The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-20

domesticity that is bore to themselves
 as well as everybody around them. know | a woman who before she was married
 was the most beautifully dressed person
 I ever saw. She was fastidious to a de-
 gree. Her hair was always perfectly
 coiffed; her nails were always beautifully
 manicuredS her gowns were so artistically
 devised that the other girls in our set
 used to beg her to go with them to select
 their clothes; in fact, she was the pink
 of perfection. But now, what a trans
 fcrmationl One would hardly recognize
 her as the same girl. Her hats never
 seem to suit her; her gowns are dowdy
 and of poor material, and yet she can far i better afford to buy handsome clothes
 now than then; in fact, her entire time is given to household affairs; she can give 1 you the best recipe for an entre or a souf- | fe that you ever saw, but she looks | perfect sight,
 "A woman makes great mistake if she sacrifices her husbands companionship l for mere household drudgery' was the serious remark which followed my trade I 'The average man is more than willing
  ] A man marries woman because she is pretty and sweet and companonable, and because he is proud of her, but when she loses interest in her looks and her ap- pearance. he feels like. well-'' Running after some other mans wife who doesn't" I chimed in
 My wife has beautiful voice." contin- ued the man pathetically; fin fact, I was first attracted to her on account of the way she sang. Do you know, that she never sings note pow-never touches the piano, never even talks about music?" What a pity' I cried If she only realized values! Isn't 1t MT. George Ade who said, Get good makeup and the part will play itselfY"
 'If woman after she is married was only cognizant of the fact that her looks, her cleverness, her charm, were more at stake than ever before, she would cer- tainly get the make up the first shot out of the box, and let the rest take care of itself"
 My wife is a slave to our children" the man continued, "and she doesn't think for a moment that she is doing both her self and them fearful injustice. It makes them selfish and exacting, and it makes her cross and fretful, and the result is that our household Is in state of tur- moil all the time. I believe in doing a bit of everything, mixing up things, as 1 it were"
 You talk about mixing up things" replica "A man said to me the other day: My mother says that my grand mother used to help with the family iron ing, and while she was so engaged she rocked the babys cradle with her foot and at the same time heard her eldest born recite his lesson in Creek and all the time looked like she was just ready to go to an afternoon reception "Id like to see the woman who is equal to that nowadays" said the man emphat- ically.
 "I said the same thing replied, land noting the incredulity on my face, the teller of the story continued ''She didn't suffer with nerves, either, as most of the women of today do, nor was she cut off in the flower of her youth and beauty, but lived to be 79 years of age :"
 lived to be 7s years of age.'" What a wonderful maternal ancester your friend had the man said, in rather an amused manner, land what a joy it must have been to her husband to come home at the close of the day and see her looking so pretty. and so interested in everything, and how happy must have been the note of welcome to him in her sweet, gentle voice!"