Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-20

he doesn't improve the
same shining hours by ascertaining the
magic formula which will make his wife
as dough in his hands and keep her think
ing that he is romantic hero seven feet
high, who is a combination of Solomon,
and Pass Swan, and Babe Ruth.
Considermg that man happine and
comfort. and most of his prosperity are
determined by the kind of wife he has,
and his ability TO get along with her, and
to induce her to do the things he wants her
to do, it Is curious fact that 10 few men
take the trouble to study the psychology
of the ladies to whom they are married, 80
that they may have, st least, rudimen-
tary idea of which way the cat will Jump
under any given circumstances. Still less
do they know how To make the cat jump
1T will, and In the direction they desire.
Yet to manage a woman Is absurdly
simple. 1t is only necessary for the man to
find out whether to use the big stick. or a
glib tongue, and then go to 1t,
Undoubtedly there are a few women
who enjoy having master, who like TO be
pulled about by the hair of their heads, so
To speak, and told where to get on and
where to get off, but the clinging vine kind
of woman Is about rs rare IN these days as
a blue rose, and man needs TO be very
sure that he has gotten Patient Griselda as
n life partner before he pulls the cave man
stuff Or else he will find himself IN the
hospital, or the divorce court
There is, however, type Of neurot,c
woman the woman who IL utterly selfish,
and heartless, and mean, and who works
herself up into hysterIcal RACES. or else
shame invalidisn, In order 10 get her way,
who never really loves any man who isn' {
a brute, or respects husband OF whom
she Is not afraid. There is something
yellow in the makeup OF woman OF this
kind, and she will lick the hand that beats
her.
Therefore, when man finds he IS mar
RED TO a woman who does not respond To
kind trestment. and who has no code Of
honor or duty of her own. Only two courses
are open To HIM. One is to leave her The
other IS to tcrrorize her For this type of
woman the only motto is Treat EN-
rough
With the great majority of women di-
plomacy is the thing. They like b be Iol-
he'd along the domestic highway and any
man who will do IT may lead his wife
w,thersoever he chooses.
A man is indeed stupid who does not
find out within SIX months after marriage
that the hammer Is the most dangerous
weapon you can have about a house, and
that when 2 husband begins TO knock hs
wIfes faults, he simply drives in. and
makes them permanent part of her
character, while, on the contrary they can
be permanently removed by a copious ap-
pheation of sslve TO the bumptious places
Por husband to find faults with hi
wife. cooking and her westefulness sim
ply mskes her get her back up. and say
thst she hates cooking, and she did not
marry 10 be any men $ servant. and if she
had known that she was getting a cheese
pairing miser. she would have STAYED at
home with mother, or stuck to her Job,
and there is no use in burning herself to
crisp for q man who makes god OF his
stomach So there
But when a man praises his wifes cook
ing. and brsgs before her of what wonder
ful srtlst IN sauces she is, and when he ex-
tolls her thrift, and advises his friends to
get such q helpmeet as he hes, he raises
before her a standard to which she Will
come up, or die in the sttempt She's got
to make good. She's got 70 live up TO her
blue china, and il Is q pleasure to cogk
and save for man who gives YOU the glad