The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-01
W0n1an's Great
Need Now Is
Common Sense
BY ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.

BY ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
Copyright, 1910, by the New York
Evening Journal Publishing Co.
livery now and then q world-weary
and folly-weary man marries an
innocent. unworldly and good
woman"
He wants the sweet home life he has
not found in the paths of Pleasure, nor
in the byways OF License He wants
the unmercenary devotion of loving
woman, and he wants to walk forth in
the broad light of day, unashamed, with
his wife by his side
It is the inevitable goal Of every
worthwhile man.
The world approves of such mar
riages, and the woman feels that she
is filling the highest mission Of her
sex IN retaining a lost sheep
But how few such women know the
wise middle course to walk with such
a man.
It is all very well to listen and be-
lieve when he tells you he is happier
than he mas ever been in his life be-
fore, and that his home is dearer to him
than any club on arth.
But il is far from very wen II you
fall upon his neck and weep the first
time he intimates that he would like to
drop in at the club and talk with the
old chums for an hour.
The Poorest Method.
This is the poorest method you could
adopt to convince him of the greater
joys of home.
There is a certain fascination in CLUB
life to most men. There is danger IN
this fascination to some men, When
a man sickens of il and wants home
it is because he has had nothing but MS
club, and because there's worthy eie-
ment in his nature which calls for
something better.
The fact that he should want to visit
the old scene now and then is not an
indication that he is sick of home or
ha fe trvan Garinnr from the fold
II the pasture is sweet, and the shep-
erdess kind and wise, the sheep Will not
wander far.
If YOU have married a man who has
been over-fond Of the fair sex and IL he
is kind and true and loving, 90 not
stand forever upon the alert lest ne De
come dislOyal TO you.
Constant surveillance never yet kept
a man true. 1t has made many a man
unfaithful.
Although your husband may nave
told YOU over and over that you are
tenfoId more pleasing to him than any
woman he ever knew before he met you,
that does not signify that ne mlSnt noe
like to sit by some other at dinner
PARTY, or dance with some other at
cotillon 1t does not signify thaI ne
would not enjoy talking with olhers'
whom he regards less highly than you
In the association with the women
he does not love man oIlen most
aDpreciates the woman he does rove
should he take a seat by some other
woman and converse with her IN your
presence. do not act sulky' dlstrall OF
That only makes you ridiculous and
ENJOYABLE.
Make Him n willing Captive.
Although your innocence and I'M
1vorIdliness won your HUSBAND from
the paths of folly, those quaitles VIII
not keep him at your side. unless you
mingle common sense anu 'a0' win
1t is easy for many women to pc pc
brilliant and il is easy for others 70 DC
good. But it seems the most d lILI-
S,1lt thing in the world for woman 10
Genius and virtue are everywhere
hut we must search for common sens
Absolute loyalty, absolute moraI ~
absoIute honor and cleanliness OF Ire:
every woman has the right 10 ask Ol
~ husband. The best Of his deVo-
ton and the larger portion OF ms le.s-
ure should be given her VolunI 1tI, ny
R,,t to make him a willing catplVt
should be woman's art, not 10 make
him a life prisoner, and the nome
,aforuatorv and the wife suspicious
warden, always lmaglnlhe lha' '-
prisoner is planning escape
The GOOD wife must possess oIleI
Qualities besides goodness to render ner
marriage with a mere man success1 u
Common sense and Tact.
Common sense and tact must be two
strands of the rope to make 1t strong
enough to act as an anchor Tor the
domestic ship. The too good wife re-
lies wholly upon one strand ana the
ship breaks anchor
If your husband has given up d1ssl-
nation. do not insist that he must lei
his cigar go also
If he has abandoned the gaming
table do lot say that he must give uI
the social game of cards as welI' &C
make you happy
If he has stopped all fllrtauons re
lations with the opposite sex, 90 no
ask him to relinquish all friendly asso'
Citations with other women
If he has come up out OF loWel
uIane to your altitude, do not ask MN
10 stand forever upon PEDESTAL lie
him walk upon the earth among NOR
tails and be satisfied
In order TO think him good man
do not ask him to be an angel.
Wholesome, normal, sensible huihai
beings are what we all need 10 De WhlA'
on earth, not disembOdied spirits
clean thoughts, clean habits, Clear
bodies and happy hearts ana races nell
- make beautiful lives and homes.
But the too good wife sometimes see
OWL where it does not exist, ana Dy Sus
Dicfon and insinuation ruins her owl
chances of happiness
In order to be a good wife, do not D.
too good" .,-,.,
ond as YOU continually think or you
husband, so you are helping MIN 10 DC
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