Show its so easy its so easy eav for a woman A oman to be bood coo d natured natu red I 1 what cares ilis ilus liis li lesslie is she beyond the hearth of home man anian goes forth to fight the battie battla of ilfe life all day lorg while she sits quietly by the fireside what excuse has blie gilp then for wearing aught but a smiling face to greet his return all the exchanges well heres an audacious piece of cold blood ed heresy who would have thought that such a paragraph would have been going the rounds of tile ho public newspapers in in such an all M age are apo of tillight enlightenment as this in the full noontide glow of the nineteenth century under the very shadow of forty womans comans rights A associations that paragraph was written by a rn man n depend oil on it no woman ever penned such a piece of outrageous unreasonableness it bears all the marks of its masculine origin it is exceedingly like its is father iii in fact a man roan and a bachelot bach eloi an old one perhaps and at all events a oun sour our one we e know just how he looks snuff dried solemn and sententious and if ever we meet him on broadway we shall identify him straightway and arid take him to task for the above expression of his cankered sentiments its so easil aas is it sir much you know about it dont we wish we were your wife no we dont providence preserve us from such a direful fate as that but dont we wish you and womankind could just exchange spheres for a bev ew hours to give you a chance to find out who it is occupies tile the vanguard vail vati guard of the battle of life we would cheerfully give up our very prettiest new bonnet for the privilege of taking a siy sly sly peel peep at you under those circumstances we like to hear and arid see you grumbling because the teakettle tea teak kettle ettle etile has boiled over jund jand burned buried your gin fin fina fins ers we en enjoy I 1 seeing you dodge helplessly between it the lec cradle le and arid the frizzling mutton chop on the fire and it be the height of human blis premising that biddy had gone round the he corner after a of mustard lo 10 behold your look of consternation oil on hearin hearing the tha door bell announce a carriage load of fashionable visitors just as you had plunged over overt 1 wrist band deep into tile ille brine barrel in search of I 1 a small parallelogram of pork which contrives to elude your touch as deftly as if it were alive and arid instinct with mischief oil oh no this is nothing at all al the idea of losing your ayour temper at such petty provocations pro vocations as these who but a woman would be suc sue sach such a a fodi fool its so easy for a woman to be good mattir d eh yes Ys we suppose it is under t these hese brilliantly favorable favo rable rabla occasions for the woman whose grain b rain is patterned after the slow siow ticking connecticut clock who is content to trot round and round in the treadmill of home duties like that wretched horse who saws wood at railroad stations everywhere but did it ie ever occur to you 1 i mr philosopher that women nowadays now a days aspired to be e more than mere aimless household drudges I 1 you know that the race of basques and bonnets have brains almost as good as yours it sounds bounds ridiculous dont it but neve nevertheless thet thel less it is a well established fact its so easy yes who be good natured 7 what cares has she except to tend a crying and feverish baby hear johnnys lessons mend that yawning rent in mr smiths pantaloons look over the pile of stockings I 1 aw sweep beep the silting sitting room because betty has chosen this blue monday morning to fall fali sick on order the marketing see that the tile preserves ferment fermented edg edl tase tane all mr smiths new shirts to pieces because the c cellars are a quarter of an inch too hlll high hili and the sleeves are two hair i breadth breadths higher oil on the shoulder than they ought to have been build up the defunct kitchen fire settle bettle the quarrel between johnny and matlida matilda matilda matlida ann take care that the washerwomen washerwoman washer women dont rub I 1 the clothes to tatters or drop her old pipe into the bowl of starch give jimmy a slice of bread and butte bultel go into the parlor pailor to receive a coining in ol 01 ning call agreeably diversified by the crash 0 of f china h ina lna below stairs and the squal equaling lir lii g of the baby ov overhead er make half a dozen beds take up the grea e l spot where husband knocked over the bottle of hair oil on an the velvet carpet this morning ut off the demands of the clamorous errand boy b 0 y who presents the bill for mr smiths last box of cigars and finally to descend worn and weary IRto into the kitchen to 0 o discover that the he perfidious sent tile the articles ordered and t atiat t she will have to fall back on the housekeepers refue refuse ham now nw we just want to know what earthly ex cuse cuss lias has this woman for wearing aught but a smile to greet her husbands return home comes mr smith to 10 dinner with a couple of friends its to be presumed that the battle of life progresses tolerably to e bably well for all three are smoking fragrant havanas husband looks black as all an overcharged over charged ed thun der iler cloud at wife during the whole 0 of f dinnertime and no sooner do the friends depart than ha he explodes this thia enough to drive a man distracted mis lis smith nothing 11 but that everlasting ham hain for dinner potatoes water soaked bread sour no pudding nor pie when you vou know I 1 cant carlt make out my d dinner dinnen I 1 without yem lem em what do I 1 give you t the lie housekeep housekeeping