Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1914-09-05
AMUSEMENT PROBLEM
IN DOMESTIC LIFE

particle of vitality that Is in him, al
most. certainly has right to stay at
home OF an evening and rest, If he so
desires.
1t is cruelty to animals to make him
dress, and drag him around to enter
tainments where he will be kept up
half the night, where he will eat and
drink things that will upset his stom-
ach, and where he will have to make
heroic efforts to conceal his boredom,
and to be entertaining.
Beating rocks on the street is q
light and JOYOUS occupation compared
to most evening parties.
More than that, the man who Is en-
gagged In the strenuous struggle for
success, and who needs to 40 70 his
work with his head clear and his wits
nimble, knows that the reveller, with
three to four hours sleep, cannot
compete with the man, who comes to
his labor after long nights rest.
Therefore it seems, TO the husband
that his wife is outrageous in her de-
mand, and fool into the bargain, to
insist upon his escorting her around
TO places Of amusement,
On the other hand, the woman says,
and with justice, that she works Just
as hard as her husband, and that her
work Is the most monotonous labor In
existence, and the kind that most gets
upon a persons nerves. In her bus
bands business he has at least the
daily change Of going from his home
to his place Of business, and whether
he is in an Office or laying brick. he
has the diversion of seeing new faces,
hearing new thoughts, getting fresh
ideas.
On the contrary, the woman spends
her days within the same walls; she
works alone, with no one with whom
she can exchange entertaining CONVEX
sation, and the worst Of housewerk
Is that II is a mechanical doing OF
the same thing, with nothing In it to
divert ones thoughts from the dreary
round they pursue,
Say what you will, making beds and
sweeping floors, and boiling pot is
not an exciting occupation, nor, no
matter how much you love them. is
the artless prattle Of children stimu-
lating conversation for grown up and
intelligent women.
Hence it is perfectly natural that
the woman who has cooked, and sew
ed, and babytended all day, should
feel, when night comes, that she must
have some diversion, something that
will take her out her treadmili, or
else she will go mad,
This, then, Is the situation-the hus-
bald is satisfied with the variety he
has had during the day and wants to
stay al home for a change. The wo-
man is crushed by the deadly mon
otony of the home that she has en-
dured all day, and pines for a little
variety What shall they do?
Compromise the matter The wife
needs recreation just as much as the
husband needs rest; and she should
have enough amusement to keep her
bright and cheerful; but there Is no
reason why she shouldn't take 1t so as
not 10 interfere with her husbands
comfort.
Matinees were devised especially for
such CAGES. Let her go to them III
stead OF dragging weary man out
Of nights. Let her join as many OF
the women's clubs as she can find
time for. Let her belong to afternoon
bridges instead of night ones. Let
her go TO luncheons and teas instead
of dinners.
There's all the amusement that any
woman can reasonably ask TO be en-
joyed between p. m. and 5, and that
will send a woman back home in time
70 give her husband his dinner.
Why Bother Him DIT All?
AS for woman complaining that
a husband won't take her out, why
bother him? If he's got a good reason,
respect II. II he hasn't, thank Heaven
that in this city woman doesn't have
to be carried about like an infant in
perambulator. All that she's got to
do is TO get up and go wherever she
pleases, without annoying anybody
else or dragging an unwilling escort
along
The husband however, should meet
the wife half way in the amusement
compromise. If he doesn't want to go
with her To places, he should try to
offer her some substitute, and he
should at least show some apprecia-
ton Of her position. He should show
her that he understands that her work
is monotonous, and that she needs
some change to brighten her up.
After ALL women are as easily d.
verified as children, and II men really
understood the oily that woman gets
out of taking a little "trip, and how
happy an evening at the theatre, and
a sandwich and coffee makes her,
surely we should see more husbands
and wives out together, and hear less
OF the complaint. 'My husband never
wants mo tn hava anV nlpa S1Ira -