THE ENGLISH HUSBAND.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 6 December 1907, Page 4

THE ENGLISH HUSBAND.

"1 shared for a whole year the tablt 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 the least shadow of variation. I never saw Mr. Simpson in neglige nor Mrs. Simpson in draperies. The sight of Mrs. Simpson in oue of those cloudy peignoirs which Parisian husband* admire would have given anything but satisfaction to Mr. Simpson. -No children at dinner. Mr. Simpson served himself to a copious Helping of roast beef, with potatoes and greens. When he had done justice to it Mr*. Simpson inquired with anxiety and emotion:

"How did you find the joint, dear?" "Delicious, dear," replied Mr. Simpson; "I enjoyed it immensely." "'And how did you find the vege tables r

"Perfect, dear; I enjoyed them immensely." Mrs. Simpson could not possibly have passed for "une petite femme amusante." 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 time or his actions. But her sons, tall boys, fresh, natural, and determined, were brought up in the most profound deference for their mother.

One day at dinner Mr. Simpson said to his wife, ''l think, dear, I should like 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 wastea of tiic Patagonian desert, at dinner time, they will squat down opposite each other on either side of a buffalo steak roasted over a bonfire. And she will ask him.

"How did you find the 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. The 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.