Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-10
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BY BEATRICE FAIRFAX.

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w thing in married life Is it laz-
mess
A weary looking brother. with his shirt
held together by a safety pin, and with
a souvenir milk stain left IN the middls
Of his back by colicky baby, arises in
The experience meeting. and gives 10 as
his unalterable conviction. founded on
experience. that the first best bet In the
domestic misery deId lis shiftlessness in
a wife
Take IL from me, brethren. as a sure
tip. says be. that you'n lind marriage
a failure every time il YOU pick out one
of these dangerous, indolent' maidens
for a wife. II doesn't make bit Of DIFF
ference how pretty she is or how intel
lectual she is, or how noble. OF how good
and loving. and affectionate she is, If
woman hasn't got the get up and git
about her to give YOU three square meals
day. and a tidy place to read your
paper in. domestic bliss with ner is a
false alarm No. sir. a woman may be
a Venus, an Aspasia, a ST Elizabeth and
Juliet all rolled into one. but unless she's
got a mixture Of Mary Ann in her char
acter too don't you let her beguile you
Now, ] was getting a tidy little sal
AIRY. with a big raise in sight. and
figured It out that with nice. indus
trlous. thrifty managing little wife To
run "A nice little home and keep mp her
end while I kept up mine there wasn't
any reason why ] shouldn't be one Of
our Prominent and Substantial Citizens,
and with my picture in the paper, In a
few years. and in the meantime be hap
ry and make her happy. So ] asked her,
wilt thou be mine. and she wilted, and
we got married ] woke up from my
dream of connubial bliss the first time
I ran good and hard against her house,
keeping
Are Left to Servants.
We've got furniture. but there isn't
a table in the house where you couldn't
write your name in the dust. nor a floor
that is safe to walk across without trip
ming over a litter Of toys that the chill
dren have left in their way Nobody
ever puts the books and magazines
where they belong. and the general as
pect of our domicile is that Of the track
Of a Kansas cyclone.
AS for the meals. the less said the
better incompetent servants do their
deadly worst. and the day / was married
dyspepsia marked me for ITS own Who's
the idiot that said love mas immortal
I'm bet a hat he wasn't married to
woman who was too lazy 20 see about
her housekeeping ! tell You that you
can choke love 90 death on tough beef
steak. and give It the iaundice on sala-
ratus biscuis. ana drown IL In weak cof-
fee beyond the hope ~ resurrection.
And the children. my poor, little. dir
~. neglected children. that are left 20
servants. and TO run In the streets while
their mother lies on a sofa and reads
Ibsen and reflects on the higher life
when she's too triilnE 20 do her duty in
this one. That's what hurts most. do
what / can for 'em, hut a mans a poor
loft-handed brute with children. They
need a mother who has got enough hus-
lie in her 10 keep them healthy and wen
clothed. and right in mind and body.
"Pve never got along any. | couldn't
4 man can't make much Roadway
against the wastefulness Of a woman
who is too lazy 10 watch the servants,
too lazy to save. too lazy 60 provide him
the comforts Of life After he's tried
90 do her work and his. tried 20 clean
up the house, wash the children, order
the dinner and wrestle with the cook,
he hasn't got much strength left 20 do
ANYTHING else. And no heart That's the
reason I say that there Is no other one
thing that puts blight on matfmony
ike laZiucss.
D. 10 true. ladies'