The Washington herald., 1916-09-09
Seen and Heard by George Miner.

married | fancy that those who are already
hooked up" do not take so much stock in it. At
least ! never met married man who cock
sure about any particular system of how best to
manage a wife. It's the unmarried who
know all about II.
| Mr.. Louis Rosario is not married and So,
of course, he considers himself authority. He
is going to be married soon, however, and his
hancee is now the unhappy victim Of his ideas
as to wife training. He told me all about it and
believes he has a system that cannot fail to
work out complete happiness for them both. The
future Mrs Rosario has yet to be heard from.
always keep them guessing" said Mr.. Bos-
sario. in explaining his system. "Never let them
know what you are going to do next and persis-
tcntly do things that will surprise them and are
contradictory. That is, make mystery of your
self so they can't understand you.
For instance when we became engaged l
was visiting at the country place of my fancees
mother. The night became engaged instead
of going to bed and dreaming happy dreams I
put a bathrobe and slippers and went to a
cemetery half a mile away where roamed
around for two or three hours
ut created sensation They couldn't under
stand it. The young woman demanded to know
why had done anything so crazy as she put
| it. l told her it was l could find a fitting
place to ponder the mutability of life and the
generally unhappy lot of mortals. She could not
understand that at all. 1t made me more Of a
mystery than ever.
II was anxious to be married at once and
suggested date a month away. Her mother
! thought that too soon and proposed we set
! the date for two months off. AS that time
approached, said no, it was too short engage
ment We must wait another month. The girl
was absolutely nonplused, for had been hurry
ing up the wedding. She cannot now understand
how it is possible for me to change my mind so
radically on such short notice.
Il don't want her ever to understand. In that
way we shall get along beautifully. She will
never be sure of anything I going to do and
consequently never expect to keep any plans
she may make or feel that she has any control
over my actions. So, you see, she will never
be disappointed at anything that may happen, and
l will not be in the least tied to a wfe's apron
strings, so many husbands, or feel obi
gated by any foolish engagements she may
make. Oil l tell you it's a great scheme"
This poor boob really believes this is going
| to work out as he has planned it. Just wait
until he has been married a couple Of years and
see him trottng around after his wife like a
poodle dog He will be eating out of her hand
then and begging for a night out to attend the
! lodge. That's the way it always turns out with
the ferocious and self-competent reformers. They
go roaring around like lion before they are
married and pussy-footng around like an old
tabby afterward. l know EN-. They are all
alike.
He will deserve all he gets, too, for the an
noyance he is putting that girl to now. I'll bet
she is saving it all up and will hand it back to
him with compound interest after the knot is
once tied. Then she will just let him wiggle
until he himself out
DR.. Walter Glasgow, who was so prominently
connected with the proposed Bagdad Railway
and almost got it through, blew into New York
from Europe few days ago. spent a week at
the Biltmore and took ship back to France yes
terday. He says that both in Paris and London
trade and amusement and life generally seem to
be about normal The only difference from the
gay old days is the dark streets at night The
cafes and theaters in Paris, he says, arc doing
a wonderful business and the music halls in Lon
don were never so prosperous as at present
DR.. Glasgow is a very modest and quiet
spoken man. You never hear him Drag of the
| big interests he is involved in. On the con-
trary, he generally leads the conversation around
to something that concerns you personally His
favorite talk is about the state of your health
and whether or not you following the proper
diet.
famous London Thunderer, came to talk with him
concerning the international interests involved
in the Bagdad Railway and all the doctor would
talk about was the pernicious way in which Eng
fish cooks prepared food and how silly it was OIL
them to boil everything.
That reporter went back to Fleet street abso
utely empty handed and very Disguised Had
he been an American reporter, he would have
landed the doctor easily, for they talked together
an hour, but being a highbrowed and long
haired English pressman, he didn't have the nerve
or gumpton to take charge of the line of talk
himself and was content to trail along in the
doctors footsteps. suppose that custom of the
London reporters is the reason for the English
papers being soggy and newsless.
Speaking of Englishmen, young Beaumont
Turner of the famous Turner family of Hamp-
ton Court, has just reached New York from
Canada after serving five years in the Canadian
Northwest mounted police He is now ambitious
to be movie actor. No accounting for tastes