The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-09-20
CANNOT RELY ON JOHN
WIFE FINDS "sTRoNc RIGHT
ARM" THEORY WRONG.
one thought He Would Rid Her Path
or All Annoyances, Great and
Small, but She Knows
Better Now.

Wnen / married my John. I firml,
expected to lean upon his strong RICH
"in' having always heard that tha
was what a strong right arm was for
Anu 1 nrmly expected him to rid NIX
PAIN Oh the small annoyances of life
as well as be q haven of refuge in
the Vaster perplexities. In a word.
expected him to combine the roles of
sohcltous lover and provident hus.
Danu. say l expected this. SAYS a
writer In the New York Evening POST
'ohn and l were married in the au-
'umn. When our honeymoon was
over We moved into an apartment
our landlady had an apartment under
us. AS she would not give US enough
neat went to my John about if
JONI OF course, would see that 7
had enough heat. But did I really
heed more heat? The house seemed
comfortable to him. (He was ont of
1t all day. He sort of hated to get
INTO an argument with a lady. We
iiNeu the apartment, didn't we, and if
we insisted upon more heat. it might
strain our relations with the Iandladv
which would be unpleasant. as we
were hVlng in the same house,
wouldn't it?
after surviving several bad colds. I
gave John a long. sneaking look took
lne matter into my own hands. made
tne landlady give us a written "a.
tease, and moved out of the anart-
ment.
Al nrst When | went out with John
% mlngle with our best restaurant
classes sat back like fat little nara
'lte, lazlly enjoying having a man looJ, |
ilter me, even to ordering nv food |
put John always confused the order.
got lobster Newburg when | wanted
ooster salad. John never noticed
WITCH waiter was serving us-John
lever could catch the head walters
we've We're always having to wait
or salt or for bread while the dinner
ooied. As ordering meals was in nv
ally housekeeping routine, | soon
ooK over the ordering and John sat
ack like the fat little parasite
upon another occasion when I tried
lean on Johns strong right arm wa
arely escaped arrest. We were on a
car with an impertinent por-
II. L mentioned his impertinence TO
ohh, expecting John to issue a repri
ana. But John knocked the porter
OWN. There was a dreadful commo-
on. Ladies screamed and the con-
ictor came rushing up. John wanted
knock the conductor down. The
objected and threatened to
we US arrested at the next station.
Ter some pleading and arguing 7 +.
lined John, pacified the conductor.
)ped the porter and secured peace
When we bought our home we de-
LED TO have some of the trees cut
"n. showed the tree chopper the
ees that We're to be sacrificed. but
sent MS son to do the Job before
had moved out, and the son LOST
instructions and cut down every
e In the froit yard. In tears | went
my John, but John said: "Now.
are, you are the mistress Of this
Use. l don't want to butt in"
gradually my own right arm has
'wn little stronger. I don't re-
t 1t. | don't even consider that II
uid be fair to John to do too much
ne leaning on his strong right arm.
mas good deal to worry him -
All that | regret or con-
Fl is that, possibly, a good deal Of
ste went into the forming OF my 70. in
ntic Illusions. at
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