Omaha daily bee., 1915-04-28

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IRRITABLE criticism. But we must take into
confederation all that preceded this oeen-
sion.
Thara had been seolding after sooIdins.
without doubt. She had been founS a.
fault with for 90 many derellctlons, for 80
mans deeds done and undone. that this
final criticism was merely the last straw
on the camel's back.
A cross. faultfindlng wife Is terrible
bsInh: but a man can take his hat and so
20 the club or 20 the corner grocery when
her tongue becomes too aggressive
when the husband comes home and
sco,ds the air OF the house blue. there Is
nothing for a life 10 do but TO submit or
jump out OF the window.
Tha wife who died In the hospital bad
submitted for many years, undoubtedly'
ana then, finding that submission did not
better matters, she decided to end II all
IL would have been wiser to have walked
out. II Is more discreet 20 10 into high-
WAYS OF tho earth unlimited than 70 enter
by such means into the mysterious realm
OF death
IRE man or woman who commits suicide
IA n apiritual pauper. He who has spiritual
strength knows he will be aided 70 the
ana. ana watts his call But the spiritual
raupsr declares himself bankrupt when
he ends his own earth existence.
we know taere are homes for paupers
N this world. We DO not know what pro-
visitor a made for them In the next.
n a always well to so into new land
with a fun purse, and Il is we'll 20 enter
the next world with a good supply OF
SPIRITUAL wealth and not as n bankrupt.
He a 20 sorry he said what he did. He
! neSer dreamed she would take II 90 to
heart, he would give all he possesses to
40 back ana live that night over. and 40.
Oh. 40 dlffersutlyI He would understand
her 40 much better ard be sucn much
better n she were alive today.
| Sometimes the only way a wife can
mako her husband understand her IL TO
ale. Then he neee and admires all her
sweet tender qualities.
I like TO think the world is peopled with
happy wtvea and husbands know
many. Many more exist unknown 20 me.
Happlness II oftantimes secresive ana
quiet; misery IL noisy and communicative.
Happiness seeks no confident; unhappi-
ness wants to be sympathized with.
Happiness thsnks God in the silence.
Misery cries aloud 20 the worldi And 30
w grow to think that unhappiness ss the
rule, and happiness the exception. But
DO noe believe II.
stu, in this overfull world and over
civillnsd' state Of society there are hun
dradu OF unhappy wives to be found;
wives who feel often on the verge Of
anta as desperate as that OF the poor
little woman who forms the subject OF
this sketch and husbands who are al
blindiy thoughtieBs and as unltind as the
ono whose irritable words drove her to
her death.
n you who read thsse lines are man
and a husband, ask yourself Just what
you arc doing toward making your home
the peaceful place a home should be
What are you doing TO render your wife
happy at the thought OF seeing you each
EVENING" Are you praising her for every
good quality she possesses and thanking
her for all her efforts TO please your
Are you telling her abe is n good wife
and q good mother. or are you findine
fault with every small failure OF here and
ignoring her great virtues?
DO you imagine a good woman IL salts
fled with virtues own reward. The con-
seriousness OF her own worth is not suf-
ficient to keep hor happy II you are silent
, and never seek TO impress upon her mind
the fact that you realize her good quail
. tiles And this Is especially true II you
take every opportunity 90 assure her
that you sec her faults.
,, Why not study your wife as you snldy
your partner Why not be as taetful and
as patient with her as you are with him
: Why not entertain and amuse her as yot
DO your customers and patrons?
II you called at your neighbor's hous'
and found anything amiss, how suav'
and amIeble you would be about II. Arr
you equally so when things go amiss al
your own homef
: n not. why not?
How a wife or husband can be moT'
thoughtful Of outsiders than they are Of
each other? How they can be ill-tem
pered. and fault-flnding with each othei
and courteous and eonciliatory 70 strang
; eFs.
The real business OF life is the making
OF a happy home. Everything else II
> secondary to that for when you CONS
, 10 sIft the whole chaff OF existence
, everything goes 10 the winds but the hap
lpiness we have al home