The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-17
WOOING HER HUSBAND.
~ J. 9. coYNE.

Mrs. Swandown--T hope, now. you
have come to spend long day with
mewe shall have such delightful
chat about old times-but where is
your husband7 I'm dying to see him.
Why did you not bring him with you!
Mrs. Featherley Oh, no was en-
gaged-he generally Is engaged.
Mrs. s.. Come. sit down. Tell me,
what is he like--is he good looking.
kind, affectionate, domestic does he.
in short, resemble the fancy portrait
you used to draw Of the man whom
you would select AZ your life partner?
remember how you painted this inn
aginary paragon Of yours youthful as
love-handsome rs Adonis- brave as
lion-gay - summer bfrd-witty,
without malice. and learned. without
display-kind and affable to all, but
tender, loving and constant only to
you.
Mrs. r. (sighs)-Ah. that was =
schoolgirls idea: reality paints with
very different colors.
cred the decisions We practice on our
selves and fancy that the idol you
fancied was pure gold has proved to
! be an image of common clay.
Mrs Fits too true We have
| only been married twelve months and
| already my husband treats me with
a coldness that his politeness cannot
conceal
Mrs. S.-Impossible, my dear Eu-
genia. impossible! IL he ever loved
you.
| Mrs. F-He did love me oh. most
devotedly!
Mrs. s-And how have you let his
heart escape?
Mrs. FL know mott am sure. to
please him. have neglected the world
his interests have engrossed all my
thoughts; the hours which woman
of my age usually spends at her toilet
4 l have given to regulating his house
hold.
4 Mrs. S.-Hem, interests house
holld-go on, my. dear. .
Mrs F.-No wife ever attended more
i closely to her domestic duties-to de
vote myself to them have given VI
my music, drawing and accomplish
ments--as for my economy, have car
ried it even to my own Dress. which
you see is of the plainest description
Mrs. S.-Plain indeed-and men, un
fortunately, are too apt to confound ;
woman with her dress. Mr.. Feather
ley is doubtless a man Of taste.
Mrs F.-Exquisite And you think
then
Mrs. 81 think you have neglecte'
the very means by, which you coul'
have retained his paffections. Instea
OF worrying him with details of house
: keeping and monotonous lectures o.
7 domestic economy you should endeay
or to charm him as you used to do, b
:, your wit, your gayety and your az
e complish1nents--sin to him, play t
. him, dance with him, IL he will; ia.
Q cinate him BY your traces -eve
/ pique him by your coduetry, for thes
t are the cages in which we keep men
d hearts our prisoners. 35
G Mrs. F-Hows Julia, do you recon
! mend me to employ such frivolou
g arts with sensible man?
j Mrs. S.-Ah, my dear. the most sci
sible, men are fools where our sex
r concerned. AS to those arts you ca
i frivolous. they are the only weapon
), nature has given us; and II we en-
ploy them to gain a victory VIII
should we neglect them to secure
conquest?
"A Mrs Perhaps you are right: b.
4 is a wife's truth, her affection, h'
! virtue, to go for nothing?
Mrs S.-Oh. no; they will alwa!
: command the respect and esteem
:. a husband; but II you want to fix h
- love you must employ little artific
little delicate management. t
"a yourself the center of those pleasure
I. which attract him; surround yourse
le with all that he admires, all that CT
,e please him, and never neglect tho
I'd accomplishments which first charm'
at him in you.
d. Mrs F.-And then?
le Mrs. S.-Then, my dear, the negle,
II ed wife will become the enthron'
Id mistress of his heart.
Mrs. F.-But if Featherley, as
dread. has formed an attachment els
where?
IN Mrs. S-Ah, that would be serior
~ Still, / see no occasion to despair
- bringing back the wanderer. W
~ lay my life that your rival, II y
- have one. cannot boast the graces
-, mind and person which you posse
- but want confidence to you.
~ Artists Love at First Sight.