The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-28

est interest IN tic real mc-my real
mucrmo,t sell should think that he
would have some curiosity about what
the woman who sit, across the drop
light from him OF an evening IS think
my As she sew, long seam, or daruS
the family stockings But he doesn't
He has never once tried to find out
my real opinion OF book. OF play, or
TO get my viewpoint on lie.
"All that he knows about what !
think IS that I'll make row about
two or three thing, which he calls
my crankS. but as for the balance my
mental processes are of absolutely no
importance to him, and he has never
thought 1t worth while TO investigate
them 1t took him ten years to re
member that | liked the breast OF the
chicken instead ol the leg lie never
notice, whether I'm SICK or well unlc,,
I'm m enough to be IN bed and send
for the doctor. He never observes
when have ON a new dress, and when
| ask him If a hat j, becoming he
merely grunts He iorgctS my birth
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/ because he doesn't know what | want
for present which, II course, Is
merely a frank declaration that he has
never been interested enough IN my
tastes To discover what ! like
"Net am the woman that he picked
out OF all the world for a wife, aud !
don't think that he has ever regretted
, h, choice. He would have treated
duy other woman the same way, and
Ils because he, IN common with the
majority OF other men, doesn't con
| ,dcr woman worth studying. OC.
ICa>lonally there is a man who does
study II, women. and the sensation ot
. finding one who think, 1t worth while
To probe into our minds and souls
instead oi looking at our oomplcNionS
/ and figures. !, SO novel and iaSclnat-
iug that we 20 down before him like
/ ripe wheat before the sickle That's
. the psycholog- VI the lady killer
"1hcrc's another thing wonder at
continually. and that i, my husband $
attitude ON the money question. Tie
l.ui ,lmgy On the contrary he IS lav
.i,h lie wants the children and me 10
live we'll and dress finely. and make .
splash. I'm a way We arc his show win
dow where he can display his prosper
ity and success, but ! have never had
a dollar since was married that !
could do with absolutely a, | pleased
mean 4 dollar that could use To hclr
some poor friend or relative as |
would It II were my own money ! have
to give an account oi every cent
spend have to ask for every penny |
get have never had d bank account
| My husband trusts me with his name
and ms honor, hut he doesn't trust me
with his pocket book
81 wonder ii he never thinks how
humila,ng 1t IS +, me TO have to 81
10 him like bcggar for every penny
twondcr II It ever occurs to him how
bitter this dependence is TO me ! wonder
It II never crosses his mind how unjust
1t seems to me that ! should not have
even servants wages for my very own
m return for the eighteen or wcnt,
hours day work that | do for him
and his children wonder n he. and
other men, never think how their wives
hate them at time, ior holding them 1t
this domestic slavery
Another thing that ! wonder at Is
! my husbands calm acceptance of III,
, theory that there is one way ot life io'
man and another for a woman. Ht
comes home at o'clock in the morning
, and II ! even venture TO ask him wher,
he has been he flies into rage anC
, tells me that he's no child TO be KEEP
IN leading strings, and that he vii
come and 20 as he pleaScS suppose
should stroll in some morning at thai
hour and announce that | wasn't AZ
infant and had the privilege oi doinl
as ! liked Heavens. | would he serveC
with divorce papers before breakfast
, Also. when my husband side steps !
little from the straight and narrow
path he considers that he has made m,
amende honorable when he tells m,
about IT, and my role is IN do IN,
Swce, witely iorgiving act, hut u
should confess that | had committee
some pcccadillo there would be ~,
Washing oil OF my slate Wundci
lwly men delude themselves with tn,