Evening star., 1943-08-25

Henry MsLsmsss. start. Nothing
Is too good for you, and In your
spare time you can idle and loaf As
much as you please. Then comes
the awakening. and you realize that
all the feeding and pampering was
nothing but part Of q sinister
scheme to get you in shape to with
stand the rigors of the work they
had cut out for you.
Sight Apparently Bad.
My house looked in excellent
shape when I walked into 1t after
six months absence. But appar-
emily my eyesight was a. bad as
that of 4-F bat. A few days ago
I was presented with . Ast Of the
things that had been saved up for
me to do around the house. I
hadn't read more than half the list
before I felt the only safe thing
for me to do was to beat 1t out
in the front yard before the place
came tumbling down on my head.
Let me give you a few of the things
that had been saved up for me to do.
l. Fix leaks in roof
2. Put new sash cords in porch
windows.
). Repair front steps.
4. Put new cement In driveway.
5. Patch screens in guest room.
6. Repair shower bath 80 it viii
stop dripping.
7. Put new handles and bolts on
kitchen door.
8. Fix kitchen waste can 10 top
will fly open when lever is stepped
on
.. Put new wire on living room
reading lamp near couch.
10. Fix springs in couch.
IL. Repair lawn mower blades and
patch garden hose with tape.
Well, didn't run out In the yard
after reading this. But I did ask
my wife If she didn't think she
should have her stationery changed
to read Jean c. Lester, IA Tobacco
road"
She just shrugged and said, why
don't be silly. There are always A
lew things for a man to do around
the house"
1 do not believe there Is q woman
living who doesn't believe that a
man. just because he is a man, can
fix things. I have no doubt that
Eve had Adam doing odd repair
jobs around the Garden Of Eden,
Why do women feel this way? No
man ever courted q woman by
saying something like this: Darling,
you'll never regret marrying me be-
cause I am certainly handy around
the house. I'm not q carpenter, or
stonemasion, or an electrician.
but I am much better at these trades
than men who make these things
their professions"
Not = "Putterinx" Man.
I know there are men who hays
puttering touch, 50 to speak, but
am not one Of them. have to
have book Of instructions to put
In an electric light bulb. Let me
hang q picture and III ruin a wall.
I do myself bodily harm every time
pick up a hammer. Let me try
to paint something and I come
out OF 1t looking like q camoufiaged
commando, but I couldn't convincs
my wife of my ineptitude. The
years We have been married have
taught her nothing. She honestly
believes have the ability to fix the
roof. I have In q way, at that.
1 know the roof repair companys
number. I will call them just as
1 Will eventually call the people who
can handle all the other repairs.
Will this teach her anything? No.
When everything is fixed, and I
haven't had hand in fixing part
OF 1t, she Is dead sure to 20 around
saying, We'll, If Henry hadn't come
nome don't know what I would
have done. There were 80 manv
things around the house that needed
liking. And, bless him, as soon as
ne got home, he fixed everything"
Women! They're wonderful
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