The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-02

10 feel that he enjoyed talking with her
not because he had husbands ionduc,S
tor her, but because he found her con
ycrSallon interesting And she would be
ilat'crcd to death II he would ak her
advice about his business aiiair,.
True, she still want, 10 be bahcd. 10
he peued and calolcd, and relieved OF
responsibility, and for her husband not
to expect much of her, because ,he IS
his child wife, but at the same time she
desires 10 I've also treated as com
panlon and something OF an oracle hy
right Of woman'S mystical intuition. IN
which nobody believes so thoroughly as
women themselves. And because the
poor husband isn't mlnd-readcr enough
10 know when To- treat his wife as ii she
were 3-year-old infant and when 10
trea, her as II she were a solomon IN
pcttlcoatS. lnnumcrable women considcr
that they arc mStrcatcd and have failed
to find their aiilnltieS.
Nor IS the man who assumes that az
intelligent. well educated woman OF vot-
ing age can he treated like a rational
human being any more successful ln.hls
solving oi the matrimonial problem
than is the man who thinks that a WON
an should be treated as a doll baby
The man who is married to a sensible.
practical girl congratulates himself
upon his acumen He thinks he can dis
pose with all OF the lying and chicanery
and Sub,eriuges that make domesticiy
so burdcnSome to SO many men.
lie thinks that he can tell his wiic
the PLAIN. unvarniShed truth. and tha,
she will be intelligent enough TO prefer
II 10 transparent ilbS lie thinks that
she will he broad enough not To he con.
Sumed by petty jcalousleS and to realize
that a man Is not IN love with every
pretty woman that he meets. He thinks
that she will have wisdom enough 10
perceive that the test of a mans real at.
lection is not what he saws to a wife
but what he does for her.
SO the man begins his married lie
by treating his wife as he would treat a
business partner, lie talks to her oi
the state OF the green grocery trade IN.
stead of telling her that her eve, ate
stars from Heaven lie shoulders m
her half OF the work and the rc-
SponSihility ot their Joint business. He
criticlseS her mistakes. and hold, her
down on the expenditures OF her depart.
mcnt
He Is paying her the highest comnli
mcnt OF which he is capable, for he i,
taking It for granted that she is putting
into the new firm that they have or
gained Just as much brain and energy
and ability as he is lie !, making her
his helpmeet, his friend. his cumradc.
and he never doubts but wha, she i,
tickled to death over the tribute he i,
LAYING a, her feet.
hut Is the woman proud over helup
treated as her husbands equal, She is
not She is Inundated to the earth he
cause she thinks that in her husband,
ewes she is not a figure OF romance. and
because he does not pay her the ilowcry
compliments that the doll baby woman
receives from her husband
Not that she wants to give un what
she has got oh, dear. no She is per
ieclly willing to make the bread. bu, she
wants her husband to butter It with ~.
nance and sentiment aud llattcry. and
II he fail, 10 do it. she beats upon her
breast and cries out that she Is hear,
hungry and starved ior love
And II keeps a man guessing when to
treat hi, wife as VI she were a ,hrre.ply
idiot and when a ,ccfcS. And he yen
orally gets II wrong
The third way wife would like IN
be treated but we'll talk oi that IN IN,
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