lne ins money for eh and what do you suppose jones and jenkins thought of that baby screaming ming upstairs up stairs all dinner dingier tine linie and johnny roaring in the hall pretty government you have over tile the children mrs smith tries to apologize murmurs out som kometh ethino ine ing about the babas teeth n g and johnnys festered finfer finger nger but mr S s virtuous indignation thus to be cooled off arid and he bangs ont out of the house with an emphasis that makes the front door ft starton arton its hinges binges poor mrs smith she boxes matilda anns ears shuts johnny in the closet and actually sits down 0 to o have a good cry how absurdly weak when its so easy for a woman to be good natured natu redl meanwhile mr smith the representative of masculine cares and responsibilities is k fighting htide that battle down town in a big armchair arm chair his feet elevated on his hia desk deal at an angie angle of forty five de gree cree a cigar in his mouth aled add the evening paper caper before him home lie he comes cornea at length after keeping his wife and the tea wailing until both aie are ably the worse for wear cold tea again this is the second time this has happened in a week and the muffins is ts i s heavy as lead udon uvon my word drive me to drink althis rate rale ile he indulges in in a twilight smoke on the balcony while his hig wife tired and arid f int is ii putting the little smith kin king to bed up stairs ile he wonders pettishly why his wife come down and aldy for him hun she knows he is so fond of music mu ic what is the reason that wamen never practice after they are married 7 ile he has purchased a ticket for hib hie opera get any for his wie wife thlik think site would care togo logo 0 o go and to 0 o tell the truth never once thought of her brushes his hair extra tips on h his gayest neckerchief kerchief wonders if georg ana atia lartin will be there amazing pretty girl that if he a married man now by all the powers of Pers epolis lieres heres a button ballon gone from his best white waistcoat he rushes madly upstairs up stairs where his wife after all an hours course of roc rocking kinz lullaby lui lul lullaby laby and singing has at length succeed d in soothing the tile fretful baby i into nto a sort of doze and bawls out fortissimo IS susan S u sa s a n why susan as sure cis as I 1 live youve forgotten to sov sow this button oil on Is this what you call being a wife baby starts into full activity and begins to war like a caga caz i of young lions kicking its small feet and arid hands into more ai agles than ever davies D ivies geometry co contained n tai tal lied tied wife discouraged and heartsick bursts into inlo teals teats likewise and husband wilh something very like a wred oath shoots down stairs assumes coat and jacket and strides oss off down street in a lowering toive rine lage idge but all this is nothing these thebe are mere trifles for its so easy for a woman to be good garld natured what cares has she beyond the hearth of home man goes gop forth to fight the tile btttle battle of life all day long brig while willil she sits quietly by we trie fireside what excuse then has she for vve ive wearing arine arina aught but a smiling face to greet his reburn rei rel urn at eleven P dr his breath str strongly ongy perfumed lith with sherry cobblers mrs george washington wyllys in life illustrated FRIDAY on friday august 21 1 1492 christopher columbus sailed on his great voyage of or discovery on oa friday october 12 1492 he first discovered land oh friday january 4 1493 lie he sailed on his return to spain which if he had not rached cached in safety the happy result would never have been knolyn which led to the tile settlement of this vast continent oil on fi fliday day march mareb 15 1493 he be arrived at palos in safety on oil friday november 22 1493 he arrived at Hi in his second voyage to america anderic a oil on friday june 13 1494 he lie though unknown to 0 himself dicY red tile the continent of A erica on friday march 5 1496 henry VII of erl eli england land gave give to john cabot his commission wha which ich led to the discovery of north america this is the first american state paper in england on friday september 7 Melendez found st sl Alg alghi Ii the oldest town in the united states by more than forty years on friday november 10 1620 the may flower with the pil pilgrims rims made the tile harbor of provincetown Province town and 0 on the same day they signed that august compact the forerunner of our present glorious constitution oil on friday biday december Pe cember 22 1620 the pilgrims Pi grims made their final landing at plymouth rock on fliday february 22 1732 geon george T e washington the father of american freedom was born on friday june 16 bunker hill was seized and fortified oil on friday october 7 1777 the surrender 0 of f fatato saratoga Saia toga tofa a was made which had such power and influence influence in inducing france to declare for our e aduse use oil on friday september 22 1780 the treason of arnold was laid bar bare 6 which saved gaved us from destruction tru truc tion clion oil on friday october 19 1781 the surrender of yorktown the crowning glory of the tho american arms occurred on oil fliday friday july the motion in con cless riess wab was made by johr adams seconded by richard henry le that the U cited states colonies were and of or right ought to be fre fr arid and independent thus by numerous numerous examples we see that however it may be with foreign nations americans need never dread to begin bagin on friday any undertaking however momentous momento us it may be popular noilar errors explained |