El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-06-17

s. TIELL my nOSDei-Lu ever } INNS
said a woman to me In mar
4riaze. each party to the contract
should have a perfect right 70 llno 80, All
THAT the other knows IN - - .i1,-tEiDe
I hurt my conscience III i>9p1 ''-'
from my husband -;,-, for the
felt thrill of compassion ~ d, - -
husband, and some tnlhs app! G, t 80
doubt of the wife. How could the nus nus
band Ike time to listen to an she nag
To saw eTd now could she bring herselL
TO tell him every thing a.. =.,-+ h.
For i do not DelleEe ma - = OsFo11i5
cause people are married tL-ey SIlo "a
have no knowledge which they 90 Ao@
lmpart TO each OtneF- .=7 $3.50, p. .,,.
81 mentioned that conIidehllaL M; ,- -
you told me TO nobody except 'O I'm
OF course i told him. -,;.7 this
was present when wife sald TINS
to her unmarried sister / was not > ~ .
prised al the Indignant Ilash tLdL -
into the younger woman ty e. NJ -
the resentment with when she CA
..ToIJ roId nv secret to Tom. What
right had YOU to do that2 1t was my
secret-not yours w ny sHOUiU
Of course the wife thought her sis
ter unjust and unreasonable i IeI1 'Ii'-1
the girl was entirely right
BE careful what YOU tell 10 a NJ
rfed woman warned man. " L-e-~
she knows her husband VIII know.
We may pause 10 CONSIDER ma -
same statement could seldom be maue
10 fit the husband What he knows ms
wife often does not know am Eletu
she doesn't People call men secrellNes
at all events a man who Is worthy u
the name can keep secret. Oh course;
there are masculine exceptions ~ .
am TALKING now ABOUT men, not docu-
cads a man can keep his friend con-
fidence. be that friend man or q
woman. Some women too, are saIe
cOnfidautes-eVen though they are
married. 1 am thankful This is so, oth-
eryvise some of us would be driven 10
depending upon the Steiner sex Ior our
In mis- dav there are many wives who
claim the right to reserves from InelE
husbands. yet one OccaSl Onally meets
those who still Gins 10 the olu AoLo--
that woman should talk as 1Ieel4 to
her husband as to her own soul IN
sist that her contention is wrong.
For there are things which woman
should not tell her husband 1t goes
without sGyins--for II has been SAID so
ofteu-rhar one Of these things IS her
friends secret. The mere accident OF
marriage does not confer upon any one
n right to part with that which has
been given to her as a sacred cnarg e.
/ know one man VINO reminded MS VIE
gently. My dear ] hardly think you
ought to mention tnaL matter even 10
me 1t was not meant Tor my ears, but
for yours only ,.--
such men may be rare, but 1 think
that they are not as rare as some per
sons fancy OF course. the wife was
how am honorable man regards secret
Another of the Things that woman
should not tell her husband is the rude
or presumptuOus remark made TO her Dy
..What is one to doe" asked a woman
Of 40. when q man tells one vulgar
stories and considers them funny
Should not one complain to ones rus
baud2"
The first vulgar story a man tells a
woman may be his fault the second one
is her fault. That IS a rule thaI gen
orally holds good II a woman SHOWS d
man that she is dispIeased with the so
callel funny STORY ne wiz Hol lsLL
her another. If he does, she is quite
able to- express her Olspleasure and 10
avoid him in the future What good
would In do 10 complain to ones hus-
baud2" 1t would only ma Ike bad mat
ter worse and brlDE about quarrel
possibly one that might lead 10 puo-
l.rfry-neLWecu the two men,
The men that decent women meet IN
decent society Will only go as 1ar as
women viii permit therefore say
that 10 is q sign of weakness and or a
lack Of consideration on the part OF the
wife If she tell her husband that a man
has not shown her the respect que q
good woman. IF such a man be fire.
ouenr guest at her husbands nome
there may be reason for her TO Sug-
gest to her husband that his guest IS
not quite a gentleman, but II the OF
fender be o casual Acquaintance. why
-or7nTafn Of him. One word from her
viii be enough TO show the man MS
place
should not tell her husband are lne
faults of she members OF her family
She viii forget them, he viii not, but
will remember them when she wishes
them 20 be regarded as Dysohes.
Surely there are reserves lnaJ are as
great virtues as are certain SocalleQ
truths that lead only to embarrassment
and unhappiuess for all