The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-21
Conversation in the Home

segregated from The balance OF hu-
manity.
That's right" exclaimed the wom-
not only the paUciiy Of conversation
In the family circle. but its pifflins
chara Cter? Ninety nine cases out Of
a hundred It's confined to the cbii
dren. or household expenses, or the
most triflinG gossip about the neigh
bors
"Yet these people arc intelligent
and entertaining, and regular chat
ter boxes out in society. ] wonder
why? Do married people talk them
Selvcs out during tho honeymoon so
that they've got nothing tu say the
balance OF their lives? Or do they
cease TO bc interesting 10 each other
because neither one is willing to
make an effort to entertain the
other"
81 don't know why other women
don't talk at home" said the woman
in blue. "but [ don't because I've
nobody to listen to me. The minute
we've had dinner my husband sub
sides into his evening paper. and
talking 10 him is like talking to a
wooden Indian, so far AS getting a
response Is concerned ] used 10 do
a monologue something like this
I'D say. whom did YOU sec to-
day He'd reply. huh. I'd saw, did
you sec Tom Jones? He'd answer,
huh. ]. What did he say about
Susic| Ne. Um,' Are the chill
ssTs srsT WELL n,n,, ite' mn, Mrm-m-m. T. Is
He, Great Scott, Mary, can't you
let man read his paper in peace
do nov. ! read, too, Of an evening,
for We haven't even got children TO
talk about. and the silence that reIgna
~ our house is so thick YOU could
cut IL With knife
~ must confess that the convsrss-
t,onal out1ut in our house is also de-
ridcdly below par said tho woman
In pink, "and ! don't know whether
Us my fault or my husbands. but
the bsld fact Is that we've got moth
Ing I'm common IN discuss except tho
children, tho expenses Dpd the neigh
borg.
I'VE don't know anything else for
he lives in one world and I in an
other. He's a broker whose business
days are hard and strenuous, and
when he locks his desk OF night he
away with II, Therefore he has asked
me as special favor not to mention
business to him az home. That shuts
me, off from his principal interest.
and he takes no interest in the clubs
and studies for which care. So
therc We are. conversationally
stranded, since we've reached The
each other, 'oos ducky liz oo2'"
My case" said the woman IN
white, is slightly different Conver-
sation In our house is limited be-
cause It's as dangerous as handling
explosives. You can tell beforehand
what subject is going to rub the fur
the wrong way with my husband.
and get him off on a Mild TRADE.
Hes one ot the people that can get
mp An argument over tho drop of a
pin. and much experience has taught
me TINT the least said the LEGS bat
ting you have to listen to- Silence
may be dull, hut It's safe"
The Same in Both.
And what we've been saving
about men goes Just we'll for wom-
en-, retorted tho woman In blue.
''1f men don't toll their good stories
to their wives II Is, perhaps. because
they nre married to women who have
to have their Joke diagr0med for
them: II men don't relate their in
teresting personal experiences at
home. maybe it's because they are
wise that they would bring down a
curtain lecture on their heads II they
did. and all the wiclders OF ham
mcrs don't wear trouaerc.'
You're on said the woman in
white II guess that IL there's one
place on earth where silence is
golden It's In the home circle"