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Show Don't Itemize Petty Troybles; Forget Them 1 Tactlesa and Lnreasonablo as well is that wife who makes up an ltemi7ed list of the day's petty annoyances and then goes over these -vatters wit' her lord and master upon his return from business. Women who feel that the men of the family should be advl?e.t of m.ery little hitch occurring In the household ina-ehlnery. ina-ehlnery. take a stand that borders upon the ridiculous. There aren't many men-barring, men-barring, of course, the manager of a bote) -who have much knowledge of housekeeping house-keeping affairs, and the wife who makes It a point to have a fresh list of troubles dally to ge, over with "Billy" whether those "troubles"' are the cook s fallings or tho children's outside difficulties succeeds suc-ceeds only in causing that man a lot of unnecessary anxiety. Diplomatic Wife. Women should remember that husbands do not have It all roses and sunshine in the business world The man who has to hustle for a livelihood must dally, yes hourly give the best that Is in him, whether It be of brain or of brawn, If he hopes to retain the work that assures him a roof over his head and over the heads -f his dear nnm When the day Is ended and he lavs aside his pen or hammer, he Is pretty wn fagged out and ho looks forward for-ward to home as a sort of haven the one Unv spot In all the world wherein he can relax, be himself and forget the strenuous events of his working hours. The wife who herself has ever had to toil for a living knows this and la glnd to welcome her man home. She see to It that tho supper table Is attractive, the evening meal nppetmng and she keeps quiet about this or that petty annoyance of the day This diplomatic woman man-aces man-aces to solve her "home problems' minus "Billy's" assistance, but tho woman who has never had a part In the business world or has little or no experience In home management man-agement finds her household "cares' In- . . 1 tolerable and makes life correspondingly I miserable fofj-well. not only the "men ' folks ' of the famll". but for all around her by her tacllcs3 habit of summing up and elaborating upon tho day's petty cares. 1!" those milron who Insist upon sharing shar-ing their household problems w'.th theli hii-bjind or with any other person, for j that matter-could only be made to realize how annoying to all I: -tcn: r.- 1 3 this typ of conversation, they would certainly change their tactics and practice the gold- j en v irtue of silence as far as t!iee top es ererc concerned Whether the ng oven burns or the milkman spills the cream over the porch steps Interests the averagi man very little, and the matron who would spare her husband needless anxietv and Incidentally keep him In a good humor, must learn to settle those "difficulties" without his "assistance." If she hasn't yense enough to regulate the burners of the gas stove and thus gj.ard again?t spoiled cookery, she deserves all the trouble trou-ble she experiences when her baking comen out scorched and unsightly. And as far as the spilt milk or .re.im Is concerned, the man who commits this offence Is ths man to rerkon with not her husband, who I is already more or less burdened with troubles of his own Social Intercourse. 4 I j Keeping track of the day's doleful events and then awaiting "Billy's" erdlct on them and perhaps It Is a moment when he Is weary and hungry and longing for a meal and peace Is about the most tactless tact-less thing any woman could possibly do. (Some sage has said ' If you value seren-ilty seren-ilty of mind your own mind never talk 1 unnecessarily to a man while he Is eating J or shaving." We can add a further admonition ad-monition to this good ndvlco and say to Ithe woman who makes life miserable for I jher h'isband bv annoying him with a recital of all household woes; "Keep quiet j labout those petty affairs" I A complaining woman Is feared me-r than fire, flood or fnmlne. and the matron who aspires to preserving peace In the jhorr.e circle must forswear retailing petty I troubles. |
