A FEW SIMPLE RULES FOR KEEPING YOUR HUSBAND IN A GOOD TEMPER.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3372, 13 October 1879, Page 3

A FEW SIMPLE RULES FOR KEEPING YOUR HUSBAND IN A GOOD TEMPER.

First —When he hangs his clothes up on the floor, do not make any ill-bred allusions.

Secondly—After he has partaken of a nice chop or steak, do not tell him if a certain four-legged animal of the feline tribe has been at his repast before him. Such announcements only serve to annoy him. He feels he has been made to eat the aforesaid chop or steak on false pretences, and he naturally retaliates. Thirdly—lf you know moro than your husband carefully disguise the fact; for no man, however ignorant, can bear to be thought to know less than the woman " that owns him."

Fourthly—Never contradict your hus« band. If he bo his sense will convince him before your arguments, and if he has no sense, it is worse than sense* less to argue. x Fifthly—Always have at your fingers' end the following items :—The day of the month, what o'clock it is, where his pipo, ■Uppers, and studs, are tltrown down, and where the night's Evening Stab is. Sixthly—lf you have any bad news to communicate, wait until he has had his dinner, or he might " turn again and rend you." Seventhly—See that all his shirt buttons are stitched on.

Kightly—Be thankful for small mercie3, and do not expect a new gown or bonnet more than once a year. Ninthly—Do not begin any work of supererogation, such as washing, just when he has come in for a little quiet. The most perfect of men lose tbeir temper in an atmosphere of soapsuds. Tenthly—lf he be ill from perhaps imbibing a little too freely, great tact is required on your part. Attribute the cause of his lassitude to the inclemency of the weather, and his frequent attendance at Church ?