Omaha daily bee., 1916-05-13
. What Has q Wite
a Right to Erpect
of Her Husband?
ny DOROTHY DIX.

Wild oats before he mafries Unless n
man has made up his mind that he Ia
tired Of running with the boys and pre-
fors the lady he has asked 10 be his
wife 10 any other woman IN the world
he does most dishonorable thing to
marry
Possbly In the olden days, when n
man really did woman favor hy
keeping her from being an old maid.
there was some excuse for the man who
married Elrl and put her down In
home or boarding house. and ef;
her lonely while he went OF to amuse
himself with his boon companions. No
such excuse prevails now The unmarried
woman IL very comfortable AH she H.
thank you, and doesn't need TO get mar
ried for an occupation or support
Furthermore, she wouldn't II she had
The faintest idea that man WAS marry
somebody 10 keep comfortable place
for him TO come home 10 when every
where else shuts up Therefore, n mar
Ii going 70 spend hlh evenings at his
club, or playing poker, or has an IN
durable propensity for taking blondes out
10 dinner and supper and automobile rid
ing. In plain Justice he should stay alnGln,
There is no compulsory marriage Law,
wife has a right TO expect that her
husband will make her his comrade anj
friend, and give her some Of his com
panionship n man IL of the opinion
that HE wife has moi the intelligence
understand bis mighty masculine intel
lect. or see the point of his wit, he should
not have married her He should has,
picked out somebody IN his own class,
md AL least have given her mn oppor-
tunity Of marrying some man on her
own plane. Then she might have had
little oompanionship
r. however. he thinks she isn't fol.
9nd very few men do think that Of their
wives, then II IA up to him 10 make
some efforts Al trying to be chums with
her, and II would surprise most husbands
nearly 10 death II they would only find
out what awfully good fellows their
wives can be-
The average American business man al
home makes clam seem absolutely
loqnacious. He rushes through hls
breekfast At lightning speed, generally
with The newspaper IN front Of him.
gives his wife dab on the cheek rs
way Of kiss, and bangs the front door
behind him. lie comes home late 10
dinner eats II IN silence that IL often
only broken 10 scold AT the children or
crlticise the cooking. Then with cigar
and paper, he settles hinself for the
evening and only Erints rnonosyllabic
reply when his wife tries TO talk 10 him
For conversation and general companion
ship she might Just ar we'll have
stuffed Teddy bear for a husband
That Isn't the kind Of happy even
ing A. home that the girl who married
him dreamed Of having, and the wonder
Of II II that more women whose hus-
bands never talk 70 them. and never
try TO entertain them. and never evlncn
the slightest interest in them, don't hunt
up some other man who will make him
self@agreeable.
A wife has a right to expect that her
husband will respect her personal lib
erty as she does his.
liberty In marriage does not mean
hAHIhN hilf ibbib AiihH u nufN bHN
where else. II simply means that wife
Should have just as much right 10 free
dom OF thought and act within the pre-
scribed bounds Of propriety an husband
has.
Matrlmony is bound to be series of
concessions. but because woman II
married ls no reason why she should
be forced to sacrifice her own personal
ity, and become r. weak echo OF her
husband. Provided she does not exceed
her allowance she should have the priv
ilese OF spending her money as she likes,
and 50 long AZ she does not run the
thing into the ground and interfere with
her husbands comfort she should have
the right TO Join whatever clubs she
pleases or pass her leisure in the man
ner most agreeable to herself
a husband soon begins to hate the wife
who policies his every move. and wife
entertaina pretty much the same feeling
toward the husband to whom she has 10
so for permission for everything she
does, as II she were a child. The tyrant
on the hearthstone Is never loved. no
matter what the sex
= NhtiAh AlhH lAhlAA 10 HAltAi AAthN
her husband will 40 hlf share toward
making a happy home It's big Job.
making a happy home lts more than
any one person can DO. and especially
its more Than any woman can do alone
woman has q right 70 expect her
husband 10 help her make happy home
Tho old recipes for the construction of
ideal family life always tell the wife 20
60 about with d glad. sweet smile. and %
keep ~ of her little worries cut n sight
That's good ~ far ns II goes but Ii
doesn sa far enouEb fgr no woman can
make happy home, even though she
sfshs like a Cheshire eat n Inc man of
The house ls suflf and srnuChy on rwehr
inK around n'fe blus blatsB. NJ If o.
makes His home tumpinF srouha faY
Hil the accumulated nerves and worries
o. fbs daf
ia iusf AZ m0sh 4 MANS raFt n smile
A. u b. Naman Dc a iuat as maeh
un 90 The husband ia make sairs active
effaft taNhFA makibg itt homie ham,
ss y m fha vi'a ana Nhensgar yoi fia8
= real hfisht sgusnn home. iaha -
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hiF cheerful man lu u taiuW ha ahhGs
ef the faaistlan ~ saal cheer
fhats the klnd N husband thsf ~
sff weaa@ has aHi nstf ta sxnset
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