Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-09-04
What Makes Married Life
So Dull SO Very Much
Like a Funeral?

agree to talk a little, Just enough
to prevent his wife from feeling
that a funeral was in progress in
the next room and that she was din
ing on the funeral baked meats"
And the woman might agree to de-
mand less talk.
My sympathy, however, is with
the poor lady, the repressed wife
with strain of Irish blood that
persists in being gay even if it is
mated to that awful blanket,
"the tired business man"
In the first place, if "the tired
business man" would only realize
it, nothing is so restful and re-
freshing as good dinner with a
little amusing small talk. He need
not hold forth about business, what
he made or lost, the increased cost
of living, or anything else calcu-
lated to disturb his holy and sacred
digestive functions.
In fact, he needn't talk at all,
the lady with the strain of Irish
blood will probably do it much bet
ter. But he could listen with a
fairly receptive attitude and occa-
sionally reward her with smile of
appreciation. l judge, however, that
like good many tired business men
he stokes to the exclusion of every
thing else and pays almost imme-
diately by indigestion and crouch.
Don't Drop Interest With Honey
moon.
A good many married people
never play up to the situation of
being married They drop the rules
of the game when they come home
from the honeymoon. Doubtless
before the wedding this man was
not possessed of a dumb devil"
during meals; if he had allowed
himself to be, his wife in all prob
ability would have declined to mar
ry him.
He comes home tired. and it is
easier to succumb to the dumb
devil" than it is to talk, or even to
listen politely to his wife-hence
the lady's tears.
A great many men and women
are so lacking in imagination that
they fail to see the wisdom of study
ing their life-partner's virtues and
little failings. Possession seems to
end all interest. In this respect
they are like children who tease,
save their pennies and cajole their
parents into buying for them the
beautiful white rabbit-then neglect
it till it starves.
In like manner, the cheapest
movie at the corner is better than
the life drama going on under ones
own roof Interest lies outside of
the threshold, never by any posi-
bic chance within.
Perhaps the crux of the whole
matter lies in lack of imagination
Such men and women haven't
enough unselfishness to make real
happiness for themselves in trying
to make another person happy
Blessings within arms reach goad
them to WEAKNESS. while the COM
nonplaces of life become blessings
through distance
The Fatal Spirit Of Adventure.
What ails a good many men anc
women is fatal spirit of adventure
If they could only be persuaded &c
pack up the held-glasses with which
they sweep the horizon in search O.
possible romance and look for it {
little nearer home they would b
happier.
In the great problem of How tc
Be Happy Though Married." hus
bands and wives should be careful
not to thwart each others gifts o,
even parlor tricks. If the HUSBAND
is a good raconteur. the wife should
not permit herself the luxury o.
looking bored even when John be-
gins for the ninety-ninth time to tel
his best story
! And if she recognizes, during tn,
applause that. follows. the symptom.
that forecast the telling of another
Ifavorite story of his, her smile