El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-24
Managing a Husband
Two Women, of Different Tempera-
ments, Try Different Methods
Neither Succeeds.
T0o-ofTr-- nix
BY Dorothy Dix

By Dorothy Dix
" HEY had admired all Of the little
brides wedding finery. and had
finally drifted over to where
the tea table was set by an open win
dow
wen. my dear" said the woman in
the soft white gown. Il hope you are
going to be as happy as the days are
long, and I am sure you will. for Jack
is a fine fellow, and he is well to do,
and an orphan. so you are going 20
escape hard times and mOthersinlaw,
two Of the principal snags that are
most apt TO make a big dent In the
barque Of matrimony, even when they
don't wreck it.
.'Stiu. you must not expect to find
everything plain sailing. There are
a good many storms on even the
calmesu sea of Wedlock. and you are
that you expected TO happen won't
happen, and lot OF things that you
were positive couldn't occur, do occur
with amazing frequency
also, you are going to discover,
and 1t viii give you the Jar Of your
life. that the noble ideal Of perfect
manhood that you are tying up with
mas got faults, and pecularitles, and
whims, and crOtchets that you have
never suspected concealed about his
person
Now you take it from me. that the
great thing in married life is for the
wife to begin right, TO set off on the
right foot, so to speak, for every man
can be managed. and brought 10 eat
out Of his Wife's hand. If only she
goes about il in the proper manner
what is the best way OF managing
a husband2' anxiously inquired the
little bride.
The Best Way.
well" replied the woman in the
soft white gown, i can't DO better
than relate TO you the experiences Of
two friends of mine, both OF whom
married good men, but men who were
high tempered, and tyranntcal, and
cross-the sort OF men you know who
possess all the virtues and none OF
the lOvable qualities of life They are
the kind of husbands who would never
strike a woman with their hand, but
who leave her bruised and bleeding,
and wounded TO death in spirit after
they have stabbed her with their
tongues There are lots of men like
that
~One Of these women whom I am
telling you about is named Bertha, and
she is one OF those gentle, suave
women who are born salve spreaders-
Anything like a jolt in the domestic
machinery hurts her to the very core
OF her being She isn't weak. on,
dear no. She would hang on to
principle, or a conviction, to eternity.
and be loyal 10 one she loved to the
death itself, and If you pushed her
to the wall she'd fight until there
wasn't an enemy left alive. but she
would never argue a question with
you, or say a thing that would hurt
your feelings, or do anything to make
the slightest unpleasantness
We'll, when the rosy mists Of the
honeymoon rolled up and she discOv-
cred that she was married to a man
who was twin brother to the fretful
pOrCupine, and whose prejudices sim
she undertook TO manage him by
tact
What She Did.
She only cOnVersed upon the sub
Jects that she knew he agreed with I
her upon. She devoted her days to /
rubbing his fur down the right way |
She kept everything that was unpleas-
ant, and that could possibly ruffle I
him, hidden out Of sight. and spent /
ner Ike up-tOelng on eggs Tor FEAR I
of rOusing him and exploding his in Z
fernal machine OF a temper In short, |
in order to keep the peace and make /
her home happy, she went through /
very martyrdOm Of sacrifice Of all her 4
desires and inclinations-
Hin" said the little bride, "and (
how did the other woman manage her (
husband2'
.aThe other woman" replied the {
woman of the soft, white dress, was ]
Of a different type she had a red
headed temper of her own that was
a dead ringer for her husbands. be-
sides which she loved a scrap for the
fun of the thing. She simply rolled (
up her sleeves and sailed in, and when
the domestic miNup was over she
wasn't always the one who was on
the mat.
she was a good woman and a good (
wife and mother, who did her full
duty by her family and she stood pat
on her record. She didn't waste any
time trying to jolly or cajOle her hus-
band as poor Bertha did. II he didn't
like the way she did things. and her
opinions, WHY he could lump il, that
was all. She was an independent, free
spoken woman. and she didn't see why
she should wear herself out flattering
any old husband into doing the things
he ought to do. anyway
Which one of the systems work.
asked the little bride with a troubled
air.
Neither" replied the woman in the
soft white gown
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