The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-30

that did not suit her husbands taste,
Notwithstanding the fact that it pleased
her palate. Nothing is gained by such
stupidity in large or small affairs.
The husband who sets out OH the march
of life with this beautiful comrade at his
side should remember that he is to keep
step with her, to treat her fairly and
Justly and not merely as if she were a
playthlng or princess. She $ neither.
Wife and husband are equals, and from
the moment they walk down the aisle
together after the solemn words that
unite them have been said, they are to
share life's loaf and cup, to be as happy
as they can and as noble as they can
in their ideal relation
imagine for an instant that after mar
rage Harold coming home in the even
ing is surprised to find that Edith occa-
sionally likes the company of some one
else, that she enjoys having few friends
INTO supper now and then, and desires
to make her pretty home a place where
she can dispense simple hospitality. Har-
old. who has been seeing people all day
and has had in this way considerable
variety, may say to himself, Il want
Edith to entertain me- | do not care to
have Mr.. and Mrs. n, Cousin s. or that
hobbledehoy, Algy B., coming in to bore
me. Edith used to be satisfied with me
in our counting days. Why am not sui
fcient to her comfort now! Thus argu-
ing, Harold may permit himself to treat
guests in a fashion mOrOSe and Surly,
showing very plainly that they are I'M
welcome. When they have taken leave,
he may tell his wife, the gentle amenities
of counting being over, that hereafter she
may kindly refrain from asking people
to waste his time and hers by visits that
are not wanted. This has been the eX-
perience of more than one young wife
who three or four or five years ago gaily
started out with the idea that every
thing must yield to the wish of the hus-
band. 1t is not we'll for the man Of this
type that his wish should not be opposed.
A woman who is tactful, gentle and pos
sessed of frmness can usually persuade
her husband that in desiring to be inhos.
pitable he is wrong. A home is twice a
home if friends are admitted within its
doors. Whatever happens do not nag
Margaret e. Sangster in Woman's Home
Companion.
From the Window.
Only few doctors to the spirit ever
can hope to know all that may be in
dicated by the love of looking out of
windows. Spring comes, and up fly the
window sashes; in floats the fresh spring
air. adulterated, of course, for city use,
yet family scented with the aroma of
forest and field. and potent enough on
sunshiny days both to revive old desires
and stimulate many new one. IRE
sistibly the tenement jewellers are drawn
to those windows. dreaming and longing
To turn their backs on the dark rooms
that have imprisoned their spirits all
winter is one satisfaction. Spring al
ways quickens the curiosity. When will
the postman be coming? What are the
boys playing on the sidewalks? Who is
pushing open the swinging doors of the
corner saloon? Motion in the streets is
more fascinating in the spring. The
~ in their hurry, the frantic taxicabs,
the deliberate coal wagons rumbling over
cObblestOnes. Perhaps all of these sights
are familiar. or now are endless varia-
tons of theme that long ago became
monotonous. He who looks out may
know not what he sees. yet be bound as
fast to his window sill as an emigrant
who watches that march and counter
march at the bottom of the city's arti-
fetal canons for the first time. Often
this window gazing is the symptom of
a dumb longing for relief from routine;
meaning that change of scene and sweet
er air are needed-the only cure for ten
stands for longing. The window for
many centuries has been a symbol; it is
the seeing place of the shut-in, the
dreaming and planning place. The call
of some new state where the average
man may find larger opportunities than
in the great centers of population is best
understood when heard at an open win
dow: and it is here that the spirits of
the tenement houses often breathe hope
and strength enough to venture to
change from the city's proftless drudg-
cry, poor food, bad air, cramped quar-
tiers, and high rent to lives OF health
and independence in the country or in
the suburbs-a living from the land, and
perhaps a back yard full of apple bios
SONS.