The Prescott daily news., 1915-06-09

'lt Suited Her to she is sweet. She Be LanauId." has nothing else under the blue canopy of heaven to be but sweet! That woman to my knowl- edge does not york three hours day. She has a husband who is simply wickedly indulgent.'
 "Oh," murmured the caller deprecat- ingly. Il like to see him with her; he is always so tender and considerate.
 Mary Belle Sedgwick," pursued her hostess, relentlessly, lis no more in need of rest and attention than l am or than any other perfectly healthy woman IS. She simply found out very early in life that it suited her to be languid and helpless and frail and she has played up to that role ever since. She is far from being artless, with all her girlish simplicity-girlish at 37!"
 She does seem younger than that" agreed the caller.
 Well, are you surprised? She has never taken a particle of responsibili- ty or worry or any of the cares that age women who are not everlastingly thinking about themselves 1 don't say she is selfish She really does rot seem to be; though, of course, that is what it amounts to-" finished Mrs. Bovee, completing the circle.
 But can you imagine her any dif- ferent?" asked the caller. T have never seen her anything but graceful and leisurely and charming. I don. believe she would be so lovable any other way
 Nobody says she would!" retorted her hostess. That is just what started out by remarking. And that is why I say l think ought to have been different from the very start with Henry"
 If Mrs. Sedgwick can keep her hus- band a perfect slave to her every whim by the simple expedient of never doing useful thing; never serving a hot dinner when cold lunch is more convenient for her; never sparing him any of the worries of marketing and keeping the house hold accounts; never knowing for th>
 
 of wardrobe or what he can afford for her pleasures; if Mrs. Sedgwick can do all these things, 1 repeat, and still get along beautifully, l cannot see why We don't all try it!
 T for one get very tired of keeping every single thing about the house up to the last notch all the time yet Henry is used to it and he makes me feel like criminal when 1 slight any. thing. l would no more think of let. ting the house go for club meeting or of picking mp my trunks and going on pleasure trip whenever the spirit moved me than 1 would think of-of skipping Henry's face. And he would be quite as surprised at one as the other"
 T think it depends good deal upon the man" suggested the caller. Tt never would work with my husband, l know"
 That is just where you are mis- taken; it depends altogether upon the woman. I've seen every sort of man, serious and dignified, and frivolous and bored, fall into line and fetch and carry for Mary Belle Sedgwick. and 1 can tell you that she is just as effec- tive with one kind ss another. She has what you might call a universal method"
 Both women were silent for mo ment The caller seemed unable to think of a counterargument for her hostess Aeretical views. Finally, how ever, she found one and when she spoke it was with unexpected decision.
 Well" she announced, the way I look at it is this: A family has just so much to do and if the wife shirks her duty the husband simply has a double load to carry. l wouldn't want to add to my husbands worries If l could. And, when you stop to think, Mrs. Bovee haven't you noticed that MT. Sedgwck, after all, has rather tired look ?"-Chicago Daily News.