| Show I Dorothy Dix Talks I iks THE WIFE FOR WHOM ANY HUSBAND IS MOST GRATEFUL IS SHE WHO LETS BYGONES BE BYGONES WHO PERMITS HIM TO KEEP HIS OLD FRIENDS AND HOB HOB- HOBBIES HOBBIES BIES WHO DOESN'T DOESN'T MAKE SCENES ATHIS AT J HIS 1315 OCCASIONAL EVENINGS OUT AND WHO WINS AFFECTION OF HIS FAMILY A A is not dot especially grateful to his wife wife for tor being faith faith- talili-ful talili rut ml domestic a good housekeeper and a good manager Ho lie elates dates these virtue Ue of ot course but he doesn't feel feet caU called d upon to three cheers cheer for tor them because he considers that he hasa hasa hasa right to expect that much of bet hel i But Iut what a husband huband I Is Ie grateful t to his hll wife for Is II when she will let bygones be b bygOnes when wh n she sh will wilt lock the closet door on n his skeletons hc and throw away the th key instead of r forever r dragging them out ut and rat rat- rattling rattling T their dry bon bones w- w Bl liNG INO human every man makes makei mistakes mistaken ke r D and blunders Every EI E I roan alan man has haa Ills his buIl l land and shortcomings s Every roan luau does doe the time theIn a things sometime that he shouldn't do and leaveS undone continually the timings things that hi 1 should do And ever every man knOws knOwlI his own On 1 and resents having nun flung In tn his face Cace DOROTHY DIX So there Is II nothing for IT which a husband I is II more grateful to his Ma wife than for or her to forget the time In which he made a a foolish speculation and lost money and the th 50 SO O he lent an old friend whO nho never repaid It Instead of twitting him about It for fot twenty to tot her to refrain retrain from ever again the occasIon when some vamp inveigled him into a silly y flirtation or he cams cam home from a banquet lit t up tip like a Christmas tree A AMAI A MA MAI- MAIs AN Is grateful to his wife for permitting him MItt hlin to Indulge in b hIs ul l er el onal taStes tallies Very Very- few WI IJ do this MOt Most Mo t women think It itIs iti Is 18 a a tuSsLe of ot And money tot fot or a man to lo buy a timing thins or do athing II ft thing Just because he wants want to do It Tue average wife 1 cant can't see SIO co wh why her husband wants want to clutter UP the thc house with his old l l collections collection nor why lie he wants tm to putter puller aroun aronni with whim smelly amell- chemicals chemical or messy mery nor why he want to toI toI spend end his hla money moncy on silly stamps stamp or ragged old 1 bookS book And the th result Ii I that most husbands have to give up their fads fade f d as ae a soon icon as they are married Therefore the th man who Is I permitted to ride ide his hil hi hobbieS tn n peace In hi the te home borne that he lie Supports cup ports and In which v he centrally his hat very ery fey few rIghts Is eternally grateful to his wife for Tot the privileges she permits him A A A HUSBAND Is grateful to Ills his wife worn urn he permits permit to keep on nn old friend or two IWo Tho first lr ret t thing timing that most brille brides do Is I to shoulder cold all nil their husbands former formel friends frienda out or of o the Nearly every man In hie hi bachelor days day has ha 0 chum that is clos tItAn IMn II a n br brother some Woman friend to whom he lie Is bound by tieS lies tie oF 01 long affection antI and association and the tho poor poof optimistic creature hit lIa lii them how time tho girl ha lie is Js going to lo ty will love hoVe them item and hat happ hippy h hours urs they will have halo together in his hi house home But Dut most in t YOUn young wives consider it their sacred acred duty to freeze out all their husband husbands old associates This Tills ricy fiey do with a neatness and that leaves husband friendless eK except ept for the th people wife foists u upon on him It hurts hurt hutt a man manin manin manin in his heart hUrt and in hl his pride to that his wife wit has hl alienated his friends from him and that he dares not Invite thorn them to o his own house so GO nothing makes a husband more grateful to his hi wife than for her to be really cordial cordill I to his big old comrades and to permit him to continue to enjoy his old friendships friendship A A A Is grateful to I Ids s wife when she Will Bill let him have nn an 7 evening oft off and then without a scene And nd when she ill will lo go to bed and go to sleep when Then ren he ito goes gees gee out Instead of oC waiting waIling up for him with tears tear and and If to know lenow where he ho has been beell and what he has done and why ho lie stayed slaved out so to late It is i thc th bane ban of or matrimony for both mon men m n and women that there arc are so 10 few things thing In it that either on can do without having all the edg edge dg taken off the pleasure by endless arguments argument arguments ments ment and discussions A HUSBAND is 18 grateful to his wire wio for tor giving hint him the benefit of A c tIme tho doubt and belie n believing that he really does docs doe love lovo her ber and Is i try tl trying lug to be a a good bood husband husban 1 and ana that when he Ime rails falls to remember anni annl and make pretty speeches and generally to como come u up to bel beli i ideal eal It is just because he ho is Js tired and busy and cat care And anyway ony he li Is 1 no Ito glib maker love or sheik anti and lie be says sas it with work instead of or flowers And AntI so he is ill grateful beyond words to his hi wife if she have enough sense senac to understand that when he sits up silent of an evening it Isn't because he is grouchy but because he heIs heIs heIs Is too worn out to talk end and that as s long lona I as a ho he h works work like a adray adray adray dray horse hors l to support her and give her luxury she worry about having lost his affections A A HUSBAND O is Ia grateful almost to the point polut ot of tears to hi his wife wile for tor showing bowing him some appreciation and tor for saying thank you ou for fOl all 1111 he hie dos does for fOI her Most wives take tale It for granted that their hus bus husbands lands bands should slave to 10 support them and the children So when an occasional wife dots doss tell her husband what a hero he lie Is In her eyes and how sh ah blesses her er fats fata for havin having gotten him for a huban husband it pleases please him bv bm b v l measure A hOVE all all men are grateful to their wires wl for tor trying to get Jet along with their people A man loves Joves his Imis mother end and his hla hi sisters and lila Ills brothers brother Taking a wife He doesn't It kill III all family ties tics and mem one mem-one ories ones and devotion of oe a lifetime and it fairly breaks his Ills heart healt when h has to stand between these the e warring fictions factions and be forced to take tako eldes between them And so when hi his wife tries to wi win the th affection of his family when she uses tact In dealing with them and tries to be a daughter instead of an law in-law to his mother it fills his very soul loul with gratitude and thankfulness to her DOROTHY DOLOTHY DIX Wednesday How Wednesday How to Make Mak a Wife Grateful v Copyright by Public Ledger |