Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1910-02-18
ADV'IC.'| TO HUSBANDS
Give Up Your Barren Scepter as
Master of the House.
JOHN HAYS FIRST SPEECH.

JOHN John HAYS al FIRST SPEECH.
a Witty Response TO, the Toast az
countryysomen' 4 Banquet ia
Paris When Hs Was Secretary 81
legation N the French Capital.
BY official proclamation President
johnson SET apart the first Thursday
Of December, 1866. as day OF ma:
tonal Thanksgiving. The American:
residents and visitors in Paris deemed
1t an occasion to be celebrated WITH
more than usual ceremony. The re-.
suit was that at o'clock on the even
ing Ct the 18th Of December SOME 2s5,33
OF our countrymen sat down to q,
dinner In the spacious dining room Of
the Grand hotel In Paris. then rega Ri !.
ed by travellers as the most elegant
public dining hall In Europe.
After a succession of speeches the
chairman closed the entertainment
with toast to Our Country women
and asked Colonel John Hay, & then
secretary Of legation il Paris, to re-.
spond to 1t. As this was probably the
first public speech Mr.. Hay had ever
made and though thing he then said
could possibly add any luster to his
subsequent career. It may justly be
said that It was more successful than
the first public effort In oratory either
OF Sheridan or of Beaconsfeld. he
replied In part as follows:
My Countrymen (and would say
my country women but that the for
mer word embraces the latter When.
ever opportunity Offers II cannot una
derstand why ! should have been call.
ed upon to respond to this toast Of,
all others, having nothing but theo-
rettcal IDEAS upon the subject to be
treated-one. In fact, must be pre-
sumed never to have handled. laugh.
ter and applause.l
Il have been called up. too, by d com;
mittee Of married men. can think OF
no claim have to be considered an.
authority In these matters except what
might arise from the fact Of my hav.3
ing resided in early life In the same.
neighborhood with Brigham Young.
who has since gained some reputation
as a thorough and practical ladies'
man. Great laug hter.l Lam not con
scious, however, Of having imbibed
any such wisdom at the feet Of this
matrimonial Gamaiie as should Justly
entitle me to be heard among the
elders NJ EAR
$50 ! am inevitably forced to the
conclusion that these husbands cannot
trust each others discretion. The Sc
crets Of the prison house are too i'm
portant to be trusted to one Of the,
prisoners. So ignorance Of the matter.
In hand has come to be held an abso4
lutte prerequisite when any one Is to be
sacrificed to the exigencies Of this
toast. 552ss:
!. 4 really do not see why this should
be so. 1t Is useless for husbands to
attempt to keep this thin veneering Of
. semblance Of authority. The sym
bols Of government they still retain de-
ceive nobody. They may comfort them.
fort themselves with the assurance of
some vague, invisible supremacy, like
that Of the spiritual mikado or the
grand llama, .but the true tycoon Is the
wife. witty and profound observer
the other day said, Every husband
doubtless knows he is master ID his
own house. but he also knows his
neighbours wife Is master in hers.
Laughter and cheers. Si
'sWhy should not you, husbands of
America. admit this great truth and
give up the barren scepter? Things
would go much easier Il you ceased
the struggle to keep up appearances,
The ladies will not be hard on you
They will recognize the fact that, after
All, you are their fellow creatures, and
you can be very useful to them in
many little ways. They will Doubtless
allow you to pay their bills, take care
OF their children and carry their votes
1 to the ballot box just as you do now
VI ~ on had better come down grace
fully. and, above all, let no feeling Of
WlSSONSAEu AAACAiVAAly1s3AgS tAA y yVu ~ ~
evil speaking Of the domestic powers
There have been recent Instances oi
distinguished gentlemen, no doubt IN
stigated BY rebellious husbands, wht
4 have recklessly accused these guard
4 ian angels Of Your Preside Of being
extravagant and frivolous. These
Z things are never uttered with impuni
ty. would not insure the life Of on,
who libels the ladies for less taan cen
Z per cent sss
g .Discite justitium month ct non TEN
/ mere Divas, which, as you may not IN
derstand the back pronunciatiol
OF the classic warning, will translat,
with d freedom betting the day W
celebrate:
Now. all you happy husbands,
Beware the rebels fate!
Live IN Obedience all your lives.
Give up your latchkeys TO your wives
And never, stay out lat X as
Laughter and cheers. From Johl
Bigeiow,s ssRetrospe Ions Of an Activ