THE PROPER TREATMENT OF WIVES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 206, 20 August 1908, Page 4

THE PROPER TREATMENT OF WIVES.

Selfishness is the rock upon which domestic bliss generally goes to pieces, A model husband never plays (he tyrant, lie treats his wife as an equal, not as a subordinate or slave. Some women are married In bears. Some are caged birds, too sad to sing. Others have that word ~o beyr eternally thrown at them. Another quality in a husband is his determination to cultivate cheerfulness and scatter sunshine in his home, lie will make himself handy around the house and iu>t expect anything t<> be done for him. When his wife asks him to mend the sewing-machine or put new wire 011 the screen door, he will not pout and say, "That was not down in the marriage contract." lie removes burdens wherever he can, and moves around the house like a bearded angel, blessing everything lie touches. lie overlooks any little weaknesses his wife mav possess, instead of calling her a " cross-patch," and then becoming ten times as cross and ugly himself. II;;

-v'liipiithises rather than irritates. Me is not always insisting that .he is right and his wile wrong, Ue is jovial and lenient, and lets the little woman have her own way in many things, always allowing, her to have the last word. A good husband also keeps np his courting as long as he, lives, lie never l<»rgets to tell his wife how much he thinks of her. lie speaks words. nt ' praUe while slit' is Jiving, and doesn't wail until the funeral to deliver sentiments she cannot h'ear.—l\qv. J. Tj. - Scudder, Kirst Congregational Church, Jersey City.