Gilpin observer., 1915-06-24


If she does make a confidante of a
woman friend, acknowledging she'd
dearly love to go for a change of air,
but admits she is fearful of poor hub
by suffering, he'd never know how to
get along without her. The other WON.
an promptly pooh-poohs her out of
such notion. What do other wom-
ems husbands do?" she demands.
They all seem to get along swimming
ly and they are sure to appreciate a
wife who has caused them to realize
how lonely existence is without her"
The wife's dear old grandma gives
her bit of sage advice, leaving her
to follow it or not as she chooses, sat
isf1ed with pointing out to her that the
summer wanderlust habit of the mod
ern wife has been the means of break
ing up many a happy home. In her
days, says the dear old lady, journeys
were by no means the easy undertake
ings that they are today. 1t meant
over a weeks ride by stage coach
over almost impossible roads to get
from one hamlet to another. For a
wife to take such a trip, unaccom-
panied by her husband, to enjoy the
pleasure of staying at a strange hos
telry, and among strangers, was al
most unheard of.
Then, too, men are very much like
roguish children, almost sure to get
into mischief when they find them
selves alone, the wifely care with
drawn. There's a wisdom in the trite
and true, couplet:
when the cats away, the mice will
play"
He's a bungling housekeeper and
dust rises. He will fry himself an egg
for his breakfast, but forgets to clean
the pan. AS for making up his bed,
he's in too much of hurry to get off
to business in the morning, and SO
tired at night that he just tumbles in
as it is. He takes his dinner at the
restaurant, eating what he pleases,
everything his wife has refused him
because of his weak digestion. Last,
but by no means least, the lone hubby
who is probably taken for a single
man, is the target of attraction for the
detached young women secretly sigh
ing for husbands.
Even the most exemplary of men
have fallen from grace because OF
their wistful eagerness to forget their
loneliness by taking their first draft
of wine at the suggestion of group
of men friends who were like sufferers
The lone husband who does not know
what to do to pass away his evenings
after the work of the day is shining
mark for the majority of the tempta
tions that are aimed his way. OF
course he has wife's letters to read
but that is not like hearing tender
holding her soft clinging hands in his
strong clasp, or feeling the magnetism
of her gentle, womanly presence
There is such thing as weaving a
husband away from even the wife he
adores.
Leaving him to his own resources a
long summer through is usually the
wedge which is first brought into use
to separate the links which bind their
hearts in SO close and sweet bond
Many husbands cannot take a vaca
ton which would take them away
from home. In such case, wise are
the wives who cheerfully share the
husbands lot, cheering him through
the long uncomfortable hot evenings
by their companionship. There are
cool walks in the moonlight, street cal
rides going to the open-air movies
etc.
When the sensible wife sits down tc
think over calmly all grandma has told
her. she concludes that she could have
happier summer by hubby's side
than away from him. There is no use
throwing a good man into danger, is
there?
MEN WHO BREAK THEIR WORD
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