The Washington herald., 1919-01-08

Tho only thing that ever shakes
nv faith in the mighty masculine
intellect is the stupidity that men
show in their dealings with wum-
en-" said a woman the other day.
when I see aiTpIanas flying like
birds in the sky and mighty bridges
flung across torrential rivers, and
think OF guns that hTe a shot that
hits its objective seventy mlloS
away. / am fillcd with awe OF the
mighty brains that conceive and
execute such maTvets-
But when l observe the absolute
lack Of all human intelligence whlch
the average man brings to bear on
the solution Of his domestic Prob-
lens ! wonder whor" the fool Kill
rr -. and why the Home for Incur
able Male InbecIIcs Is not crowded
to ovcrfiowing.
For to man. as to a woman,
the most important thing IN life
is the domestic relationship. He
must find his happiness or misery
inside of the family circle. The ap-
plauSo uC the world is a poor thing
compared with getting the glad
hand from his wife. II he finds
contcntment. peaC" and affection at
home all is right with his world.
and IL hc doesn't everything is
wrong no matter how much money
he makes or how famous he be-
comes.
This being tho case, you would
think that a man would spend a
few. minutes. now and then, in max
ing a slight study Of the feminine
psychology and try to find out some
OF the things that women lik" and
that cndoar a husband TO wife.
But they don't
"Whethcr they think il is to-
much trouble to try TO please a
mere wife. or whether ih'y holi
to the cheerful theory that they arc
so fascinating that their wives can't
help adorIng them no matter what
they 90. or whether they believe
that a woman ought to he thankful
to get any sort Of a husband.
don't know. Tho fact remains that
tens OF thousands Of good men 80
laundering along through forty or
nifty years Of matrimony, making
the whole weary cNpanse Of domcs-
ticity an arid desert to their wives,
when they could SO easily and with
such A slight expenditure of croTt
and thought have made il an earth
lv paradise to the woman To whom
they were married.
This is not because men are IN
diTeren. to their wives happiness.
Far from il. I don't believe there
IS a man in the world who wouldn't
like to know that his wife went
down on her knees in thankfulUess
every time she thought OF her luck
m getting him for a husband, and
TINS is what makes it so strange ?
that men wilTully shut their eyes,
and refuse to see the road that
leads to domestic bliss.
surely il is some sort or mental
astigmatism that keeps men from
seeing that il is the little things
that count with women--the little
remembrances. the little touches Of
romance and sentiment the little
compliments and cOurtesies, and n
a husband will show these to his
wife he may neglect all the weight
isr matters Of the law. and she Will
never find il out. Or il she does
she won't care.
Il saw an interesting Illustration
OF this the other day. l was call
ING on a woman in very moderate
circumstances when the door bell
rang and a florists boy delivered to
her a few red roses. The woman =
face was glow Of happiness as
she unwrapped them, and she flush
ed like a girl as she read the mes
sage on the card that was tucked
in them.
I've the dearest husband on earth,
she said rapturOusly, hes still a
lover although we've been married
over twenty years. l had red rose
in my hair the first time he ever saw
me, and never once on that ami
versary has he failed to send me u
bunch of them. He never forGets any
OF the little things. He notices when
my appetite is poor and sends me
some little delicaCy that / especially
like, or thinks up some queer place
for me to 20 to dinner. and when he
is away from home he never fails to
write or wire me every day. even IL It
is only a line
I'VE haven't had much money, and