The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1915-08-12
Mirandy on the Monontony Of
Domesticity.
DOROTHY DIX.

sho'ly must be dem whut ain
never tried hit, or else dey mus
be fighters from Fight Town, an
honin' to whip deir weight in wilt
cats.
Il don't know how they figure.
hit out dat married life is dull
Me, rs been married to Ike nigh
on to thuty years, and in all dat
time amt found no place whar
struck de level ground, an
could set down ca I'M an peaceable
an take my eye off of Ike.
Naw'm, amt never had an
occasion to complain bout mar
ried life bein' dull. Ef dere was
any more excitement in hit dan
dsre is I'd have been laid out
long ago wild dis heah nervous
prosperity dat desrich folks have.
In de fust place, who can
guess a mani You kin be mar
ried to one for a million yeahs.
an think dat you knows de ins an
de outs of his temper, an his ap-
petite, an his cussedness lax you
does yo' own pocket, an den, 10
an behol', de fust news you
know, he ups an does somethin'
dat you amt never suspected he
had concealed in his system.
Yassum, a husban suttenly
does keep you guessing for you
never kin tell when he's gwine to
break cut in a new place, or
whedder he's gwine to bring his
pay envelope home to buy po'k
chops for de family, an new
shoes for de baby. or whedder he's
gwips Iay ps~s to I5s blow " hit in on buyin'
dat amt mo- dan half as old as
you is, an dat's got a straight
front figger. Nav m. dere amt
nothing dull in bein' married. an
dere amt no sameness bout
havin' husban', which reckon,
is de main reason dat most of us
women wants one.
Hits de ole maids an de ole
bachelors whut amt got nobody
sass 'em an dispute EN-, an
rile 'em, an fight wild 'em dat gifts
dull and lonesome lax. Not mar
ried folks. Life in one of desc
heah ole bachelor clubs or spin
sters' retreats makes me think of
one of my batter-puddin's. Hit
sets we'll on weak stomach, but
hit amt got no flavor to hit.
But matermony, hits lax one
of de fruit cakes whut | bakes at
Christmas. Hits full of ginger,
an spice, an plums, an raisins,
an hits mighty apt to give dem a
nightmare whut partakes of hit,
but hit sho' has got taste to hit.
An dere's lot of excitement in
des' tryin' to figger out de prob
lem of what made you marry de
one dat you did, an whedder you's
glad or sorry. for you don't never
guess the riddle.
Yassum, done been ur
against matermony for thuty
yeahs, lax | said, an | done found
a plenty of things in hit dat
sho'ly was a surprise to me, but
amt never found no dullness
Leastwise | amt wild Ike.
Now | amt a sayin' nothing
against Ike. Ike, he's a gooC
man. an a first class brick layer
an fair to middlin' husban bu
he's one of de kind of men da
comes by de bolt. He's jest lal
: de general ruck an run of 'em.
He believed-leastways h,
did when we was married. for II
sort of shook his faith in da
doctorine- dat after man an
; woman was married, an got set
tied down to housekeepin', and d,
} man got tired of holding her hand
and telling her dat she was d
: Lily of de Valley, and de rose 0
! Sharon, dat de man ought t,
, amuse hisself by galavantin
'roun at nights, whilst de woman
] couldn't want no mo- fun dan de
] waiting up for him wild a swee;
t patient smile, an openin' de dc
r for him eff so be he had done miz
r ed hisself up wild SO much re
: liquor at de corner saloon dat b
Thought dat f1eu done kooh IN