The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-03
S11ee1.S
at Woes
of Wives
BY MARTHA LEE

Some gentleman reader, who has
been taking the hymns OF hate from
wives seriously. has written in, voic-
ing the sentiment that husbands
get the worst end of the deal no
matter how you figure. He says these
wives who have written to me and
have nothing good to say about men,
especially husbands, are smitten by
the love bug beside the way he feels
about women, particularly about his
wife.
But the idea is this, folks. Each
and every one Of these letters print
ed in this column are personal ex-
periences. They are the reactions
Of individuals toward certain kinds
Of treatment.
These letters do not represent the
mass mind. They do not represent
the attitude Of the one half of the
world toward the other. They rep
resent merely the individual reac-
tons to an individual combination
Of circumstances, that may or may
not appear again in a life time.
Just because Mrs. So-and-so is
disconnected with married life be-
cause Mr.. So-and-so has failed to
live up to her expectations, is no
sign that her next door neighbors
con both Sides feel the same way
about things. Keep that in mind
when you read these articles.
Dear Martha Lee:
7 am one Of those harnassed and ha-
raised males known in the vernacuIar of
the court room as "has-been" husband.
And as such I want to rise and shout
TO the housetops that these wives who
always are writing in about how abused
they are and how little life gives them
now that they are married. give me
distinct pain in the neck
I was married rather young, but I was
fun Of pep and ambition and had a job
that had a good future. I was mad about
my wife. She was so young and beauti-
full and it pleased me most of all to get
her all dressed up and take her out.
was proud of her 7 did not realize
how selfish she was
Well, I prospered not in leaps and
bounds, but steadily.
II meant lot of overtime work and
many nights away from home. but I
thought since it was for US. our home
and future. it was the right thing to do.
What thanks did I get? Wife danced
the soles off the shoes 7 bought with
some other John who was one of those
understanding souls. You know.
And when I said anything about it, she
told me if I didn't like it I could spend
my evenings amusing her or move to
healthier cline.
YOU can imagine what resulted Quar-
rels and more quarrels; separation and
finally divorce. with little Bennie still
paying out his hard earned dollars in
alimony Now maybe I was wrong, and
maybe not I'm not the one to judge.
But Just the same, when I read in the
paper about some woman who is sobbing
around because her husband doesn't dash
home and get ready for an evening de-
voted to the entertainment of his wife.
feel for the poor fellow. used to come
home tired. too. and could not imagine
anything more comforting than an even
ing reading in a comfortable chair
Cd we get it? Don't ask If We stay
home it is to listen for hours without end
about how they spend the day keeping
our houses clean and cooking our meals
and taking care OF us and what thanks
do they get? We won't even take them
to a movie
And besides before We were married
we could not take them enough places.
Arch duper5, that's what We are. And
so on. far into the night.
Well, well, say I. isn't it all just too
bad? ,-,,--.