The Washington times., 1914-08-22
Peters
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in
MatrlmOny
By LE0NA DALRYMPLE
AetAsl Of tAs new .evsI. Dian. Sf
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By LEONA DALRYMPLE
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THE vIRTURE OF PRfMNEsS

THE VIRTURE OF pRfMNEsS
~ COURSE. it was inevitable.
III suppose. that the pendulum,
NJ should swing quite to the 9TH
er side With Mary.s intense
passion for orderly housekeeping. hut
wEy-oh, why don't women learn IN.
true value of things? Mary in . wi,e
spasm of enthusiasm has abandoned be-
! clubs and every other from of social
life. Now she works and works "a
works in fever of atoning ene,py
from morning b night She's tbi,ne,
but she's better for Tint. Mary wa,
getting little too heav,, merely fyon,
an inert method Of life and eutiny too
much cake and ice cream late in tina AZ.
/ ternoon- But feel that she ought =,
20 out occasionally and go out with me.
| iet-i might as we'll confess III
| there's flaw in this tremendous wife,v
passion Tor neatness. After pratins n,
Mary's eareNssness and rejoicing .o
When ner belated phase of neatness
struck her. 1 feel little guilty in the
appalling discovery have made.
whenever i want Mary-she's busy.
she either going to cook, has just been
sookinS-or wants to cook. She taIk.
exhaustively Of dust and housekeeping
every night at dinner, though she d.
Sss Ssests the nninteresting details of my
business. Dust colors her views On
everything and particularly architectura
Sust Yesterday described an attractive
HOOK In the house of friend. and i'm
IN imedlately Mary exclaimed with matron-
But what a place to catch the d,,s.
feter. and how hard to keep cleanr.
And the passion isn't waning, Thafss
tne singular thing about II. /. grows
Al tne result again of a woman's club.
rrr now that Mary has abandoned .tf,I
and social clubs she belongs to the .orr
that discuss irele3s cookers and vacuum
sanity. ~ S
down as a husband very hard inJeed
70 suit since. after grumbling about nv
we shp-shod ways / am still. finding
IaunIand now about wholly com
Hsndaoie habit OF neetness-but-
Weii-these facts stand pitilesslv forth
IN my resume of Mary's neatness. IF
l SIT down on the sofa and rise a few
minutes after, Mary flies to the couch
and reproachfnlly fluffs up the cush-
ions I've crushed. If / leave NV panars
on the table they're pounced upon and
folded up. Every letter disappear.
from the mantel as soon as I'ey read
". Oftfmes I'd like to read IL again
ana can't find it-and even when I'm
turbed den myself. Mary is ahead of
me IN fever of zeal
MY cigar ashes drive Her crazy. nv
nat is never hung IN the right spot-in
fact- I'm beginning to stink around in
mighty guilty way with furtiye looks
behind me to see IL I've left anything
undone
Mary. I suggested one night. don't
You think there's a happy medium"
ITO what2 asked Mary reasonab,v
enough.
To housekeeping" ventured "At
nrst you know You used to let every
tning snde-now you're $3.50 darne5
orderly that I'm uncomfortable.
Peter. exclaimed Mary tragfcalIy
VIII ever be able to suit you?''
You do suit me-" I hastaned to a.
sure her .'You-er-suit me TO- -,
That's the trouble. why. swestbeaT.
you've simply gone to the other ex-
uene- Listen, Mary. 1 always fisure
tnat man S house is the one soot
where he may be absolutely comfortable
and disregard convention now and then.
muss up the sofa cushions, for instance
If hes so minded But latel vi have to
sit up very straight and think ahead
constantly for fear I'm going to violate
some powerful new canon Of nestness
There's a certain charming disorder you
know, Mary, that has cleanliness and
basic order at the root of IL inst as
there Is an order that haS-er-stiffness
anG discomfort for its fundamental
Principles | want to be happy and
Oh. the unexpected catastrorhes Of
marriage! Mary and I quarreled hor-
ri5ly over conspicuous virtue-neat-
ness
No-not neatness-primnessi
Copyright. 1914. Newspaper Feature Seryf-eI