Show Fi p I Iv Jale I A Picture to Make the Gods Cods Weep o o oA A great many wives look upon a domestic squabble much as they do a spring thunderstorm It clears the home atmosphere It does clear the atmosphere for atmosphere for the moment The sad truth of the matter is if the wives will go over the ground they will find the scar where the lightning struck Such scars take a long time to eradicate if indeed they ever entirely disappear The sight of two persons who love each other living together er in the intimate relations of married life one mind one body one soul scratching and clawing and striking over some banality of everyday life is a picture to make the gods weep And the trifles that bring about the storm If only husbands and wives would exercise their sense of I humor Page Pago 6 Domestic 6 Squabbles I Might Have Havo Avoided A very close girl friend of or mine who has been married long enough to know h I m mi M U IE told me rn the other lla day that when It comes to keeping the homo home serene sho has the David Harum philosophy She believes a a. certain certain tain number of squabbles are arc good for married life ure And sho she ma may bo be boright right but I want to go on record here her and now fn In favor o of serenity I am not a n good fighter tighter I w will walk alk alk blocks to avoid an argument It takes me a n long IonS time timeto to get Into InU like action Once I 1 am in I 1 stay slay right through to the tho fatal finish Jim understands this kink In my nature On several occasions occasions occasions occa occa- he has lias met m my temper when It was up to full Cull fighting strength It is it not a nice picture to remember After Arter the aforementioned several occasions of ot violence and vitriolic verbiage Jim JimIs Is content for tor the tho most part Palt to let sleeping dogs lie I do o not know what little devil e of at defiance put It Into m my head hea to go out outon outon outon on Lon Long Island and spend tho the da day with Vera Vcra Myers Vera Vora Is a n confirmed maker makei Nothing delights her herhalt half halt so o much as to tangle two or three persons Into a n. hopeless mess and arid then watch vatch them struggle to unwind their I wa way out I Fortunately Vera Vcra has never practiced practiced her penchant for tor trouble making milking on Jim and myself but hut Jim knows about It and dislikes her on principle Truthfully I am not so fund fond of or her myself Still SUM that Is no reason I should he be browbeaten h by my husband The mention of oC Vera Yern has always been tho the sl signal nal for tor drawn swords In our family Her name dropped Into the hc conversation cOn Invariably causes Jim to draw his lips Ups Into ii n a straight line This Is m my cue to snap Well Veil what's the tho matter mattor with Vera Vcra Whereupon Whereupon Where Where- upon Jim says sas Nothing I simply dont don't like her that's all alt The utter futility of ot such lIch an answer It is a enough h to rile any any woman with an ounce of oC Int Intelligence To mo me It Is as aR If IC Jim drew out a red reel fla flag an and shouted I I dare daro you Something Something- was ald Fald al about Vera Verat at t athe atthe the he breakfast table that morning and Jim was more marc than usually obtuse He lie was not more than half halt way ay up the street when I ran rang up Vera to say sayId sayId sayId Id I'd bo out for tor the day Sho She was awfully awfully aw aw- Cull fully glad lad I was coming offered to drive half way to town In her car and antI piCk me up Some Interest Interesting In people I would enjoy meeting would be bo out later ater Sho She was so o enthusiastic about It t I suspect she must have hayo scouted stoute trouble rouble How lIow that girl does lovo o a hundred per cent Vera rn mot met t me at nt an Intermediate station and antl we were whirled on to her I place overlooking tho the sound I heard I more scandal about the folks we know kno knowIn In those twenty miles mUes than I had gathered gath gath- gathered I ered cred all winter To hear Vera such a aI aI athing I thin thing as a a. true wife wire does docs not exist As AsI Asfor Asfor for or a husband who Is on the level with I his home home piffle The Myers place Ilace Is a dream of comfort comfort com com- comI I fort ort and loveliness Veras Vera's Jap servants servants ser ser- ants have ha a a. noiseless habit of being at your elbow to anticipate anything you might want Maybe Maybo Ia bo it was the second cup of or champagne punch that filled me with false alse courage Perhaps it was Veras Vera's Insinuating chatter The people who came In later were out for fora or ora a good time and having It When I mentioned catching a train that would bring bring- me In town for dinner there was wasa a wall wail of or protest t. t I knew I ought to go so I wanted to stay After all why should I J. J heln being of sound mind In good health and over 21 1 1 punch a time clock Tho The crowd urged Ill call up my mv hus hus- band I said and tell him not to wall wait for dinner Loud applause and odes ans ansof of Bravo Drayo I