The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-04

IL ia a pretty safe rule 10 Judge other
people by ourselves, Mary and 10 treat
them as We would like TO be treated
Just put yourself in your husbands
place ana see how YOU would feel
about H.
II YOU We're a man. and We're mar
ricd 10 woman whom YOU loved de-
v0tedly. would you like her to be as
cold. and dumb, and as lacking in en-
thuslasm as clam or ice or would
you Ike her 20 be warm, and human,
and responsive Which brand Of love
do YOU preter--the kind that you have
to take for granted, and that may be
habit or sense OF duty or the love
that assures you every hour Of the day.
bv word and sign. that IL is a living.
FACILITATING reality
OF course man may know, deep
down in his soul that his wife still
loves him because he has not heard of
her pricing tickets for Reno and she
seems happy and Contented. and salts
fled with her bargain in the husband
line. but do you think that that sort or
canned domestic devotion. however nu-
tritious II may be as Il daily diet, has
got any real pep and flavor to II? Don't
YOU think that the man who ls fed on
that sometimes hungers for affection
with more flavor 10 1T? Don't you think
he wants his wife to tell him that she
Is stiil madly, wildly. romantically I'm
love with him, and that he is the only
man In the world to her, and that she
watches for his step with just as many
palpitations OF the heart now as she
did when she was a bride?
Would You, Mary?
And II you were man. Mary and
were married to a woman in whose
eyes you longed to shine, wouldn't you
like 10 have her give you the glad hand
and tell you that she thought you were
the handsomest thing that ever lived.
and that no matter II You had de-
velOped a bay window and lost most Of
your hair, that you still looked to her
like a cooling?
Wouldn't you like to have your wife
hold up her hands In awe and admtra-
ton Of YOU every time YOU pulled off a
good business deal2 Wouldn't you like
her 10 show you Off before company by
asking you to ten your best story, and
to quote your opinion, as If that set
tied every subject, or would you prefer
her TO keep mum about all your good
qualities and only call your attention TO
your faults?
II you were n man. Mary. and spent
all Of your life toiling to support your
family, and to keep your wife and chill
dren soft and warmth all that YOU
got out Of your hard labor was just
your board and clothes. and those the
worst in. the family--would you prefer
wife who took the sacrifice you made
OF yourself as just a matter OF course.
aud who never expressed to you one
word OF thanks or appreciation, or
would II cheer you along your way to
have wife who told you continually
that abe understood how fine. and nn
selfish, and brave. and accomplishing
YOU were, and that she thanked God
| on her knees continually for having be-
slowed the blessing Of such husband
| upon her?
You won't find It hard to answer
~ la fTfaTy a 8 At al III
| point You will say OF course,
| woman wants to be told that she III
| loved that she wants To know that her
| husband still admires her, that She
| wants him to appreciate all the sacri-
fees that matrimony demands Of her.
Men Hungry for Love.
Believe me. Mary, men are Just as
| hungry for love and just as anxious for
| "A little praise. and long Just as much
| for a little understanding. and appreci-
| alton, and gratitude as any woman
| does. They are ashamed TO come right
| out and ask for 1t as we women do. but
| just try giving poor, tired, over
worked. neglected husband few kind
words. and you will see that he Is just
as grateful as a stray dog Is for a pat
| on the head
Praise Is the cocktail OF domesticity.
II Is the appetizer that makes family
life palatable. 1t is the magic that
CoNNtElS uidu hulN llllD EuSN
that turns homely face across the
table from US into a thing OF beauty.
that gives wit and point to the prosatc
chronicle Of every day life,
No man fingers away from his own
fireside. II he knows that his wife In
waiting with the laurel wreath ready to
crown him on his return home. No
man minds the work he does, II his wife
Is going to tell him how she appreci-
ates every HEX he has put in for her.
No man ever discovers that his wife
has grown old and fat II she shows him
to himself as forever young and beaut-
| full
II is only when the supply OF salve
begins to creak, and groan. and fall
apart.
And listen. Mary. II YOU don't tell your
| husband that you love him, and that
YOU admire him. some other woman
will. A man cannot live without Tat
| terry any more than he can without air.
| No man can exist without some woman
| to tell him how handsome. and wonder
| ful he is and when wives cease to do
this husbands 60 out and hunt up some
lady who does.
That is the secret of the vamp, and
| explains why so many middle-aged men
are easy marks for any woman with .
glib tongue. They are starving for aD-
probation and praise, and will swallow
anything that is handed to them.
Think Il over. Mary.
| Copyright. 1920. by The Wheeler
syndicate, Inol
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