The San Francisco call., 1913-10-02
Her Cousin S
Husband
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX

of mine has come to live near us
and she is one of those fattering
!. kind; she never. sees my husband
without having something to say
about how nice he looks or how
- smart she heard he was, and the
other day right before me she
/. said. II certainly ana proud of my
handsome cousin And I didn't
know which way to look. such
talk makes me feel so foolish.
... The worst OF. it is my husband
acts as. If he liked it. and
Il know he likes her. and he
I'd study to be as pleasant as my
cousin. L. am heart broken.
. What shall do? SAD WIFE.
Heart broken. you with such an
easy problem as that to solver Well.
my dear. pick up the pieces OF that
heart of yours. no matter how far
away they flew when they broke and
mend your heart right up again. this
very day. OF course, he likes to- be
.hattered. who doesn't. pray tell?.
And. he is good looking and clever,
too. Well, don't let any other woman
tell him Of either of these two facts
oftener than you do. Handsome, is he,
and she's proud OF her good looking
cousin? Weir I'd be proud of my
good looking husband, and I'd say so,
too. Why didn't you say SO right then
and there2 Why. didn't you say.
Cousin. I'm glad you appreciate my
John. I'm so proud of him myself
sometimes I'm afraid I'm foolish"
And you'd have seen Johns eyes light
:. up, and John would have looked at
you, and not at cousin at all
:; One of the nattering kind, is she?
. Well. I'd be so much more fattering
than she could ever hope to be that
she wouldn't know. which way to turn.
- HE'S ALL RIGHT
Your John is all right Just tell
him. SO over and over again. three
times a .day1f necessary. and don't let
any little pusscat Of cousin take him
away from you right before your very
eyes because. she can be more agree
able to him than you can.
Was there anything In the wedding
ceremony that told you to stop saying
nice things to. John the minute the
wedding ring began TO be bit tight
on your chubby little finger? You let
hin, sac yia;r4,<- aao,,1.L H.. 49,.
+. thought him handsome and quick
witted and courageous and honest,
too, didn't you2 Wen, why not go on
3 In. the same way?
What won man will keep him,
nine times out OF ten.
Were. you smiling and pretty and
light hearted before you married
John? Well. that's what he chose you
for Keep that way, or how can you
blame him for looking quite steadily
at a cousin who appears to be some
what that sort of girl herself?
Get away. from the cousin? Dread
TO see her coming? Cry when she's
gone. scold John about her? Dear,
dear. what a foolish little woman, to
be surel
THE ONLY WAY
:: Have. cousin at the house-have her
there morning, noon and night. Get
= her to natter John before visitors.
smile indulgently. at some of her
, most obvious faults. refer to her, ask
her opinion of men, OF women. of
books. of goods. make John think you
think cousin is the greatest human
being alive. Some time when you
know John is going to be really tired
ask cousin. home to dinner. be busy
about the house when she comes and
send John in to. entertain her; don't
help him out, make him sit up and
look pleasant though he's dying for a
pipe and his easy coat; have cousin
stay late; the sieepier John gets the
better for you: make John take her
home. way home. not Just to the car !;
insist upon it, and when John comes
him you hated to send him away with
cousin, but she always expects men to
wait on her and she might think, etc.
Give John cousin for breakfast, din
ner and supper. smile and cajole and
be nicer than ever cousin dared to be.
and watch results. You'll see men are
grown up boys, you know-just
grown up boys, after all; see il John
doesn't turn out to- be one, in the case
of cousin.
.i DAUGHTERS ENOUGH