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Show WHY HUSBANDS LEAVE HOME When you notice your husband nc-nulr.'kig nc-nulr.'kig tho habit of saying hastily, "Well, denr'o, 1 Buppose you have been doing much tho samo e-s usual todaj1 what? I'm Just going round to tho club for a fow minutes." It Is high tlmo for you to Indulge 1.1 a bit of se'f nnalys's. Instead of blaming him and accusing accus-ing him of neglect, Just go off In n corner rd havo a perfectly frank heart to heart talk with yourself. Ask yourself, "Am I ono of tho women wo-men who tell their husbands too much Do I boro him to tears with my pas slonate devot'on to detail? Do I tell him every single thought thnt crossed cross-ed my mind slnco ho left mo In the ' mornlng7 In my deslro to bo open nnd "nbovebonrd," with him, am I driving him to desertion, with my recital of tho most commonplaco tkid ordinary events of tho day?" Tho wifo who most successfully holds her husband's Interest Is she who learns tho valuo of not being too obvious to him of being somewhat of n mystery. Of courso sho should not bi a wo-mnn wo-mnn of mystery, with deep, dark secrets se-crets to I1I1I0 Hut It is truo of hum an nature that Interest subsides when thero Is nothing moro to learn. Horedom Is tho worst cnlamlty thnt ' can wedgo Its way Ihto a household. So when your husband picks up the paper when you begin to tell of tho loss of tho shoo button Just as you wero about to go out or tho dispute with tho grocery1 boy over some trilling trill-ing thing, you better nsk yourself If you, too, would not resepit being mnde a dumping ground for tho uneventful commonplaces of his day. Savo up all tho amusing things which have happened during tho day and tell them to him. Tell him the 1 things upon which you really need his advice You will find him sympathetic sym-pathetic enough when his sympathy U needed. Hut If you would avoid ono of tho I big mistakes of early married llfo do not bombard him with a deluge of stupid detail. Draw n merciful veil over tho commonplaces of the day. |