El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-30

CC~ DUNG JIM BRlMSIONH anu
his blushing bride are out for
4 business" remarked the drug
pist "They were married less than a
week ago, and now they're both back
at their old jobs, he as a salesman III
the clothing store, and she as a stenog-
rapher. They may establlsn a Dahh
account by this means, but If were q
young and blushing bridegroom
hate to see my wife drawing a saIa4y
from somebody else. I'd want her 10
preside over my home ana make 1t
''That the way most people felt when
was young, said the VliIag5 pseIti
arch, but we were hopelessly old Iasn-
Toned then. The conduct of jim Brlm-
stone and his wife is nothing unusual.
Every day young people are getting
married and then going back TO the
accustomed grind, and I'd be Wiling
to wager a good hunting dog that
lot of divorces will be the outcome.
e7The man who lets his wife go ana
work for wages when 1t isn't neces-
sary is bound to accumulate a reputa-
ton as a cheap skate In this glorious
country we have been educated TO the
belief that the man should be the soup
winner for the family and the OLD
time husband took a pardonabIe prlde
in his success along that line me
good provider was respected every
where. He might be a fourth rate nus
hand in other respects, but If he saw
piled, and the potato bins reasonably
full. the breath OF scandal couldn't
harm him greatly. The idea OF let
ting his wife earn money so long as
he had two hands and an equal num-
Der of feet, would have stirred up a
noble Indignation in his manly bosom.
"Of course, the high cost OF living
excuses a good many things, and L
have no doubt that many brides 90
forth to earn wages because they neeo
the money, but they should quit it at
the first opportunity, and return TO
their homes, and tie pink ribbons on
the fire shovel, and decorate bricks
with gold paint, and do everything
possible to make home the abode OF
bliss and peace, so that when their
husbands return in the evening, sara
husbands will feel that marriage is
anything but a failure
zone of the best things about being
married is the fact that husband al.
ways is sure of sympathy at home, II
he gets it nowhere else. No matter
what his trials and troubles are, when
he goes home to his wife she VIII take
his weary head in her arms ana conn
his WhiSkers, and brush the cold sweat
from his brow, and listen to his heart
rending story with profound attention
kissing him on the nose now ana then
to let him know that her mind ISM
wandering When he has told her all
his troubles, and she has mingled her
tears with his, and told him repeat
eddy that however the world mlsuses
him, he will always be her own pre-;
cious lalapalOOzer, he feels refreshed
and encouraged, and next day he faces
the world with fresh courage.
But imagine Jim Birthstone when
he goes home from the clothing store
in the evening, after a long and sad
dening day devoted to fitting suits Of
handmedowns to triangular grangers
He is suffering for sympathy. Any
man would be under similar condi-
lions. He wants to tell the whole
story OF his tribulations to somebody
who will appreciate his suffering. And
a mans wife is the proper person to
tell such a story to-
'Jim arrives home and finds his wife
taking off her hat and raincOat, and
kicking the cat out of her way, and
snarling at everything in sight. She,
too, has had a bad day in the office
where she is employed. The boss called
her down for spelling gracious with
st. and the hOrrid red-haired book
keeper stole her chewing gum, and
everybody was just as mean and ag-