Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-03-08
Tonfessio
~ of a Bride

: "Good men revere their mothers as
matter of course, but Mother Lorimer
deserves the devotion of her boys more
than any mother know" thought l as
I watched the
A Wife Can Keep Her the little group
Husbands Opinion of OF which the
Women High and Fine. mother was the
center. Lately
It has been the fashion to talk great
deal about mothers and it certainly has
been a good fashion, but 1 sometimes
think we are in a fair way to forget how
important and wonderful a wife may
be. do not mean as a baker of bisc' its
though that is very important"
A wife fixes a mans standards OF
wOmanhood, it seemed to me. II she is
brave and unselfsh, a husband win de-
eide that all women are self sacrificing
and courageous. If she is tickle and hys-
terical and lazy, so a man will imagine
the rest of her sex to be.
Perhaps in no other way is a wife so
powerful for good as in her ability to
keep her husbands opinion of all women
high and fine A wife is just as powerful
for evil if she permits a man to believe
that women, at their best, are inferior
to men.
L ne average woman, says hdFeIOck
Ellis, lis about as competent as the
average man" This has been proved by
the records made in war work, 1t is
saad
Isn't It the average wffe's duty to con-
vince a husband of this fact? Not by
words but by deeds. I, for one, have
decided to have done with adventure and
excitement. am going to settle down,
and "stay put in my own home. I am
going to try to make 1t real home for
Bob. Long ago I concluded that my
Bob Is a 100 per cent husband and that
I would better try to keep him So
Never did a brand new bride look for
ward to housekeeping with better inten-
tions than I upon our return from
Mexico
Bob was facing q huge task, IN case
no trace WIS ever found Of our dear
daddy. He would have to be saved ali
hnnoyances about his home. resolved
TO make It my Joy as well as my duty
70 see that no petty home affairs were
permitted to irritate him.
Now that we were to begin hOusekeep-
ing again, resolved upon a new role.
] had started out the first time with
The idea that could be Bob's pal and
chum. The scheme hadn't worked very
well. Bob treated me less tenderly than
] desired. I missed the repeated caress
that my heart craTed. 7 was too much
my husbands equal IN authority. Being
capable in my vocation as q homemaker
did not necessarily make me dislike TO
be kissed. So I decided TO assume ali
the familiar responsibilities and carry
them effectively, but I would cling-like
the weakest Of women, : would lean,
would droop, 7 would depend! And see
how IT all turned Quit
IS rueditated thus in my room IN the
great Lorimer mansion on the day Bob
RnG--Jim were to depart for South
America 7 felt a ripple or noise and
q thrill OF excitement spreading over
the inmates. rushed to mothers sitting
room. knowing that the excitement
would be concentrated there.
"a wire-from a small port in south
america shouted Bob. Hes alive,
The telegram Is in Spanish. so II must
hn small town" Then Bob translated
the story:
The lone" had been overturned in the
high seas, but she did not sink. After
floating two days, daddy and Archer ana
all the men but the supershtious valet
had been taken from the wreck BY a
nondescript freighter. Bob stopped as
II he difficulties Of translation bothered
him
by Georgei" he exclaimed. THE boat
was owned by Hamilton Certeis and he
was aboard her. Also Don Manuel! Can
ron beat it,"
The wire ended with the statement
that daddy couldn't tell when or how
he could get home. He had tried 10
buy the boat, but Certeis wouldn't sell.
Daddy promised to explain by, letter.
In the midst Of the tremendous re-
joicing over this news, Bob came to me
and whispered:
Get it, lane? Certeis and Don Manuel
are keeping out Of sight That's why
we had no report from that ship. And
that's why dad can't get homei"
Looks as II our daddy might be plav-
ing that he's a pirate bold before long
said with gay laugh Bob Joined
me heartily. It was good to be able 70
laugh together again.-Copy right. 1920
ITO be Continued.)