| Show are geniuses poor husbands no question baa had more thrashing out than tha problem as to whether or not brilliant men commonly termed geniuses make the women happy whom they marry A review ot the matrimonial experiences of g would mem to amort that the negative anaker Is tha right one it cannot be aalde however that it would bo right to advise a young woman who Is considering a proposal of marriage from a genlue that ahe should frown upon his ault and tak a lew brilliant lover after all auch advice even it given by an inspired agency would doubtless b utterly unheeded yet the genius as history proves Is an habitually bad husband this does not mean that he Is cruel or unfaithful or that ha beats his spouse no genius n life has not always taken this course although dickens was charged with cruelty by hla wife and mrs carlyle said her husband was a man whom no fane woman could bear to live with a month socrates has made his wife immortal with whom he ought dally and was always worsted napoleon was divorced and hated his sector wife who loathed corf ln george IV hated queen carolan ln u indeed genius and royalty seldom to have known the blessings ot a horo the reabon why a genius seldom or never makes his alfo happy Js not hart to finche have tha time A genius in tha farst place Is never home he la being feasted or Is making speeches or else Is hard at work pegging at his opera or his great book or ad dressing congress A genius Is not a loafer nowadays tha professional genius Is a hardworking individual ha Is filled with great plans great thoughts and never has time to chuck his wife under the chin and admire her spring bonnet yet a man must do this to make his wife happy and he must stay at home and help with children and entertain his cifes less gutted friends it home Is to bo a cheerful place A genius does not make a good husband from the view point ot the lady he marries and it Is her opinion that counts the most the one consolation Is that most women need not worry over their chances 0 marital unhappiness on this score geniuses are even more scarce than good husbands |
