The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-07-08
The Third
Degree In
Marriage
'Wife's Continual Nagging,
Suspicion, and Sleuthing
Often Lead to Petty De-
ceit on the Part of Hus-
band Who Resents Lack
of Faith and Attempt to
Curb Manly Indepen-
dence.

EtY 7 e lied to me. and I have left
him." walled woman the
other day. ''Ho was as
truthful q man as ever lived
when married him. He hadn't a sin
Gle secret from me, and in the last
couple Of years I have caught him IN
deliberate falsehoods. Ho would tell me
he was going one place. I would tele-
phone and find he wasn't there. don't
know where he goes; oh. dear. DEAR"
] know this woman and her husband,
and II he has deceived her II is be-
cause she has aided and abetted that
deception. And II 10 q very common
thtns for a woman to do.
She does II without realixing her mis-
take. There never was a more devoted
couple than this one. But the man was
ambitious as to his business.
He formed associations toward that
Sse. Hs @. one could sSo sSn sna
the need OF them. She wanted him with
Continually Nagged at Home.
At first he tried to reason with her.
He told her how no had to meet men
when It suited their convenience.
Yet. when 1t continued the woman
grew suspicious. Her little .hrill
voice would whine at being left alone.
She would question his veracity. She
telephone to his club and his business
associates to find out whore he was
ell of which was very annoying and
humiliating to him.
In q word she used the third degree
q detecting possible d aau IN his rs
pass that there are husbands who do
deceive deliberately. who are glad
there Is no place like home for they
would rather be anywhere but home.
However. this husband was not one
of them. There are many like him
In fact, he was working hard so that
the day would not be far distant
when he could delegate that part OF
his work that took him away from,
his wife to a hired person.
But the woman could not see II
nor was ehe willing to walt
Worked Against Own Interest.
She does not know that this mar
has actually been working for heI
welfare more than his own, and q
bank in her name with which he In
tended to surprise her SO that she might
purchase the little home In the country
that she has been laundering for. Per
INNS after some absence from him sh,
will realize what n good man he IL ant
how nagging she has been. hope so.
" hen. oh, when will women learn tina
q husband who has to go through tn
third degree as to his movements natur
ally develops untruthful statements II
order to save troub,e-because she re
fuses to recognize the real truth.
When. oh, when will woman rsaiiz
that man who must forever give al
account Of himself loses his self-respec
ard manly independence-the yer.
things she admires in him.
When. oh. when will woman under
stand that the minute she becomes
sicuth and shows her suspicion she run
a chance OF losing all the love he no
for her.
And when all Is said and done. whe
MI woman sec the truth that wltnou
t'Ist there can be no real love; that tn
man who really must be watched ha
better be given up before the years adj
overwhelming misery.
A little patience, a little trusttuines
by his wife 10 appreciated by every mar
II makes him less likely to deceive Il
the long run.
(Copyright 1857