Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-09-04
MAKING WIFE HAPPY.
Wealthy Miner Has Rule to Preserve
Domestic Harmony and Felicity.

The first and chlef purpose or every
married man, poor pr rich, should be 10
promote the happiness of his wife. This
Is the principle which L. c. Dillman, a
wealthy miner of Kansas City holds, and
which, after is years of welded life, en-
a-ies him to say that he has made a
success of marriage. His rules are:
Keep all promises made before and
at the time of marriage.
Divide the newspaper and everything
else.
Keep a Joint bank account.
Go to your club no oftener than one
night a week
Have no dogs or pets OF any kind.
Call her up on the telephone two OIL
three times day.
When away from home write or tele.
graph every day.
Take lrer with you on business and
pleasure trips as much as possible.
Be more polite to her than to any
other woman you meet.
Remember that she likes flowers
candy and books just as much after
marriage as before.
Don't appear before her in your
birthday suit
Make 1t business TO be comfortable
wherever she is happy.
Don't critcise her dress.
Be n gentleman to all women but a
husband to only one
WOMAN NOT A MYSTERY.
Mr. Dillman started with the belief that
there can be and should be complete un-
Outstanding between husband and wife
nd TN ie
can't understand woman is all wrong.
Then he adopted the plan Of partnership
with his wife and everything, from the
bank account to the newspaper, was con-
sidered as much Mrs Dillmans as his.
Though he has plenty of money to
spend for things which please. he says
that wealth is not necessary to the sue
cess OF marriage
If I had only "A dollar to spend on my
wife I would spend it like an artist" he
says, TOO many who are poor or are
in moderate circumstances are putting off
happiness until they are wealthy. No
matter how little a man has. part of II
should be spent in making life pleasa mt
for his wife and himself"
Constant companionship IS another Dill
man principle. Husbands and wives
should never be separated more than a
few days or at most more than a few
weeks at a time. Danger and pleasure
alike should be shared. Mrs Dillman has
gone with her husband on pleasure trips
over Europe and she has forded danger
Gus streams in Alaska when they were
pioneering in copper mining.
Mr.. Dtll,nan would have all husbands
rp, har hot
a woman's nature They still appreciate
flowers and candles and dining out occa-
sionally as much as before Then he In
sists on the same politeness which is 80
marked in sweetheart days. There should
be no pets. he says. except the children
and themselves, for pets often drive a
husband away from home, taking some
Of the affection which belongs 10 him,
DON'T GIVE WIFE AN ALLOWANCE
Contrary to a generally accepted view
OF family finances. Mr.. Dillman does not
believe In the allowance practice
When you give a woman an allowance
she feels like she must spend all Of 1t. "
he says. Everybody knows that an al
lowance is intended to be spent The freer
a man Is with his bank account the less
his wife will spend Mrs. Dillman and
have Joint bank account and she Is
more careful how she spends the money
than II she had an allowance.
THE responsibility Of making success
out of marriage rests more with the hus-
band than the wife, for the reason that
the man Is supposed TO take the initia-
tive In all matters" Mr. Dilman says
He controls the financial situation in the
home and is in n strategic position. Thus
the mans enlarged opportunities bring
increased responsibilities to him.
I'VE have made close study of the
things that please each other and both
of us are very adjustable In this regard.
can be comfortable any place in the
world where my wife is happy