The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-04-08
WC0ING HER HUSBAND
BY ]. S. coYNE

Mrs. Swandown-I hope. now. yo
have come to spend a long day witt
me-we shall have such q delishtfu
chat about old times-but where 4
| your husband I'm dying to see him
| Why did you not bring him with you
| Mrs. Featherley-Oh, he was en-
gased-he generally Is engaged.
Mrs. S-Come, sit down. Tell me
shat is he like-is he good looking
kind, afectionate, domestic-does he
In short, resemble the fancy portra!'
you used to draw OF the man whom
you would select as your life partner!
remember how you painted this inn
aginary paragon Of yours-youthful as
love-handsome al Adonis-brave as
iion-gay as a 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.-Tmpossible, my dear Eu.
Fenia, impossible IL 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, I have neglected the world
his interests have engrossed all my
thoughts; the hours which a woman
Of my age usually spends at her toilet,
| 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 1t 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.
complishments-sng to him. play to
him, dance with him, il 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 a sensible man? :
Mrs. S.-Ah, my dear, the most sen.
sible men are fools where our sex is
AS to those arts you call
frivolous, they are the only weapons !!
nature has given us; and if we EN-. c
)loy them to gain a victory why
should We neglect them to secure a
Mrs. F.-Perhaps you are right; but +,
s a wife's truth, her affection, ber ,
'irtue, to go for nothing?
Mrs. S,-Oh, no; they will always .
ommand the respect and esteem OF
husband; but if you want to flS his
owe you must employ a little artifce,
little delicate management Be 5,
ourself the center of those pleasures
'hich attract him; surround yourself
18th all that he admires, all that can
lease him, and never neglect those
accomplishments which first charmed p'
i'm in you. tr
Mrs. F.-And then? IL
Mrs. S.-Then, my dear, the neglect.
wife will become the enthroned
istress of his heart IN
Mrs. F.-But II Featherley, as ] : -
read, has formed an attachment else. "
here? W
Mrs. S-Ah, that would be serious IT
ill, see no occasion to despair of cal
'inging back the wanderer. | will me
y my life that your rival, If you
I'VE one, cannot bosst the graces OF
ind and person which you possess
It want confidence to you. ID