The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-25
Nagging Is
Worst Trait
in Husband
BY MARTHA LEE

There iS no one so contemplate
as a chronic crouch.
Pity the poor wife who must put
up with the fits of temper, nag
ging, and harsh criticism OF this
ldespicable creature. No other faults
can so wear a woman'S nerves to
the breaking point.
A man who works all day, comes
home at night, glad of the chance
to rest. How nice it is for him to
sink into chair, pick up the paper,
glance through it, and then answer
the call to dinner.
Why doesn't the same thing ap-
ply to a woman who works all day?
Why should she have to hustle
home, slip into an apron, stand over
a stove cooking for man who. has
done no more than she, yet who
by virtue of his manhood, has
earned the right to demand his meal
at once. She works twelve hours
day to his eight.
1t would seem reasonable if the
house work was shared, as we'll as
the financial end of it. 1t would be
more fair if the buying and cook
ing was done by turn, or else to-
gether. There is no reason why
the woman should bear the brunt
of it because it is considered her
work. The support of wife and
family certainly is the mans job,
too.
Weakness not Asset
A wretch who holds the whip Of
his irritability over his trembling
wife deserves no consideration from
her. No woman should be so meek
as~to put up with, his tantrums. The
thing for her to do is assert her.
self. A man like that would be the
better for a dose of his own medi-
cine.
Dear Martha Lee---I am married. but It
seems as If ]. will have to let go, for /
When my husband comes into the house
in the evening, he finds fault with every
thing. In the morning it is the same.
We both. work and get off the same
time. but he thinks I should get home
and have the meals ready for him when
any one but himself
Refuses to Buy Comforts
Sometimes, ! am SO tired l can't stand
laundry. T live in hopes that he will
quit nagging and we can have nice
home instead of a house. We are buying
our home. and could have nice things, but
he will not buy them
am not young, and all my children
are grown. What would be the best thing
to do; leave home, go into rooms, or stay
and be a nervous wreck?
He never gives me civil word. When
I. get home I have to go to the grocery;
get there he yells. Come, on in and
Cook" he doesn't even greet me: >
can't stand it much longer, although I
have been married seven years. He seems
to get worse instead OF better, He &c
house work. and have reared five children.
You know I'm not lazy. but 1 would like
OUT-OF-PATIENCE.
You should be out-of-patience.
You deserve to be commended for
wanting only a good word. You
really should strike for shorter hours,
less work and more pay.
Must Fight Back
There seems to be nothing to do
but fight back. When you go home,
get your own dinner, and sit down
and enjoy yourself. Let your hus-
band rave, and answer him that as
long as you help him, he should
help you. Tell him you will be glad
to get him his dinner if he is will
ing to help with the dishes. Don't
let him bull-doze you.
When he fuses, you fuss. If you
can, get the first word in. Perhaps
a dose of his own medicine will cure
him. Then if you catch him at the
proper moment, talk things over
with him. You'd be surprised what
a good heart-to-heart talk might
accomplish.