The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-11-24
AS a Woman Thinketh
By HELEN ROWLAND
Copyright, 1919. by The Wheeler
Syndicate. Inc)
WHY WOMEN LIE TO THEIR

HUSBANDS
Tell me.
Why is it,
That, no matter how generous, no
matter how rich. no matter how poor.
No matter how old. or young, or
kind, or unselfish, or Intelligent
man may be,
There are Two Things, which al
ways rouse his fighting spirit
Two Things, to which he chron1cal-
~. eternaly, and conscientiou3ly
OBJECTS
The Laundry Bills! And the price
of his wife's Hats!
He may cover her with diamonds
and sables.
He may spend hundreds of dollars
a year for gasoline, or cigars, or din
ner parties, and cheerfully pay an ex-
tortionate rent, and prof1teer's
butcher-bill,
But, as surely as Monday morning
comes around, there is the same cid
storm, the same old argument, the
same old gentle nagging
ABOUT the LAUNDRY BILL!
Now, there is nothing on earth
quite so soul-satisfying, as plenty Of
clean, snowy linen.
What is so appetizing as the sight
Of fresh satny, damask tablecloth,
and the opening Of a fresh, smooth
napkin?
What is SO luxurious as rack COW
cred with clean white towels?
What is SO stimulating to the self.
respect as the consciousness of clean.
smooth lingerie?
What is SO surely next to Goodness
and indeed productive of Goodness as
irin aon1inccSo
And WHO is so insistent upon hay
ing it, as Man?
Yet, even in his bachelor days, his
laundress is the first person that he
will haggle with, or put off, or forget
to pay!
And. after marrage
Every wife knows how it is!
why don't you get a woman in by
the day?-Why do you let EN- sting
you. like that Why don't you buy
washing machine:-etc., etc, etc"
And. womans Hat!
1t is the keynote to her happiness
the barometer OF her temper!
She may cheerfully wear her tailor.
ed suit three years, make over her
evening gowns. and have her shoes
half soled. and her gloves cleaned.
But, if she has a becoming, smart.
artistic halo on her head
A poem, creation, dream. when
frames her face and sets Off her hair
1t buoys up her spirit, stimulates
her vanity, sOothes her soul, sWeetens
her disposition. and braces up her
courage.
A woman in d becoming hat is twice
as agreeable. twice as patient, twice
as cheerful And attractive and inter
inc
As u woman in Il uowdy, unbeco,n
ing hat,
Give her tho Inspiration OF a daZzl
ing halu~-aNd She can be saint,
Give her tn" consciousness of clean
lines and beauty and the world is
hers,
Give her carte blanche at tho mil
liners aud the laundry.
And She can get along with any hus
band-no matter how fussy he may be
about the other bills.
And yeti never can be.
There never yet lived a normal man,
who could pay the laundry bill with
perfect grace, a pleasant smile, and
cheerful thsnkfuncss for soap and wa.
ter and starch ana fiatirons,
Every man wants the house TO be
spot!ess, and his wife 10 be happy.
But he want them to get that way
by fairy process.
That's why the most truthful, hon
est, loyal woman in the world.
Will sometimes lie 10 her husband
about two things
The Laundry bills-aEd the price OF
her hats!
Just at this magic moment
Every Christmas Bride-to-Be is bur.
led deep in pink chiffons, and ROSY
dreams, and starry hopes, and golden
visions of the Perfect Life
And OF the Perfect WIFE she is 60
ing to be.
But tell me-oll, tell me.-Why, is
1t.
That every blessed womar's concep.
ton of a Perfect Wife,
Is that Of q hroodng Guardian