Show MAN M A N AN ESSAY by mrs hobert robert H ridin kideng g everyone knows mr webster is supposed to be the very very on definitions but listen to this man an adult male of the hum an species one possessed of man ly attributes a husband looking farther into the interest t ing and sometimes very mystifying pages of the dictionary we dis cover tl at adult means grown up to full age size and strength h manly means courageous noble dignified and resolute A husband is a married man accord ng to mr webster naturally we couldn coulden t expect mr webster to give an unbiased op imon as he s one of the adult males of the human species could wea what does he know about man es specially ally a husband 7 there s surel surely Y contradictions galore between what a man or husband really is and what he s supposed to be accord ing to webster poor conceited husband who takes the b ager part of the shells in the bathroom cabinet for their cosmetics 7 9 what else can those bottles be calledo 7 9 bot ties bottles and bottles of eu de colonge for men talcum for men shaving lotion for men upon ing who yells honey how shall I 1 smell then names all those scents who looks hurt when honey t answer right a waya who I 1 kes for everyone in the household including himself look upon him as the god of the house the cornerstone of the fam ily the go getters then who is it that cant decide a thing for him self who is it that places almost all the responsibility of deciding an important decision upon the wifel and who is it that wears that I 1 told you so look for days if the decision goes wrong wrongs the husband invariably thinks the wife is much too style con and therefore spends too much time and money achieving the look of be ng well groomed but who spends as much for fan cy ties and socks as the wife does for hose and can anyone say there are more beauty shops for women than for men throughout the 7 9 in delta the men s beauty shops or barber shops as they d rather have them called putnum her ber the beauty shops for women two to one I 1 daresay the barber shops are busier too and did you ever catch that look all men and husbands wear upon leaving a barbershop barber shop after a massage shave shampoo haircut and possibly a shoe shine I 1 As plain as words it says look at me I 1 positively shine poor adolescent husband back to webster the word adolescent means growing to maturity that su ts Is all husbands much better than it does a single man huh girls and there s nothing that can be done about it it seems A wife is supposed to run the household on the minimum of ex benses to make something of nothing if shell flatter her hus band bands s ego enough usually she can get by all right when something goes wrong though perhaps the husband will decide he could run the household much less expensive ly so off he goes to market does he shop around from store to store to find the 7 9 he does not he ducks into the nearest one buys the very best and comes home as proud as a peacock he can t under stand why a wife thinks shopping is an ordeal to be dreaded she can t tell him where he could have gotten the same quality of merch addise cheaper neither can she tell him a les expensive cut of meat would have done just as well so things ride along for a month or so then he begins to dread those ng tours even more than the wife did for two or three days then they sorta eat what can be found around the house then he relinquishes all shopping duties to the wife with the explanation I 1 just haven t time which really means he can t spend that time with the boys I 1 love the way husbands decide a garden will be helpful in two ways he can work off that ex cess weight and look how much less ess food will have to be bought 9 so with the first hint of spring he begins planning when spring ac dually gets here his enthusiasm has waned somewhat but he prepares the ground and plants the seed further attention is gets not or from some other point I 1 the things a man does best is hunt fish talk smoke drink eat and I 1 A man loves to hunt and fish and he thinks its his duty to take his wife along sometimes so the whole household gets up early she rhe packs a lunch and bundles the kiddies up while he gets himself ready then when everyone else is all ready she is expected to be ready in such a short time that by the time she finally is ready between answer ing his and the kiddie kiddies s questions ashes tired before the day starts and all the way to where the big event is to take place hubby dear complains about something usually how long it took her to get ready ah the nerve of deml em but when all is said and done a husband is rather a handy gadget to have around occasionally he 11 wipe the dishes for you or dress the baby for bed A husband never can seem to understand how soul satisfying it is to the wife wile to just sit and watch him read and smoke a pipe or when hes enjoying his breakfast with a cup of coffee and a cigar ette husbands bless em we can t live with them and we cant live without them |