El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-21
Green Eyed Monster as Shown on
Stage Is a Poor Weapon for Wife
You Can Beat the Vampire by Making Husband Hap
pier at Home Than He Is Away
From It With Her
rom It With Her,
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX


q excuse for which he has been looking.
And the old reliable family friend
of the play is rather scarce in real
life, so that the poor, distracted little
wife must look about among strangers
for this highly important actor TO play
I the role Of Jealousy spring rival TO
her husband.
And sometimes the susceptible
gentleman Of real life who responds
to the wife's languishing glances
does not realize he is part Of a plot
and that the neglected wife has no
use for him at all, but is merely flirt-
( ing as part Of the game.
And Of course she has not taken her
entire circle Of friends into her conf
dence, nor her neighbors for that
matter, and everyone is at first sur
I prised, distressed, and then disguised
! by the ''goings on" Of the poor little
woman who. alas, may be going on
with a broken heart.
Also the husband, who has never
had any patience with the sauce for
the goose sauce for the gander theory.
as far as women are concerned. now
regards himself as a demostic martyr
whose own pecadlllOs are amply 1usu-
fled by the conduct OF his wife. The
sympathy that even the most fla
GRAVITY shining husband Is apt to feel
at times for Wronged wife and
which has been the cause Of innumer-
mistaken tactics
ssThe hair OF the dog that bit you"
is a poison rather than an antidote.
when applied as a cure TO an impress
sioneble husband. Il works out beau
tffullv on the stage, and II you want
to see a husband get his just deserts
after this tit-for-tat fashion. please
pay anywhere from SO cents to 50,
plus the war tax on theater tickets.
to see it done up brown Then come
home with q firm determination TO
reverse the action Of this fairy story
For any woman who fIirts, either to
teach her husband a lesson or for her
own amusement. is deliberately pull
ing the foundation stones from under
her home All that she succeeds In
doing is to shake MS BELIEF In her.
and TO defile his ideal OF her good
ness and purity.
Grounds for Jealousy.
There are several things TO be con-
sidered in this great question OF jeal-
ousy-first, have you really got any
thing tangible TO be jealous about.
Is there an actual, indubitable ''vamp'i
menacing your hearthstone. or are you
offering your soul 10 the green-eyed
monster TO feed upon beans OF vague
apprehensions that there might, could,
would or should be some one?
II your troubles come under the
head of possibilities. lose not mo-
ment's time in casting out the seven
devils Of Jealousy that possess you.
And there is no more certain way OF
making the evil dream come true than
by constantly conJuring- up the vision
Do not look at every woman OF
your acquaintance IN the light OF
possible rival. Suggestion is a potent
agency; your very suspicious may be
the match that starts the fuse.
Don't for moment let your hus-
til 80 Narf inc
censoring his mail, or undulg concern
ing yourself about his comings and go
ings. The honor system works well
in other than penal institutions We
all have to take a great deal on trust
every railroad journeu. every meal.
every physicians prescription-but
we do not torture ourselves antici-
Dating a possibly tragic blunder in
advance.
II your troubles are real. and there
Is an actual indubitable "vamp" men,
aeing your domestic peace, the one
sovereign remedy-alas. that it has
not been put on the stagei-is horse
sense Il is an almost impossible for
mula to follow when raw agony con-
sumes ones heart and soul and flying
off the handle IS an almost automatic
process. But IN the long run It IS the
only cure.
Beating the ssVamp.s
You have got TO beat the vampire
at her own game by making your
husband happier at home than away
from Il This means good meals. a
house. no nagging and no
cross questioning The stronghold OF
the vampire IS that she plays upon a
mans weakness. she discovers his be- :
setting vanity, and she makes OF Il ]
harp of a thousand strings. and she is +!
ready and willing 10 play q tune on
every one OF them.
II he is vain about his appearance, !
his success IN bushes, his popularity. /
his skill in out-of-door sports. the 4
woman "vamp" IS right there with the /
f1attering unguent Let US contrast /
this with the nagging, fault-finding !
and general behavior Of a poor woman
whose nerves are rasped to pieces by I
jealousy, and Il is not difficult TO see I
why John leaves home In short. hus-
bands are not unlike flies. they are 4
more attracted by molasses than vine- 1
gar.