The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1913-12-04

! ENTERTAINING ONES WIFE !


A Letter from Pictorial Review.
Dear Editor: / am not the sort OF
woman who discusses her husbands
1aihng with her %neighbors. and I do
not consider myself a martyr OF matri-
m.ony. am a fairly contented wife
aIlu mother, but I might be happier If
you could advise me Alright.
Here Is the situation, I have three
nsLe hiidren n only a half grown
eiri TO help me. So I am tied pretty
closely TO my home. An occasional aft
ernoon at the Woman's club or the
Aauies Aid or with the children at q
movang picture show breaks the round
=. my household duties. Books and
are my real pleasure.
MY husband is part owner of a hard
ware store, and I dare say he works
as nard as I do. But in the evening,
va a dsfference between us! Every
aleeInoon l look forward to his return
rs the reward Of my days work, and
sseFy evening I feel the same sense Of
bb.sappointrnent I change my dress,
mave what l am sure he will like for
supper, tuck my babies into bed early
anu tnen go out on the porch for an
hours companionship with my hus-
pano, But what do I get? An occa-
sional 'Uh-huh" from behind his paper
VI around the stem of his pipe.
u Try to start conversation-not Cos
Pr, wy on the news of the day; what
! read and feel sure he has read: NV
tnlng I've heard that I think might in
.eiest MIN. Monosyllables in reply.
! ask him questions about the day
spent downtown. Anything interest
ING happened at the store? No! Any
new goods come In? Nothing new!
NY questions drop further apart. BY
anu py there are no sounds except
tooelalis outside fence, the hum Of
suddenly he stands up, saying: .rWell.
! guess I'll lock up"
And another evening has been vast
Yet l know that lying there in the
hammock he has been thinking Of many
interesting things. He plans most of
als business moves at home. And it
ives seem as II he might talk them
over with me. for I am Intelligent
enough to understand, and I never talk
o1 my ~husbands's affairs outside.
put what is hardest to bear is this.
WHen callers come, he brightens UP,
uLakes himself agreeable, entertains
.neIn by telling funny stories about the
store n customers-things that I
w appreciate much better thai any
" our nelghbors or friends. This is
now l know just how much he could
.ell me when We're alone if he thought
AZ worth While to exert himself for me.
once l tried to discuss the question
with him.. He claimed he is tired when
ne gets home that he wants to be quiet.
Lhat nome is a place for a man to
tese. But IT does not Deem to tire him
70 entertain callers. He does not like
70 go out evenings, but he is always
nice to people who call.
l. l ave thought so much about this. /
Know my husband loves me in his own
way and is good to me in his own way.
But | wish it were a different way. I'd
to be as we'll worth talking to as
NY neighpors are; I wan him to feel
mat l am as worth entertaining now as
1 was before he married me. Then he
round plenty to talk about.
RMS is a. long letter. I have been a
long time deciding to write it. But my
problem is serious. If I were the sort
or woman who has many women
friends, OF If we had the means to be
But 1 mus find my happiness in my
home, and my husband is the biggest
inquire In my home. I want to- keen in
touch with him. with the outside world
In which he works, with the affairs of
men.
Sometimes I feel almost ashamed to
lind that I have stood talking E or
-, Will Inc pFlSnt young man
VINO delivers our groceries or to some
agent trying to sell me a patent stove
litter or book. But I realize that 1 talk
70 them because I want to hear about
the outside world where my husband
works: I get tired Of the things women
talk about.
Perhaps other wives feel the same
way. Perhaps in answering my letter
you may answer the unwritten letters
OF other wives. Show us how to keep
in touch with our husbands.