felt elt a n. fresh surge of or courage I caught Jim Just n ns as he was t leaving ln the office Tho The silence was so thick when I toll tolt him where I was you could have o Clit t it with a knife Im staying ing here for tor dinner I announced curtly curth find everything rend ready at home Ill I'll come In later with tho the crowd I I advise you to como come In now now- now Jims Jim's voice was wal shaking with anger Why Yh I asked Because I advise It It Thanks s. s I J said but If that Is the tho best reason you ou can give ghe I think Ill I'll sta stay Vera Vcra was watching from tho door door- Wa way I couldn't allow her to w I Iwas Iwas Iwas was husband pecked cd I Sho laughed as ns I clicked up tho the re re- re Jim has hils never liked me rne since I cau caught ht him down at Brighton with that McNair c woman he ho used to be ue sweet on she said Jim McNair woman Brighton So that was ryas tho the game eh h 1 Jim was keeping the rne away from my friends to hide his own n philanderIng Tho The cheat The trifler I dont don't remember much about the remainder of ot thu tho evening e I was too I excited thinking up things to crush Jim The car crawled home though I the chauffeur protested he would be ue betaken betaken taken In any minute for speeding I T j I rushed Into the hou e in a manner to to rival riyal nil sen seven n furies Jim was not there He lie had phoned he would not be he home for dinner inner A bit of my fur fury J. J gave vc way to fear This was not like Jim My y husband came carno in full fully two hours later I am quite sure ho had been drinking Just a little The sight o of him set all the seven furies galloping again I was in a a. white while rage I I accused him of every mean thing I under tho the sun with a few cow vices thrown In 11 for tor full measure I J called him a a. cad and a sneak and anda a a. liar An Any one of oC the three are arc ll fightIng fight fight- ht- ht trig Ing names with wilh Jim I raged until I Iwas Iwas Iwas I was breathless Aro Arc you ou all through Jims Jim's voice cut In like a sharp knife No answer Well then I want to in inform inform in- in form orm you I have o never been lleen anywhere with Alice AlIc McNair since I met you ou Tho The occasion to which your our friend referred happened the thc summer before beCore our enga engagement ement when I hadn't even laid eyes on m my future wife The Tho cau caught ht part art o of the story is Veras Vera's Idea of oC a good time and you know vera mu must t have havo her fun tun But I am arn afraid this time m my dear the joke Jok Is at your expense Im I'm going down to the the- gun Ur Club for or a few reu days days' shooting Think It over Before Deore I could I come to Jim was gone That was two days a ago o. o Ive I've I never been out of listening distance of ot the tho telephone Tho The gun club There I Isn't any shooting at this season Reason of or tho the vear year I I am through with Vcra Vera Myers 1 Wh Why I II I annoyed the husband I loco lovo for tor an ani i j acquaintance I cannot even e respect t Is I la a a. question without an answer How i j much easier casler It would have been to have havo plea pleased ed Jim how much more mora wifely to have havo respected hi his wishes Experience friend diary Squabble and learn I have havo learned A couple whose friends have handed them the palm for or married happiness I all but hut separated not long Ions ago over I tho color of wall paper in the ln ll living r Jom Sounds like hike a farce farco comedy doc doc- doesn't It It was no such thing It was decidedly serious the first t two 0 acts of oC a domestic tragedy and ml missIng missing miss miss- s. s In Ing the big third act by a scene The respective respect lines of wl wife o and antI husband I read something like lIko this Wife You Wife You know paper would I look b hotter better tt r tha than n pok pokey y oM old i nt Eris b lI light ht The J place pace lac ta is mal dl-mal E E- E dr day y without a lot ot taste more gic J. J the tho one who hi has to look at it Il IU t r t Im I'm m home Yo TouT Youre ure out hark h t I r. r time V Husband Fes Y It if you oa wi all w. w your nose on the tho 1 tor t ging wife a a. good oo time I c It t Blue pap paper in r a tea row know youre you're getting all set iet t to bin bin- furniture done over r again TW Toy li l fr want It to match tb the will stalls Iraj then you'll ha have hate e something t lo to a 1 about Wife Wife Ho How d dare dar re you lOU say sty I tir rallI 1 home belon belongs to the wife In in t r home Ill I'll have hl an any kind of ot pitt tr want Husband Husband Oh Oh you will wm Tin rill e jj Well Veil Its It's my mon money anI and ill m b yi kind of or paper I want What slut l f 6 n know about that Wi In tears tear tears tears-rm rm Fm t t twill will not live IIvo with a brute WM like ra m i Husband mockingly mockingly-is 1 u tin I i prom iso Wife Wife Ill Ill I'll catch th the 5 j I Husband Your Husband Your ticket will nil b bj be ning tr n trIng In Ing at the station B Be ezre miss the train I And so 80 It goes heartaches goes h kai ness re fI |