words, intimate that she
doesn't believe it any way.
1t will be some time before he tries to get another
night out by lying and in the meantime 1t should be
impressed upon him that he can go any time ne de-
sres to by telling the TRUTH and If he wants to play
cards or if he go to the club to visit with
lot of congenia spirits the wife has objection to It,
provided he does not neglect her all OF the time
There are obstinate cases which viii not respond to
this kind of treatment however One young wife
found after year her husband was staying out one
or two nights week and had so many excuses for 1t
that it was impossible to catch him. She was con-
vinced however, that he not being kept away
from his home by business notwithstanding the many
different reasons he gave explaining his absence
She was quite convinced that he had not been at
tracted by another woman but his neglect OF her was
on the principle that is not necessary to run after
a streetcar after you have caught 1t.
She did not sit down and cry, and neither did she
appear before her friends in the role Of the neglected
wife Without any proof she did not want to charge
her husband with lying to her, so she made up her
mind to let him do little worrying She knew he did
not like cigarettes she went and bought package,
and the first night he away tried to smoke one
that he would smell it when he returned
All HA! A MAN
The cigarette made her i'll, so she had to give that
up The next evening he telephoned IN that he would
be detained until late with business matter she went
on the street and found two newsboys and brought
them to her apartment where she gave them real
treat They sat on upholstered furniture and smoked
Egyptian cigarettes until they almost black in
the face
1T smells like cigarette smoke here" said the hus-
band when he arrived home about midnight.
Il guess not" replied the wife. 1T must be the
smoke in your clothes you SMELL You have been
where have been smoking"
~, 1~aHf oaFa
had visited his wife but he did not say any
thing He did lot of thinking the next day and was
not a bit relieved the next evening at dinner time
when his wife the telephone in response to
ring and in her voice asked him after she
had answered the call if he going that
ing. He said he not
Not tonight" she said to the person on the other
end of the wire; Jack is going to be here
When he asked for explanation he received
evasive answer, and he never did find who called
up his wife, although it in fact a girl friend
About days later there another call for free
dom and he gave his wife new excuse for staying
that evening She hunted up her newsboy friends
and gave them another evening of bliss and Egyptian
cigarettes, and this time the Of the
plain that he knew some had been smoking.
This man loved his wife, but he had been lying to
her, and all occurred him that he might
lose her by his neglect. That the last night he
stayed with the boys, and when he has business
engagement cuts IL snort mat was ncIOlC treat
ment of desperate case, but it cured of the
lying to his wife habit
No expect to stop her husband from
lying altogether If he tells the truth about staying
out nights he will prevarcate about something else
About the best she do is to show him that he is
not getting away with many of his fairy tales, and
that will hurt his pride than anything she can
do. 1t will help good deal if she always tells him
the truth And matter how trusting the bride of
June may be- and no matter how truthful she believes
her husband to be, she will learn if she does not
already know it. that Eternal vigilance is the price
of a veracious husband"