Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-09
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Why We Quarreled
The Wife Who Told Her Husband
Epcrythins Tells Her Story.
,By virginia Tcrhunc Van dc Water,


he cannot see that what is sauce for
the goose is sauce for the Eander
In other words. he is absolutely in
consistent with regard TO the matter Of
All that / 40. yet there are times when
he snuHs me for doing this.
For example. when were first
married, he said that as my husband
r he had a right to know of all my wor'
ries and troubles But there have been
many occas ions when could see
that he was bored when j talked TO him
OF these
remember one night when he came
I home from the Office and asked me. as
, he always does, how things had gone
during the day. l was tired and wor-
ricd, for everything had gone wrong.
1 said as much.
Bridget has been as cross as two
sticks" | complained Il have had 4
headache; the dress that had cleans
ed came home from the cleaners just
about ruined, and the pudding / made
FOR dinner is a failure"
know my husband hates TO see a
woman cry. so l did not allow my voice
even TO qunver. Yet he frowned.
What nice list of grievances 10
fire AZ man as soon as he gets IN
after hard day at the Office" he re-
marked. sarcastically. 1T makes one
feel Just about as cheerful as a rainy
day in the country"
We'll. declare. exclaimed,
haven't YOU told me often that you
expected me ia confide everything to
you?"
Everything that's worth coniding."
he returned But surely Bridgct's III
temper and the cleaners delinGuencies
are not of such r-oment that YOU need
infict them upon me before you've even
asked me how ] feel. l have troubles
of my own. please remember.
ellis Words Cut Me-"
His words cut me cruelty. Am l not
irving to run his homo to please him
and is u not in the discharge of my
duties along these lines that most OF
my trials come? II things went wrong
at his Office would not be glad TO have
him tel! me OF them? l said az 1uch
: TO him.
Blu, wouldn't tell you OF them
: he declared That's just 1t. j.. Do ever
reEale YOU with an account of my ONCE
boys latest stupidity, or my stenog-
rapher's most recent negligence? No
indeed. When come home leave all
I that Kind of thing behind me.
Because you can" ! rejoincd But
a woman cannot leave her trials be
hind her. They are right there before
her eyes day and night. do think yo'
men might understand that
ate got 20 thinking over VIVA
he had said and tho more l though
the more indignant l got. l made III
NV mind TO talk less OF my affairs
since he showed so plainly that he wa
bored by them.
When, n week later a cousin Of min
"a nice fellow who had been my chur
when I was cirl-camc to town an
telcphoned me TO lunch with him a
Sherry's went and said nothing ahou
IL 10 MY husban for some days. whe
mentioned casually that Reginald ma
been in the city.
.0b has hcT" Richard asked. HOY
do you know? DID you hear frof
him"
Yes" ! rejoned. He called me
one day"
But YOU didn't sec him, eh" h
didn't come UP here?"
He didn't come up here, but say
him all the same"
Where
AT Sherry's. I lunched with hin
there"
When was that"
"Abou, fortnight ago" ! replied
Ny husband flushed angr!ly.
fortnight ago" he exclaimed. WI
didn't YOU tell me about 1t?
recalled To his memory the lac
that he had been annoyed 10y my tell
y ing him soms Of my experiences. q
Is course. he was displcased, ana SAL
i. that ! was inconsistent. and had VIII
!, fully nlisconstrucd his meaning. le
= him talk on until ne added
Ii Makes Difference.
Moreover. you deceived M. hav
right 10 know when YOU lunch wit
= other men--evcn with cousin. Mar
r!cd people should no, keep suc
{, things ffen, eaeh other 1t is no
proper -
II is no, worth while 10 relate Il
detail our argument on this subtec
He uon out o. course, and almOs
le, him persuade me into the belle
,ba, ha was right