Show howe about abou t I 1 henpecking Hen pecking credits near collapse actors and writers by ED HOWE 0 1111 1083 doll boil SYn syndicate dicato service T til cain may be a suggestion in tile the following paragraph to women who nho are students of men I 1 do not believe I 1 have ever known a man at all intimately who nho did not say bay sometime during our acquaintance ri liere eslit isn t another man la in the world who dislikes lien pecking as much as I 1 do in a recent reading of the merno memoirs lre of Sll Sil erlus who lived two tao thousand years ago I 1 found this old roman felt the same way about it may be ba depended upon that all arven dimille it I 1 once had a friend who was it a conspicuous victim of heri pecking I 1 intimated as much to mm him and have never seen an angrier man I 1 wondered he did not strike me I 1 suppose women will never give up the practice but they should at least be warned that men universally dislike it and I 1 have known some quite brutal case care of rebellion bellien re everyone has remarked thel the fie client arrests of men for slight offenses and their severe punishment at atlanta ga the treasurer of a white mis alls tary society drew three years yeara for stealing in the next cell was as a negro man who had drawn four bears ears for chicken steal in ing for centuries civilized men have been to ing to build up credit as a convenience in our lives the national association ef c credit men alen lately met in convention and their disclosures were startling millions of people I 1 beat their way the convenient thing called credit may be abandoned through feces sity bankers tell na an equally startling story hundreds of thousands of bad checks are given every day each cach one represents a pent tint lary offense and often another penitentiary offerle Is committed in to collict them in compounding a felony tile the people corn com plain bitterly of dishonesty in public affairs and are disgracefully dishonest in own lives 0 my bly bell rang today and on going down t f found a man there who asked if I 1 would permit him to talk half an hour about the bible he anns not a good man I 1 can tell a g good man mail as far as I 1 can see him the bible la Is an important book and everyone should know about it but I 1 know more about it than this fellow knows lie ile was a nuisance I 1 had no respect for his attempt to do good and quickly disposed of him w ath discouragement he should have met N with nith ith at other doors handling a dollar as common human as there more Is requires all the judgment a man may acquire to throw it away Is not proper to hold onto it too long Is eq equally lally objectionable one should acquire a dollar like a gentleman and let go of it in the same way I 1 wish I 1 had tried to learn to be an actor instead of a writer if an actor gives a had bad he way may be consoled with the that he will III play the same part the fol follow loNIng ing night and thus have a chance to improve it put but 1 I poor wretch am forever along a rough first performance when hen I 1 write arite anything and rio do not like it in print I 1 cannot better it also note the performance of a t musician u lie he has played tile the same sama thing so BO many he be can remember enery note no wonder fritz gelsler Krel Is good I 1 doubt that tha 01 old d soldiers bold lers realize the mean talk behind their bicks backs I 1 am haing trouble with my stomach due to carelessness lit in eating I 1 a man NN ft rites roe me but so far baa have e not followed follow ed the example of a neighbor i ho put in a claim to tit tha government and now draws a pension of 20 a mouth month this man wore ore the uniform three months and a nd was not injured I 1 was nas in prance france and ger many crilly two years but still think I 1 would be a grafter it if I 1 put in a claim some say my a attitude toward women Is unfriendly A comin writes me sly my life la Is a more useful one because of you yon I 1 suffered buffered most from lazin laz ln and no nn one ona had the courage to tell me so I 1 had nothing to do but pity myself and actually pitied mv self into serious III ne nebs br I 1 was le with my good father and brothers I 1 hops hope and believe they are better satisfied with me now nov I 1 cannot see in you a w man iman hater 0 0 0 when a musician complains that the public Is of his art it meins he a good musician there Is always appreciation of good work ork in the degree of 0 its deser deserving Ning otherwise all ot of us would starve to death I 1 haie hae great replat respect for maxims as they include e philosophy learning wit mt export pace one of the best basi Is orar hard and behave NN viere ere it not longer in a M axim brevity Is very important make the bt best use of your time would be ba almost equally good |