The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-03-17
W00ING HER HUSBAND
BY J. S. coYNE.

nave come W spehu lOng uay WIN
me-we shall have such a delightful
chat about old times-but where is
your husband? I'm dying to see him.
Why did you not bring him with you?
Mrs. Featherley-Oh, he 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 as your life partner?
l remember how you painted this i'm
aginary paragon OF yours-youthful az
love-handsome as Adonis-brave as
lion-gay as summer bird-witty,
without malice. and learned without
display-kind and affable to all, but
tender, loving and constant only to
you.
Mrs. F. (sighs)-Ah. that was a
schoolgirls idea; reality paints with
very different colors.
Mrs. S.-Ah, then you have discov-
cred the delusions we practice on our
selves and fancy that the idol you
fancied was pure gold has proved to
De 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 II he ever loved
you.
Mrs. F.-He did love me-oh, most
devotedly!
Mrs. Sand how have you let his
heart escape?
Mrs. FL know not-I am sure, to
please him, have neglected the world
his interests have engrossed all my
thoughts; the hours which a woman
OF my age usually spends at her toilet,
I have given to regulating his house
hold
Mrs. S.-Hem! Interests-house-
holld-go on, my dear.
Mrs. F-No wife ever attended more
closely to her domestic duties-to de-
vote myself to them | have given up
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 neglected
the very means by which you could
have retained his affections. Instead
OF worrying him with details of house
keeping and monotonous lectures on
domestic economy you should endeav-
or to charm him as you used to do, by
your wit, your gayety and your ac'
omplishments-sing to him. play to
him, dance with him, if he will; fas
cinate him by your graces-even
pique him by your coquetry, for these
are the\cages in which we keep mems
hearts our prisoners.
Mrs. F.-How, Julia, do you recon-
mend me to employ such frivolous
arts with sensible man?
Mrs. S.-Ah, my dear, the most sen.
sible men are fools where our sex Is
concerned. AS to those arts you call
frivolous, they are the only weapons
nature has given us; and If we EN-
ploy them to gain a victory why
should we neglect them to secure a
conquest?
Mrs. F.-Perhaps you are right; but
is wfe's truth, her affection, ber
virtue, to go for nothing?
Mrs. S.-Oh, no; they will always
command the respect and esteem of
a husband; but if you want to fix his
love you must employ little artifice,
a little delicate management. BE
yourself the center of those pleasures
which attract him; surround yourself
with all that he admires, all that can
please him, and never neglect those
accomplishments which first charmed
him in you.
Mrs. F-And then?
Mrs. S-Then, my dear, the neglect
ed wife will become the enthroned
mistress of his heart
Mrs. F.-But if Featherley, as
dread. has formed an attachment else
where?
Mrs. S-Ah, that would be serious,
Still. I see no occasion to despair OF
bringing back the wanderer. | Will
lay my life that your rival If you
have one. cannot boSst the graces OF
mind and person which you possess
but want confidence to you.