Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-12-12

ENTERTAINING ONES WIFE.

ENTERTAINING ONES WIFE. =
A Letter from Pictorial Review.
Dear Editor: / am not the sort OF
woman who discusses ner husbands
fAilings with her neighbors, and l do
not consider myself = martyr OF matri-
mony. I am a fairly contented wife
and mother, but l might be happier II
you could advise E1e Alright.
Here 10 the situation. ! have three
little children, and only a half grown
girl to help me. So I am tied pretty
closely to my home. An occasional aft
Ladies Aid or with the children at q
moving picture show breaks the round
OF my household duties. Books and
magazines r my real pleasure.
Ny husband is part owner Of a hard
ware store, and l dare x.y he works
- hard as I do. But in the evening,
shat a difference between us! Every
afternoon / lock forward to his return
as the reward Of my days work, and
every evening ! feel the same sense Of
disappointment. ! change my dress,
have what / am sure he will like for
supper. tuck my babies into bed early
and hen go out on the porch for an
band, But what do l get? An occa-
slonai "uh-huh' from behind his paper
or around the stem of his pipe.
! Try to start conversation-not gos-
eap. but on the news of the day; what
l read and feel sure he has read; any
thing I've heard that I think might in
terese him. Aonosyllables in reply.
ask him questions about the day
spent downtown. Anything interest
ing happened at the store? No! Any
new goods come In? Nothing new!
NY Questions drop further apart. BY
An0 nV AnNn
iootfails outside our fence, the hum Of
Insects. h chirping Of crickets. Then
he stand up. saving: We'll.
I guess I'll lock up"
And another evening has been vast
Yet I know that lying there in the
hammock he has been thinking of many
interesting things. He plans most Of
MS business o at home. And II
does az II he might talk them
over with me. for / am intelligent
enough to understand, and I never tax
OF my h~usbandss affairs outside.
But what Is hardest to bear II this.
When callers come. he bri1htens nm
makes himself agreeable. e%ntertains
them by telling funny stories about the
store and custOmers-thinGS that /
WOULD appreciate much better than any
OF our neighbcrs or friends. This is
now l know just how much he could
tell me when we're alone IL he Thought
II worth while to exert himself for me.
once I tried to discuss the question
with him He Claimed he is tired when
ne gets home that he wants to be Quiet.
nat nome u a place for a man to
rest But It does not Ieem to tire him
20 entertain callers. He does NOT like
20 30 out evenings. but he il always
nice to people who call.
l nave thought so much about this. I
Know my husband loves me In his own
~ay u % good to me in his own way.
6ut l wish 1t were a different way. I'd
Iihe 20 be as Well worth talking TO as
my are I want him to feel
ma. I am az worth entertaining row as
l was before he married me. Then he
1oond plenty to ak about.
q u q long letter. I have been a
lone unne dec1dfng to write It. But nv
pIcoiem Ii serious If I were the sort
woman who has many women
Irlends. OF II We had the means to be
x.c,se sociahle. il would be different
S.t l must find my happiness in nv
nome. and my husband is the biggest
ne0re IN my home l want to keen IN
tonch with him. with the outside world
men y
Sometimes l feel almost ashamed to
!.nd tnat 1 have stood talking s OF
AZ minutes with the bright Young man
who delivers cur groceries or to some
1eent trying TO sell me a patent stove
litter or But I realize that i tair
70 them bec4u8e i want to hear about
the outside world where nv husband
forks 1 get tired of the things women
talk about
Perhaps other wives feel n. ar.
way Perhaps In answering nv letter
you may answer the unwritten letters
Of other wives Show us how To keen
m touch With our husbands.