The Washington herald., 1920-10-01
ARE YOU A GOOD HUSBAND.

Do YOU want to know whether
YOU are a good husband or notF DO
Won often wonder, when your VIE
kneels down to say her prayers az
night. whether she is thanking Coo
for having bestowed you upon her
as a life partner, or beseeching the
Lord to give her grace and strength
to endure you? II you do, check
yourself by these points:
Do you treat your wife with the
courtesy and consideration that you
show to any strange woman whom
YOU happen to meet at dinner
marty? You have quite reputa-
tion among the ladies for being
gallant and chiyalrOus. Do you
Keep that line of conduct for so
ciety, or do you hand it out also
at home?
Do you remember your wife's
birthday, and the anniversary or
your marriage, without having to
be reminded of these august oc-
casions? And when you are re-
minded, do you throw few dollars
into her lap and tell her to get
something for a present, for you
don't know what she wants? Be
fore you were married, you thought
her little fancies important enough
to recollect. Do you occasionally
bring her a bunch of violets' or a
box Of candy. or the book she mas
said she would like TO read, Just 70
show her that you are thinking OF
her?
Women put an absurd valuation
on little attentions, and very rev
OF them planted along the matrl-
monial road make it a primrose
path to a woman, instead of track
through an arid desert.
How do you talk to your wife?
Do YOU speak to her in manner
that YOU would not dare to use 10
a man of your own size and weight:
Do YOU sneer at her opinions and
teri her that she doesn't know what
she is talking about, and call her
a fool? Do you yawn in the midst
of her stories, and remind her that
they are ancient Chestnuts and that
she always misses the point OF
joke, anyhow?
Do you knock everything that she
does and enlarge with brutal can
dor on her faults and weaknesses?
Did YOU cease-telling her that you
loved her on your honeymoon, and
has il been years and years since
you showed her the least particle OF
affection or gave any visible sign
that you cared for her?
Women don't shed their sweet
tooth when they get married, you
know, and a wife Graves affection
from her husband ten times as
much as she did from her sweet
heart When she was Eirl there
were plenty of men to pay her COM
pliments and make love to her, but
marriage narrOws her visible supply
Of sentimental bonbOns down to one
possible givcr. and if he withholds
them he starves her heart to death.
Do YOU ever show your wife any
appreciation? The life Of the aver
age married woman is a life sem
tence at hard labor. with mighty
little pay. 1t is one never endinE
round of cooking, and washing, and
cleaning, and sewing, and sick
nursing, and baby tending, and
scrimping and saving, and the only
thing in the world that can make ii
worth while is for her husband to
show that he appreciates her, and
that he is grateful to her for all
hat she does for him and his.
How many times a year do you
Tell your wife that she is the most
wonderful little woman in the world,
and the greatest manager, and the
pest cook. and that you think that
TOur guardian angel must have been
working overtime when she made up
her mind to accompany you to the
altar?
Funny creatures, women. They
put great stress on words. and any
1ne of them will Cheerfully work
Ter fingers to the bone for a man
and be CAD to do tiff he will
1nly kiss her hand and tell her how
lc thanks her for all she does for
lim.
Do you ever do any particular
hing to make your wife happy? or
ire you one of the men who think
hat just being married TO him is
10y ride enough through life for
my woman? The treadmiu is no
more monOtOnOus than the daily
'Ound Of existence for the woman
who spends her time shut up within
he walls of her home doing the
iame neyer-ending round of tasks.
Do you realize this. and devise
title treats for your wife? Do you
20 with her occasionally to places
# entertainment without having to
'e dragged there, lighting and pro-
estinS? Do you take her out tc
he theaters or the movies Of your
1wn accord now and then? DO you
ometimes spend a holiday in tax
ng care Of the baby and the chill
trcn and let her have - day or real
TeedOm to herself?
How do you act at home? Are
'ou a crouch or a ray of sunshine.
IRE you one of the men who dunn
lOwn upon their family all Of the
nerves. and irritability. and temper
md swearing that they did not dare
Ipend upon their clients. or GUS
pmers, or boss? When you pat
'our key in the lock at night, dc
'our wife and children come run
ing to meet you, or do they grow
uddenly silent and timorous?
Do you sit up silent as a dummy
ehind your paper, or are you chat
and chummy with your wife and
hildren? Do you growl like a bear
when your wife asks you il you have
q card any news during the day, OF
. 10 you try to be entertaining and
he life of the party, as you are out
tde Of your own homer
A woman can't make a happy
iome by herself. That's a two
anded job. Nor can she carry on