The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1915-08-12
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR

nave been dull for me eff I'd a fell
IN wild dem views. | reckon hit
am sort of wearin' an monotonous
settin up by yo'sels prognostica-
tin whor yo' husban' is, an whut
he's doin'. Yassum, | specs
dat is sorter slow way to pass a
evenin'. But dere didn't git to
be no sameness in hit for me.
Bout de second time Ike segasu-
ated off by hisself, when he got
home he found me waiting up for
him wild de rollin' pin in one ham
an de stove litter in de odder, an
you better believe dat dere warn't
nothing dull in married life for de
next few minutes for me. Nor
for Ike nuther.
Furdermo' whut happened in
dat little mix-up seemed to kinder
interest Ike in home life, too.
Leastways after he got out of der
horspital he never went out no mo-
huntin' excitement of an evenin'.
Yassum dere's plenty of ways
of livenin' up married life-ef
you got the spunk to do hit.
AS for me, rs always kept
things goin' an Ike an me amt
found no sameness, an when
things git sort OF $3.50, an we
can't dispute bout nothin' else we
can always fall back on de chu'ch.
II don't know whut dem famb-
lies do whut amt got no religion
in 'em. Now, rs a deep water
Baptist, an Ike, he's predesti-
nation foredained Presbyterian
sprinkler. rs done lost a tooth,
an lke's got bald spot tryin' to
settle de question of infant baptism
dat we started to argyfy over be-
fo' we was married, an dat we
amt settled yit, an to dis day
hits just as good for shindy as a
nickel is for ginger cake.
II hear some married women
a ts. a. 4..nn .1.4 ~-ta
dull becaze dey's always cookin'
an a sweepin'. am scrubbin'
an patchin' for husbands dat
don't never notice whut dey has
done, an whut gifts de lockjaw
when things go right, but dat kin
hand out lambastin' lax talking
machine when de bread gifts burnt
an de meat am tough. / don't
blame en-. Hit sho'ly does git
on yo' nerves to wuk yo' fingers
to de bone for man whut growls
lax a dog over his vittels.
But done settled dat long
ago. 'Cou' Sc no woman specs
much manners from her husban',
an | warn't lookin' for Ike to
stand aroun' an hand me out bou-
quets. But hit didn't take but
one stick of stove wood to teach
him dat / could make better cake
dan his mother ever dared to, an
dat eff he ever throwed up her bis
cult to me, dere would be one Mig
ger dat would have to take his
clothes an an go an hunt for
anodder boa ding place.
Den Ike, he's mighty given to
maxim sleeps eyes at ev'y pretty
gal he runs across, but, my Lawd,
you orter see de excitement dat
put in things when caught him
hangin' over de gate a confabu-
latin wild dat May Jane Jones,
whut amt no better dan she
ought to be. fairly made de fur
fly, and de way things hummed
aroun our house was caution.
'Naw'm, don't know whut dey
means when dey talks bout mar
ricd life being dull-specially for
a woman. Fust dere's de sport of
catchin' a man, an den deres de
excitement of holdin' on to him
after you gifts him, an eff dat
don't keep woman up and doing,
and interested, | don't know
whar she'll find job wild enough
thrills in hit to suit her taste.
"Dere amt no sameness bout
life when you's got husband is
lax a flea. You never can put yo'
finger on him, and jes' about de
time dat you thinks dat you's got
him, he amt dar.
Dere amt no sett1in' man
till he's settled in de grave. And
dat's de reason dat widders is de
only women dat has got a cam
and peaceful look. Hits de fust
time deir minds have been at rest