Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-16
LITTLE TALKS BY
BEATRICE FAIRFAX

| before the necessity for new clothes
makes it necessary for some treamblS
ing member of the household to ap(
! proach him and break the horrid news
! he loves the whispered colloquies that
are helo throughout the house re-
gardinS his moods and lenses.
=. In short. ne is tyrant whose me-
diocre gifts have made him a negli-
giolc quantity in the business world,
and he gets what comfort he can
from putting his foot on the neck
OF the family. This gentleman al
ways spsaks of my house, never
| our children" my money" never
our income" His personality per-
vades the atmosphere even when he
has put on his hat and gone out He
shadow of some unseen power floats.
/ though unseen, among us"
! 1t is safe to say that If this type
OF man ever got into the tolls of tho
! trtssed ladies sinking all differences
ana claims in order to heIp him.
! Every one of them would stand on
her individual rights and perhaps
me"Vc te,, sigh of relief if the law took
itS toll, for of such as he it can never
! he said: He had perfect manners,
even at home"
! Curiously enough, it is never the
plate glass show case virtues that
endear man to his wife. She has
| a way of taking truth, honesty and
/ integrity for granted. The things
| she loves him for are his considera-
ton, companionability and, above all.
! a sense of humor He is never
the brutal pokesmith who is always
cracking witticisms at his wifes ex-
! pense, but the man who can reach
out as their canoe floats down stream
ana nsh up something or other that
Will make an honest laugh.
! And when the wife discovers. as
she does, unhappily, sometimes that
she has been misled in regard to
| taking the showcase virtues for
granted. and that her husband hasn't
got them at all, she forgives every
thing because he has always been
such an agreeable companion.
! 1t is this sort of thing, the little
demure woman devouring every look
of the jury with her eyes, that al
ways strikes terror to the heart of
the prosecuting attorney. The man
is guilty, there is no question about
| it, but jury is only human, after
all, and will fail to convict in the
face of such a picture of domestic
trust and happiness.
I It's Just one more case of the bad
man being a good husband. The re-
verse of the medal is when the wife
! VI tie llOuei ma Oh the community
goes to Reno for a divorce, or elopes
without one, with some shady ad-
venturer, The public, who censures
and speculates as to her sanity, does
not realize that the wife of the
model citizen has been starved
emotionally ever since she married
the good man.
All her little coquetries, bubbling
enthusiasms, desire of admiration
and affections have been crushed be-
meath that wall of domestic granite
And do you wonder at the poor
thing taking chances with the world,
the flesh and the Devil-yes, you
may wonder and you may not under
stand, but if you are human you
will pity.
The fact remains that no matter
how intrinsically good a man is, he
is a poor husband unless he has dis
covered the way of making his wife
happy. And the cooks comment.
about her scoundrelly master, that
'he had perfect manners, even at
home" may furnish the key to a
great deal of happiness.