The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1916-12-14
Love, Honor
And Obey
By WILLIAM CHANDLER

charlie Webster TO the wife he mar
rlch II couple Of months before. ~,
the most unmltgatcd nonsense ! ewes
heard of."
when we were married ! didn't no =
tlce that the word was In the service"
said Mrs. Webster
How can woman love and honor
a man unless she Is willing TO obey
his commnndsr"
II don't exactly see that"
"ln some instances a command Is
necessary. suppose. for instance. l
should notice that you were permitting
too frequent attentions from one OF
your old flames. ] ask you 20 desist.
You pay no attention to my request
I command you 10 dealst Isn't thai
righty"
You might rather say. Dearest. MIR
So and SOS attentions 90 you are at
tracing attention. to your and my In
Jury That would he sufficient !
would act upon your warning"
But suppose you didntf"
Then command would do no
good
I'm. IL wouldn't. ehl'
Suppose. on the other hand, . asked
you to drop some old fame Of yours
and you paid no attention TO my re-
quest Would II do any good for me TO
command you "a drop herr"
This staggered the young husband.
but not for long.
1T wouldn't do any good. and prob
ably Il wouldn't do any good for me 20
command you. but the right TO com
maud Is on my side. There must be
one head to everything. There il
head 20 all government Marriage In.
wolves government Government. 10 he
effective. cannot he with the weaker
II must he with the stronger-party
Man Is stronger than woman; therefore
he Il the natural governor"
when man aud woman love
each other. what's the need OF govern.
mentf'
How about the children
The childrcnl oh. the mother nstu.
rally governs the children
"Oh. she docsi You may as well un
derstand now rs later that II we have
q boy I shall not permit you 20 make
milksop Of him 10y coddllng him. as
some mothers do Of their boys"
And you may rs well understand
that you shall not give him the harsh
treatment Joe Tucker gives little Ben :
Il shah teach our son one thing-ote
dicnce"
Obedience 10 both OF usr-'
Certainly"
Suppose you tell him 10 do one thing
and tell him TO do another
Aha There you have proved my
case. II win be your duty to yield 10
ne In the matter-ln other words, TO
obey me How can our child expect 90
sbcy me unless you set him the exam
plei It's my opinion that these divines.
Instead Of taking the word obey out
Of the marriage service. should maxi
n stronger. Il should be printed In
rspiials and with q dozen exclamation
points"
III were TO marry you again !
would insist on the word obey being
I~ft out"
Then you wouldn't marry me"
And we wouldn't have any son for
you to abuse
"You mean you would make q Miss
Nancy Of him"
I'm sorry married you at all
now see In you what have never seen
before. the disposition OF a tyrant."
And | see In you what promises 10
10 rebclllous wife"
Very well. II We can't get on to-
;ether we'll have 10 separate"
That was the end OF the fracas, for
'he rounced out OF the room. leaving
Ter husband gaping after her.
Il wish those COMPOUNDED ministers"
he said 10 himself had left the mar.
tage service alone. What difference
Ices Il make whether the word obey
. IN u or out Of ~ Maud didn't con.
'ider II Of any Importance TIL these dl.
lines brought II up"
lie was miserable for AN hour, aud
lis wife was la the same condition
Then lac gave excellent evidence as 10
Tho was master. His wife being the
weaker party. II was his part to ofrcr
he olive BRAN Ia To her. not she To him
lie went 10 her. kissed her aud said
sweetheart. u seems To me that You
md quarrcling aSout the manage
aent of n boy who mny never be born
> like lighting for the sky for n pas
urc"