The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-01-31
Love, Honor
And Obey
By WILLIAM CHANDLER

OOey from the marriage service, san
Charlie Webster to the wife he mar
ried a couple of months before, Il.
the most unmitigated nonsense l eve
heard Of"
when we were married didn't no
tice that the word was In the service,
said Mrs. Webster.
How can a woman love and honor
. man unless she Is willing to obey
his commander
II don't exactly see that"
I'm some instances a command /:
necessary. Suppose, for instance,
should notice that you were permitting
tc1 frequent attentions from one OF
your old flames. l ask you to desist
You pay no attention to my request
l command you to desist. Isn't thai
rightr'
you might rather say, Dearest, Mr.
So-and-so's attentions to you are at
tracing attention, to your and my in
jury That would be sufficient |
would act upon your warning"
oul ouHpoSt YOU
Then command would do no
good"
HIM. 1t wouldn't, eh:'
Suppose, on the other hand, asked
you to drop some old flame OF yours
and you paid no attention to my re.
quest. Would it do any good for me to
command you to drop herr"
This staggered the young husband
but not for long.
1T wouldn't do any good, and prob.
ably 1t wouldn't do any good for me to
command you, but ehe right to COM
mand is on my side There must be
one head to everything. There is a
head to all government Marriage in
wolves government Government. to be
effective. cannot be with the weaker
1t must he with the stronger-party
Man is stronger than woman; therefore
he Is the natural governor"
when man and a woman love
each other, what's the need of govern
ment?"
The children3 Oh, the mother natu-
rally governs the children"
"Oh, she does? You may as well I'M
derstand now as later that If we have
q boy shall not permit you to make a
milksop Of him by coddling him, as
some mothers do of their boys"
And you may as well understand
that you shall not give him the harsh
treatment Joe Tucker gives little Ben"
Il shall teach our son one thing-ohe.
ilience."
obedience to both Of us?"
Certainly"
Suppose you tell him to do one thing
and tell him to do another?"
aha! There you have proved my
case. 1t will be your duty to yield to
ne In the matter-in other words. TO
'bey me. How can our child expect to
'bey me unless you set him the exam
)lef It's my opinion that these divines,
instead Of taking the word obey out
II the marriage service, should make
t stronger. 1t should be printed in
apitals and with dozen exclamation
'ointS"
III l were to marry you again
would Insist on the word obey being
eft out"
Then you wouldn't marry me-"
And we wouldn't have any son for
on to abuse"
You mean you would make Miss
fancy of him."
I'm sorry / married you at all. 4
ow see In you what l have never seen
efore, the disposition Of tyrant."
And l see In you what promises to
Q rebellious wife,"
VERY well. If we can't get .u to
ether Wen have to separate"
That was the end Of the fracas, for
ne founced out of the room, leaving
er husband gaping after her.
Il wish those COMPOUNDED Minister'S"
Q said to himself, had left the mar |
age service alone. What difference /,
oes 1t make whether the word obey
I'm 1t or out Of It? Maud didn't con-
der 1t OF any Importance till these d. /
Ines brought it up"
He was miserable for an hour. and |
Is wife was In the same condition. :.
hen he gave excellent evidence as to
ho was master. His wife being the
eaker party. 1t was his part to offer
he olive branch to her. not she to him.
-e went to her, kissed her and said:
Sweetheart. It seems to me that you /
nd l quarreling about the manage
ent of boy who may never be born
like fighting for the sky for a pas !,
lre."
ut was all my fault" she sobbed.
II we ever have q boy l shall expect
Is father to take the lead in manag-
g him. Of course.
One day three years later Mr. Web
er was In the library with his son
lily. Billy deliberately took q tum-
Ter from a table and smashed 1t on
lie floor.
Billy" said his father, "if you do /
,at again / shall punish you Sc
T. Il