The Washington times., 1914-03-23
Just a Collection of Timely Don'ts
BY Sophie Irene Loeb

Copyright, 1914. by the Press Publishing co.)
N English author. Blanche Eb-
~ butt. sums up "Don'ts for
~ Husbands.' cautioning them.
"You are neither so bad nor SO
good q fellow as you imagine yourself
to be. Women. married or single. are
kittle-cattle; and as for men-well. I
have a husband myself" She goes on
to say: Don't be too grave and solemn.
Raise bit Of fun in the home now and
then. Don't keep all your best jokes
for your mon friends. Let your wife
share them. Don't look at things solely
from q mans point Of view. Put your
self in your wife's place. and see how
you would like some of the things she
has to put up with.
Don't be conceited about your good
looks It is more than probable that
no one but yourself Is aware Of them;
anyway, you are not responsible for
them, and vanity in q man Is ridicu-
lous.
Don't condescend; you are not the
only person in the house with brains.
Don't keep her in cottonwood. She
isn't wax-she's a woman.
Don't belittle your wife before VS.
itors. You may think it is joke to
speak Of her little foibles. but she will
not easily forgive you.
Dent be careless about keeping
promises made to your wife. II you
have promised to bo at homo at think
twice before you 80 of with a friend
At $50.
Don't scowl or look severe. Cultivate
NQtnrA
blessed you with one.
Don't quarrel with your wife. She
can't il you won't Mud sticks. and 30
do words spoken In anger.
Don't despise your wife's everyday
qualities because she Is not what the
world would call brilliant. Sound COM
mon sense Is of more value than fire.
works when one Is running home
Don't keep your wife outside your
business interests. It Is foolish to say
that she knows nothing about business.
and therefore It can't interest her.
Don't insist upon having the last word.
II you know when to drop an arEu-
ment you are a wise man. Also cult
va.s a sense Of humor. It carries ono
past q danger signal.
Don't chide your vito in public. what
ever you may feel It necessary to do in
private. She will not easily forgive you
for having witnesses to her discom-
flture
Don't be niggardly about the house.
hold supplies II you can afford to be
generous. You can't make omelets
without breaking eggs. and you can't
have cheerful fires without using coal
or wood pretty freely. Don't forget to
be master Of your own house, but see
that your wife is mistress.
Seemingly, she knows the alpha and
omega of marriage. What moro bitter
feeling can be summed up in the heart
Of O woman as when a husband chides
his wife in public? Often 1t takes her
a long time to get over 1t. 1t is bad
enough to find fault with one another
IN thought. but to do IL out loud when
others are present rankles longer than
the thing is worth.
After all. the road to reform is
reached by the way Of love.
Prolonged arguments never ended in
anything but miserable feelings, and
the safest method is for ONLY ONE
to argue at time. Sometimes q merry
laugh will settle an argument and soft
en- a blow that might remain for days
In the words Of the author. to cultivate
sense OF humor carries one past q
danger signal
In truth happy marriage is largely a
matter Of being able to laugh at each