Omaha daily bee., 1915-06-26

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Vircumve mt the
chsrmer. and prevent the head OF the
houPe from roaming.
Men do not bother to try to preserve
their wives affections. Whether this IL
a Compliment and indicates husbands
ItNfect faith in his wife's love and Ivy
alJy. or whether 1t Is an insult and
slows that he esteems her so unattrac-
tive that he thinks that no can't lose
her. no woman knows. And she'd Glve
n good deal to know in her own par
ticular individual case.
) II remains, fact that the average
middle-aged married man goes through
none of the aso1ies VI jealousy about
his wife that she does abuut him. Nor
does he die., - exercise. or use hair
tonic to keep himself looking TO his wife
l1e the romantic yong -cTs,n she mar
riJd while she goes through the tortures
on the inquistLion in vain attempt TO
preserve for him the illusion that size IS
still the bride he led to the altar
In spite-Or Lecause -rAen do habitually
leave the stable door unlocked, occasion
ally the gray marc does nolt and goes of
with another master. Indeed this CStas-
trophe is happening with increasing fire.
quency. and 1t begins to look as II tho
time might come vher n husband would
have to take as much trouble II keep
lis wife as a Wits 1oes to keep her hus-
and.
An interesting slds;istt Is thrown on
this view Of the subject by rlan who is
suing a wealthy T.othero Tor alienation
Of his wife's aftscticos, AMI who gives
the following ways IN which her love
was won: ,-..-.
Spending money while out win her;
fine dressing:. treating hsr 70 e!altrhte
luncheons; giving her expensive presents;
taking her to places of adjustment; send
ing her flowers; remembering her birth
day; by the lavish tips he gave waters
IN cafes hiring taxis and allowing them
TO stand Ivy the hoUr regardless OF ex-
pense."
Presenting that a woman's love is q
purchasable commodity. It is easy to un-
derstand how the charms of a good
spender could prove irresistible IL the
lady had the misfortune to be married to
a tight-fisted husband. Without being
aricfous. It is intoxicatingly flattering
: a woman to feel that a man does not
link that the best is good enough for
Ter, and that he IS willing to throw his
money away to give her pleasure So
one IL inclined TO judge lenently the
\lady who's Grant neart went after tho
man who used. as her husband AYERS,
fourteen lavish ways Of spending
money to win her love.
But. after all. THE moral of the case is
not in what the lover did. but what the
husband left undone. Few, if any, women
eIer really sell their love, but many men
Use a woman's affection because they ar
ito stingy to keep it, The majority OF
htNbands, however prodigal they may
have been in gifts before marriage, after
marriage are apt to think that it's too
much trouble to make their wives a
present.
They justify themselves by saying that
Mary OF Sallie can buy what she pleases
at the shops, and they hold that in pay
ing her bills they are making her
perpetual present Even on the occasion
OF Christmas or birthdays. the present
only to often takes the form Of a check,
which satisfies the mans sense Of duty,
but brings to the woman none of the
romantic thrill that she would have had
in some little gift that represented some
especial within or fad OF hers
The mans excuse under such circum-
stances that he didn't know what she
wanted adds insult to injury, for it
shows how little she is in his thoughts.
and what small notice he really takes
Of her. There was a time when ne did
know what she liked, and even felt il
~~Vorth while to keep memorandum OF
her preference in chocolate creams and
flowers.
To men II may sound farcial TO say
that a man won a womans love by the
big tips he gave to walters when they
went out together. but women will UNI
derstand the psychological significance
of il. They know how often, when their
husbands take them out they do It be-
cause they've been held up by the wife's
tongue
Nothing is 50 fuaer al as a pleasure
iaunt forced upon one, and the man who
has TO take his wife out because she has
nagged him into doing IT. is In a surly
temper that makes him take it out i'm
rowing with the street car conductor.
abusing the play they go to see and had
gering the waiter at the restaurant
Not so acts the man whose pleasure in
being with a woman makes him smile
upon the world. regard the street ca
conductor as a long-lost brother, every
play as masterpiece, and the waiter as
a godling who serves nectar and am
brosia- ana who deserves 10 have gold
and silver offered up before him.
There's a lesson for men in the man
no won a wife's love away from her
husband by fourteen lavish ways OF
spending money. It's good economy to
Keep things in repair. even a wife's
heart, and lots OF divorce expenses and
alimony could re saved by few judicious
Investments Of small change in candy
and violetS-