The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-04-30

because man is Strll a more or less i'm
perfectly domeStcated animal anl
given generally to straying from the
straight and narrow path OF course,
when women ask for divorces the law
requires them to allcgc some grave
mSdemeanor oi which their husbands
have been guilty but in reality it IS
not usually mans morals, but his
manners, that his wife finds unendur
able
The CommoneSt observation shows
that as long as man lS charming and
agreeable to live with, his wife is az
blind as a bat to his vices and willing
TO forgive any amount Of side stepping
i Is only. when he is cross and surly
and grourhv around home that she
puts private detectives on his track
aud smells his breath TO see If he has
been drinking
No It Z, not for their vices that So
many women divorce their husbands
II IS Just as otter for their virtues. It
IS because men do not know how to
treat their wives that marriage so FIRE
quently becomes cindcrS, ashes and
dust IN the mouth OF a woman instead
oi being one long, sweet song.
y In saving that men do not know how
10 treat their wives. | mean no reflcc
ton on the treatment itself \ few
men treat their wives hrutaly, but they
are very few The great majority OF
american mep treat their wives better
than they deserve, but they do not trea,
the wives IN the way that the wives
would like to be treated
This IS not the mans fault Even a
husband Is mere man. with a simple
mind that works along straight lines
whereas the mind OF woman is the most
complicated piece OF machinery in the
world and perform, curves and loops
and death dclying SplralS whenever y
gets INTO action Wherefore. man
never gucsScS that marriage IS so often
disappointment to woman because he
doesn't treat her in terms OF ditect
contradiction
Now. generally speaking, every wife
desires to he treated
ta) As perpetual bride. vet the
another oi family
(b) As a doll baby vet a ,ccress
tcl As a cave woman vet a suiira-
gcttc.
II isn't much wonder tha, few men
arc equal to lcapIng these feminine
hutdlcS, or that they even ever perceive
that they have been erected by their
wives along the domestic highway Bu,
because they balk a, them. or knock
them down IN their blundcr,ng blind
ness, is why women beat on their
breasts and cry out that marriage is a
failure and change partners so often
To begin with, no man ever under.
stands the miracle OF feminine Sen,i-
ment that enables a woman to stay a
bride at heart through all the forty
or nit, years " var,egated matrimonial
trlhulatonS that are the usual human
lot lie gets over being a bridegroom
at the altar, and packs away his 70.
nance with his wedding waiSlcoat witt,
a sigh ol thanktulueSs that he doesn't
have tn bother TO put It on any more.
II was ALWAYS a msilt, anyway.
His idea oi being a good husband is
to treat his wife kindly and affection.
atcly--to hcS,ow on her a nice, sincere
ham and eggs kiss on the morning and
a cock,aily one IN the evening as n.
goes and returns from his work. and
Tor the balance to get busy making
money So that he may give her every
possible comfort and luxur1.
When he think, OF himself he hand,
himself bouquet as husband Hes
as domestic as a house cat. as temper
ate az the town pump; as indu,,rlou,
as any dray horse, and his wife is a,
well dressed as any woman in their
set Wha, more could n woman wan,
But the wife isn't satisfied iieav.
ems, no. She Doesn't think she i,
well treated b, her husband She
thinks she is a poor, miserable ne.
elected wife wh' is starved for AT.
lection and who has los, her hus.
bands love
on course. she wants all of the ma
terial comforts tia, her husband give,
her. for II is onc Of the marveN NJ
the feminine temperament that II cat