The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-10
How the Marburys Came
to Change Their
Residence
BY ESTHER VANDEvEER.

who knows nothing OF married life
He says he is tired OF hearing wome
say that the best way TO manage
man is to feed him WE'LL
Mrs. Marbury had married for low
and when coming to middle age still
loved her husband. But It is an I'm
disputed fact that persons who ar,
closely allied become careless of wha
they say TO each other and give wa,
10 fretfulness at slight provocations
while with others they put guard oil
their tongues. Frank Marbury was {
man not to be easily ruffied and real
lied that he had a nervous wife. Sc
when she lost her self control he re
tanned his own and soothed her as
best he could.
But persons who are unrestrained
and do not restrain themselves usually
grow worse instead Of better. Mrs
Marbury was continually getting upset
over some trifle and at such times
would berate her husband unmerci.
fully, complaining that Of all men he
wa tiC udtuGStr u MOludu w iiNC
with. Finally one day during one Of
her explosions she told him that she
could endure him no longer. Marbury
concluded that she must be curbed
and took his own way Of curbing her.
The day after the outburst he came
home and told her that he intended
to set up housekeeping on his own
hccount He had rented a furnished
house and would move In at once. Mrs
Marbury looked at him, surprised, but
made no objection.
"Will you keep a servant" she asked
II don't know. / shall leave the
management to my housekeeper."
"Who will be your housekeeper?"
II have not engaged one yet shall
begin by cooking some Of my meals
myself at home; for others I shall 60
out to restaurants"
Marbury had a fancy for cooking
and had often supplied the place of
cook at home when one was not to be
hired. Servants were becoming scarcer
every day, and he was becoming more
valuable on that account. Mrs. Mar
bury did not have the knack of cook
cry. She had tried to learn the art,
but was not made that way. The fact
that she was to lose cook as well as
a husband angered her. She founced
out of the room without a word.
Marbury kept his word He remov-
ed what he most needed to his new res
idence, removing himself there at the
same time. Mrs. Marbury made no eff
fort to bring about a reconciliation.
When her husband was about to leave
he called up from the lower hail.
"Goodby, dearw But, though she heard |
him distinctly and found it difficult to |
refrain from going down, throwing her |
arms about him and retaining him, she |
gave him no reply.
One Of the first things Mrs. Marbury
did when she found herself alone was
to hunt for a servant who could cook.
She finally found woman to whom
she agreed to pay three times as much
as she had paid cook when she was
bride, but the first dinner that came
on to the table afforded quite enough
OF her helps handicraft, and the wo
man was discharged.
Mrs. Marbury hired three cooks
within a fortnight at fabulous prices
and sent them all away. She dined at
restaurants and tried occasionally at
getting a meal herself. She loathed
restaurant cooking, and sitting down
alone to a meal she had spoiled was
nd on hor- |
ach was giving out, and ner condition
was pitiable.
One morning the postman delivered
note to her bearing her husbands well
known chirography on the envelope.
She was delighted. Hes given in"
she cried, tearing the note in her haste
to open 1t. 1t read:
Mr.. Francis Marbury requests the pres 8
ence of Mrs. Marion Marbury to dinner i
this evening. No r. S. v. p. needed. The
dinner will be served promptly at o'clock. :
Mrs. Marbury' was puzzled What
did 1t mean? OF one thing she was
sure-she would get an excellent din
ner. But that was the only thing OF
which she was sure.
At two minutes of Mrs. Marbury e
1rove up in taxicab to her husbands o
residence. She tried the front door, I
md, finding it unlocked, she walked in. I
A savory odor pervaded the premises.
Passing to the rear, she entered the
litchen. Mr.. Marbury, in white lin
m jacket and spider in his hand, 7
urned from the range.
AHA, my dearr' he said cheerily.
L thought you might like one of my
linners. I've quite a delicate menu =
little neck clans, mock turtle soup, y
,ird, sweetbreads"- ie
"Stopr' cried Mrs. Marbury. I'm Sc
and you make me thousand II
lines more ravenousr ig'
go and lay aside your traps while ii
dish up"
Mrs. Marbury flung aside her traps" re
nd played scullion till the dinner was pr
erved, then sat down with her hus. az
and and enjoyed the first good meal 81
he had eaten since her husband had III
1T her II seemed that every morsel w
nat passed down her throat had been d,
leant for a god. When the meal was
nished she told her husband that she
ad reformed and II he would come
ack TO her she would never again IN
omplain of anything be did.
mo" he said, you are welcome TO : g
,me and live with me- but I'll never =,