A FRENCH VIEW OF IT.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 48, 20 November 1907, Page 3

A FRENCH VIEW OF IT.

"I shared for a whole year tho.table of Mr..and Mrs. Simpson," says a writer,.discoursing of "Peace in the Household; or, The English Husband," in the Paris "Matin," "and every day of the year I saw the same things . and heard the same dialogue, without tho least shadow of variation. I never saw Mr. Simpson. ;in neglige nor ' Mrs.. Simpson in floating draperies. The sight of- Mrs. Simpson in one of those cloudy peignoirs which Parisian husbands admire would have given anything but satisfaction to Mr. Simpson. . "No. children at dinner. Mr. Simpson ; helped himself to a copious helping of roast beef, with potatoes and greens. When he had done justice to it Mrs. Simpson enquired with anxiety^and'demotion-: - : ■'•• ■ "'How did you'find,'.'tho joint, dear?' " 'Delicious,' dear,' replied : Mr.-Simpson; 'I enjoyed it immensely. '•"" • • . ". 'And 'how did you like the vegetables.? , " 'Perfect, dear; I enjoyed them immensely.' . ' ' • "Mrs. Simpson could not possibly have passed for 'uno petite ferame But she was always ready to go out when Mr. Simpson wished to go out, and to stay at home if he preferred it. She never asked him to .account for his timo or his actions. But her sons, tall boys, fresh, natural, and' determined, wero brought up in tho most profound doference for their mother.

"One day at dinner Mr. Simpson said to his wife, 'I think, dear, I should liko to go for a trip to Patagonia. Would you care for it?' 'Yes, dear,' replied Mrs. Simpson without the least emotion; 'I should enjoy it immensely.' In the wastes of the Patagonian desert, at dinner-time, they will s()uat down opposite each other on either side of a buffalo steak roasted over a bonfire. And she will ask him, 'How did you find tho joint, dear?' "Let who will laugh at this household. I see again Mrs. Simpson's sons, their manner subdued before her, their tone deferential and ( submissive. Tho father .had such a way of saying" to them, 'Your mother.' ■ . "And I can understand a woman following to.the end of the world the man who knows so well, how to make her children respect her." ' ;: