El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-06-28
THAT is mans duty to his
w wife? -,.,,,,,

Does it end with his paying
the family bills, and after he has done
that. and perhaps graciously bestowed
1Ipon her a dollar or two Of matinee
money. has he the privilege of going
off and amusing himself with otner
women?
Or does the husbands duty include
making the wife happy just as mucn as
id does giving her something TO ear anu
clothes to WearE .,t-
It seems almost foolish to argue TINS
question, yet a man who, judging IRON ron
his handwriting and the facility WIN
which he expresses hlmselI, IS hlsL-4z
educated and intelligent, asks me II 4
don't think q man has done all Ter ms
wife that duty requires OF MN Mn men
he supports her properly, and II she
lad any right to object to ms taxing
other women out to the theater' OF
Si1Ter or riding. He says that he en-
iogs the society of these other laoles,
and that if il makes his VIE unhappy
10 see him happy with them sAe d
mighty mean sort of woman ana
shows that she's nothing but jealous,
narrow minded crank. And he signs
his letter "A Much Abused Man
The InfaIfbIe Test.
Well Mr. Nuch-Abused Man, there
one infalible test for determining the
right way to treat other persons II
is technically known as the Goloen
formula for how to treat VIE, Try
10 decide how you would like to have
Ter treat you. And go to it
Would you think that your wife was
doing her full duty towards you, being
an exemplary wife, If she teleDloneo
up from down town of an evening not
10 wait dinner for her. for she was
cling out to a restaurant with some
good looking and fascinating young
Would you feel that your wife was
doing her duty by you If she IeIt you
to sit up lonely and dull, and Doreoi
of an evening at home, while she
PASSED q joyous time at ire theater'
seeing a bright play with some agree
able man, and ending up the evening
diversion with a little supper at res
Would you think your wife was do
ing her full duty to her family if she
was off Joy riding with a jolly party,
while you stayed at home and minded
the children, and thought It was a
treat even to go street car riding to the
p@ih The Wife and the PooIzetboOk.
Suppose your wife's hand held the
pocketbook instead Of your own!
Would you think 1t right Tor ner 70 De
making presents. and sendlng IloWers'
and buying lobster Newburg and cham
payne for her men friends while sne
was urging economy on you, ana tell
ing YOU that you must make your last
summers suit do, and sitting you
down to eat corned beef and cabbage
at homer
You say that your relationship with
these women is innocent. and that your
wife has no right to object because
people gossip about your goings on?
Would you think it right for your
wife to humiliate you by acting IN such
& wav that scandal was busy with her
nance Would you think her justified
in so doing, no matter how clear her
conscience was2 Believe me, Mr.. Much
Abused Man, what IS sauce for the
goose is sauce for the gander, and the
Golden rule is a double actioned one
that works both ways.
What to Expect of Wife.
When you think OF your wife doing
her duty by you, and living up TO the
RESPONSIBILITIES she undertook when she
married you. you haven't got any large.
life sized picture of her running around
tC theaters and restaurants, and auto
MODELLING with other men while you
stay at home and take care of the chill
dren. Nor have you any vision Of