Omaha daily bee., 1921-11-12
ADAM. EDITION OF 1921.

Last spring I drew on DIR. Myer-
sons book. "The Nervous House
wife," for a series OF articles.
In one | spoke OF type of woman
matrimonially inclined young men
should avoid II they are wise. In re-
sponse to many letters promised
tho girls to keep on the lookout for
material setting forth the kind OF
man matrimonially inclined girls
should steer clear Or.
l found the basis for one article
on the subject. but neither the reser-
voir OF information nor my article
was satisfactory TO me. DIR. Myer-
son must have been pricked by
darts from the same general source
for he has contributed an article on
"The Nervous Husband" to a recent
number Of the Ladies' Home Jour
nal.
confess to my readers that this
story OF mine will not satisfy them
or me because II Is drawn from DR..
Myerson's article and that blamed
the nervousness of the husband on
the wife. What we are looking for
is that group OF cases where Adam
deserves the punishment and takes
1t and falls TO charge Eve with It.
or course. every woman Will be
on her guard against the inherently
nervous type OF man. the irritable
ego centric neurotic who gives evil
dence OF his lack of nervous sta
bility In his appearance. his manner
isms. the subjects of his converse
tion, his talk, and his general de-
pertinent, as well as on his reputa-
tion. With that type no woman
can be happy. IL she gets her hap
piness from her husband and her
home. but not counting her children
as part OF the home.
Myerson's other types Of men who
develop into nervous husbands go
that route. according to that expe-
rienced and able authority, because
OF their wives.
At any rate, II the wife understood
the type and knew how to meet in
dications she could save Friend
Husband from developing nervous
ness. Adam was as he was. Eve
might have saved him, and because
she did not she is blamed.
Myerson tells us that the neurolo-
gists know there is nothing to the
notion that women have an intui-
tive understanding of men and the
art Of handling them. His first type
Is the nondomestic man. Most
women know the earmarks of this
type. The man Of this type is not
essentially a nervous husband. but
he easily develops into one if the
wife does not know the breed and
how TO handle it.
The next type IS the man who
takes his business cares home with
him. The man of this type is a nat
ura1 worrier; is given to fears and
anxieties. He is far more liable
than is the man of the first type to
develop nervousness, but the skillful
wife can prevent this development.
His last type is the restless man,
He will not sit quietly beside the
lamp at night and read book, but
develops into chronic card player
or theater hound. He, too. can be
tanned by an understanding wife.
Just how much of the responsible
ity for the nervous husband the
wife is responsible for, in Myerson's
opinion, is shown by his 10 COM
mandments, which are as follows:
/. Thou shalt not cut a man off
abruptly from his past; lead him
to break the threads one by one
himself.
2. Thou shalt not be jealous of
a mans recreations, of his golf,
his fishing and his men friends.
Remember, man is a gang animal,
even If he loves his wife.
g. Thou shalt consider his purse
before thy desire and shalt not
compete with thy rich friends.
Remember that a man who is
broke loses his self-respect and
his affection for others.
4, 5, 6, 7, 5, 9, 10. Thou shalt
not nag, scold or eternally COM
plain.