A WIFE'S TEN COMMANDMENTS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 69, 17 April 1909, Page 3

A WIFE'S TEN COMMANDMENTS

(By Carmen Sylva, Queen of Roumania) 1, Thou shalt not cause the first quarrel, 'but, if unavoidable, fight it through bravely. To be victor in the iirst domestic quarrel may have a tendency to elevate thee in thine husband's mind for all future. •2. Thou shalt not forget- that thou hast married a man, not a god. Therefore, be not surprised by his frailties. 3. Thou shalt not ulwi/j Ulk money to thine husband. liiirii-.T uy to get along on the allowance !.-.■ r.mketh thee. 4. If thou considercot tlnie husband heartless, rcm:>mber that, verily, he hath n stomach. By persistently appealing, to his stomach with •well-cooked meals, thou mayest, after all, touch his heart. 6. Once in a great -while, but not too often, thou shalt let him have the las\ word. It ticklcth him and wilt not do

Thee any harm. 6. Thou shalt read the whole newspaper and magazine, not' merely the stories dealing with scandal and society. Thine husband will be pleasantly sur prised to find, oil' and on, that he can talk on general topics and even on politics with his wife. 7. Thou shall not be rude even when quarrelling will) fliy husband. Forget not that at one time in tdy life thou didst consider him little short of a demigod. 8. Thou shalt, from lime to time, allow thine husband to know a little more than thyself, admitting that thou art not infallible all through. 11. If thine husband is a smart man, thou s'lialt be his friend; if he is not. Thou shalt be both counsellor and friend to him. 10. Thou shalt esteem thy husband's relatives, especially his Another. Remember that she loved him long before thou didst.