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Show THE SPOILED HUSBAND. The man who leads a dual existence miser at home and spendthrift abroad is an unlovely sort of person, say what you will. A very common sight is that of a family living upon a certain limited or moderate income in which the necessary economy econ-omy is practiced by the wife, who saves and scrimps, makes over her clothes, darns and mends for the' children, manages with the very greatest prudence and care all the household affairs, works from morning to night, and goes without even simple sim-ple pleasures in order to avoid running into debt,' while the husband takes things easy, dresses well, smokes a certain favorite brand of cigars, "keeps his end up with the boys," takes a cab when it rains where his wife would take a street car or walk, and never dreams of denying himself anything that hb can manage in any way to pay for. Such a man is the very personification of selfishness. His wife can do little to reform him, and make him see himself him-self as he really is. lie is usually the product of a home where, as a boy, he has been coddled and spoiled and petted and waited upon by a foolish mother and sisters. If mothers would bring up their boys properly, and instil into them a due regard re-gard for the rights of the rest of the family, there would not be so many selfish husbands. The mother who pampers and pets and spoils her son is not only sowing seeds of sorrow for herself, but also for the innocent girl who, later in life, will fall in love with this poor specimen of humanity. Sacred Heart Review. |
