The daily Alaskan., 1918-04-01

Its Suullt cargo of happiness and hope,
 has been wrecked on the rocks of fam
 fly interference. If 1t were customary
 Co erect tombStOnes to the memory
 of dead loves the cause of the death
 of marital happiness in thousands of homes might be given in the Chiselled epitaph: Died From an Overdose of the Interference of ReladveS!"
 If there be one place in the world where the justice of 1'home rule"
 should be unQuestlOned, that place Is the home. Marriage makes the cou-
 pie a new firm. an Independent partner ship. not a branch house under the management of a parent company.
 It was interference and bad advice that spoiled the first marriage, started | the first quarrel, and broke up the first home in the world in those early days, long. long ago when Eden was the only spot on earth that had even name. l This was the first lesson to man and ] now after sixty centuries some people have not learned 1t yet. Husband and wife must work out their own problems 1 in their own way.
 The problems of two must be solved by two. They need only kindness ! sympathy, a reserve of help in emer' l gencies and a free open field all the time. There Is no Justification for gOs- 1 sip, criticism, complaint condemnation ! ..a sz,,,.Fl.-,, r,nI1IIDO bV rnprDhprC of the family. These things should be | put on the list of unnecessary luxuries ln the home and gently, firmly, definite | ly cut off.
 We may sometimes be privileged to
 help others to live their lives; 1t Is ar. | rOguut assumption for us to attempt to ! live their lives for them. We are told that We should not bury our talents. | but there Is one talent-that of spe- i ciul uptueSS for impertinent manage ! ment of the affairs of otherS-that we l should carefully wrap In napkin and on some dark night quietly bury for ever.
 It Is in the first years of married ! life that foreign interference Is most 1 trying and dangerous and it is this very | time when 1t is most conspicuous and dominant. No need for the family tC remind the wife that the husband is | not eighteen karat, that he will never | make fortune, that they fear greatly
 and then let their fear expand Into a l .E l away into the dim perspective of the 1 uuSpukpu. After the goods are bought l and sent home and cannot be returned what is the use of discOuraglng the l pu-chuSrr?
 The wife may think she has the fin. est little home in the world; every. 1 thing seems beautiful to her and she l has even pride in the array of cooking ] utensils. dazzling and new in aluminium l and tin, and the dishes ranged care. 1 fully on the pantry shelves. She often 1 stands at the door and smiles as she ! looks into get the general effect al | glance. When the family makes 9 i tour of inspection, her ildisCFeet sis ter may say, "Oh, what mite of Q ] kitchen. You cuu only wash the small ! dishes like cups and saucers In a little box like this" It had never seemed small 10 her, none of the rooms seemed | small: they held so much love and ! hope and happiness that the size did i not count: but now her heart sinks ! and the joy note seems gone and a l cloud comes over it all and she begins 1 10 compare her home with that of some friend and 1t suffers. She thinks of ! all the other deficiencies pointed out by the visiting inspectors. She tries | to be brave 50 she will be smiling
 when hr comes home but It Is hard to | keep back the tears.
 When her husbands sister tells her ! in confidence. just to put you on your | guard 50 you will know how to handle | him." what a temper he has, 1t comes 10 her as a surprise and a grief, for 1t i does not seem possible he could ever speak cross word. When she hears ] still in confidence, about the girl he was so much in love with two years ! ago and was going to marry" she feels ] twinges of vague jealousy and she
 wants Co be alone.
 He too may suffer from the early stages of family interference If his | mother begins her maternal vlvlsec' tion of his wife. She doubts if she
 will prove a good houSekeeper, but "ot
 course We have to hope for the best
 Soon the family may begin a cam paign of education on how she should manage him. She hears with irritation the words: You surely won't let him
 smoke in the parlOr! You know yOa
 can never get the odor out of the cur. l tains and that cartridge paper drinks ] in smoke like plotting paper absorbs ! ink" If she weakly assents they In. l crease the dose; if she rebels they | think she Is Oyercontdent and setting | her right becomes more than q pleas ure-It Is a duty. "Never permit him ] to be five minutes late at dinner. Just assert your independence" is the next
 shot from thls peace-COngress in the