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between Times the Husband Ought to
Treat His Wife as if He Was Her Friend
By DOROTHY DDL
In trying to adjust the matrimonial
differences of an unhappily married couple
a judge recently ruled that a husband
has a perfect right to swear at and insult
Ills wife all that he likes, and that the
fact that no used
abusive language to
her does not con
stitute any ground
for her bringing a
legal actlan against
him.
Another Judge, In
deciding the case
of a wife deserter,
who had fled a
home rendered In
tolerable by t a
shrewish wife,
punished the man,
and asserted that
a wife's nagging
was no excuse for
her husband leav
ing her.
No doubt these two judges were per
fectly correct in their interpretation of
the law. No doubt the law does give a
husband the privilege of snapptng and
snarling and, cursing his wife aa much as
he pleases. No doubt the law does give a
woman the right to fret, and whine, and
complaint, ;and harp on her grievances as
much as she likes, and to badger a man
out of his very soul, but if the law does
permit these things It ought to be
changed.
The divorce law Is supposed to only take
cognizance of great crimes, but it isn't
the big things the make or mar a mar
riage. It la the little thinks. It isn't even
the big sin that a man or women may
commit once or twice in a lifetime that
really count.
It Is the. little meannesses, the little
fcatefulnesses, the dally looks and words
and actions that rile our tempers, and
rub our. fur the' wrong way, that make
the real misery or an unhappy marriage.
There Isn't a woman in the world who,
If given her choice, wouldn't rather have
a husband who came home blind drunk
once a month and gave her a. black eye,
but who was amiable, and pleasant and
agreeable all the balance of the time,
than to be married to a man who was
as sober as the village pump, but who
was always grouchy and cross, who
never spoke a pleasant word in the
family circle.
.Nor is even infidelity the hardest fault
or a wife to forgive in a husband. Many
a wife overlooks her spouse's weakness
for pretty faces because he is just as
gallant and charming and makTes as
many delightful speeches to her as does
to other women. And she's wise to be
conveniently blind, for such a man makes
a thousand fold happier home than the
man who is the pattern of all the virtues,
but who never opens his mouth in his
own home except to find fault.
And precisely the same thing may be
said concerning women. The worst wife
on earth, and the one that can bring
most misery down on her husband's
Lead, is the nagging wife. Compared
with her the woman who is a poor cook,
the woman who is a bad manager, tha
woman who is extravagant, even the
vain and flirtatious woman Is a capital
prize in the matrimonial lottery.
In proof of this, If you will notice, you
will observe that as long as a man's wife
is sweet, and affectionate, and cheerful,
and good natured, and sufficiently liberal
to give him some degree of Individual
freedom he will put up with a deal of
bad housekeeping and wastefulness from
her.
On the other hand, a woman may work
her fingers to the bone for her husband,
and fret herself to a fiddle string trying
to pare and scrimp and save to help him,
snd all her labors will be In vain if she
is irritable and complaining and fault
finding, and if he knows that he has got
to endure a scene, or a curtain lecture
every time he shows up at home half an
hour late.
For these reasons the divorce law
should be amended, and instead of not
being considered at all, nagging, chronic
fault finding and abuse should be put at
the head of offenses which would entitle
men and women to divorce
.And next to these crimes against the
peace and happiness of matrimony,
should come the great silent grouch
which spreeds Its pall over so many
families, and which is a greater enemy
to the home than ever was the demon
run.
Surely if any woman on earth has a
rlgl.t to a divorce, and all the alimony
in sight It is the woman who Is married
to a man who speaks to her as he -would
not dare to speak to any woman who
had an ablebodled brother to defend her,
and who is cur and coward enough to
take advantage of his position as hus
band to curse her and Insult her.
Certainly If any man in the world Is
lusufied rizrly jttus; up i!4s.v-
ing his wife it Is the man who is un
fortunate enough to be tied to a woman
who nags him from morning until night,
and who comes home from his hard day's
work to be fretted at, and complained to,
and deluged with tears and hysteria.
What are the big offenses for which
divorce Is granted compared to these
never ending aggravations? Nothing.
You can forgive a crime and be done with
it, but the perpetual Irritation is always
with you, and always keeping your tem
per and your nerves sore.
Moreover, there is this to be said, that
the fear of the law is "the hangman's
whip that keeps the wretch in order" in
many cases, and a man who now feels
free to swoar at his wife and curse her
would keep a civil tongue in his head If
he knew he would have to pay her ali
mony if he didn't, and that the perman
ence of his home -depended upon his po
liteness in it. Likewise, many a woman
who now bullies her unhappy husband
to distraction would control her . tongue
if she was aware that not only the law
but publio opinion would uphold him If
be fled from her nagging.
It's the little things that make misery
or happiness in marriage. If you take
care of the amenities the morals will take
care of themselves.
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The Manicure Lady
She Tells the Head Barber of
the Bargain Sales in Millinery
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"Gee, there's some swell bargains In
ladles' millinery and frocks in the stores
these days, George," sighed the Manicure
Lady, as she looked over a full page ad
In one of the largest evening papers.
"Just think what a woman could do these
days if she only had a little dough! Every
itme I see these here ads it makes me
hate them rich men's wives that is all
the time riding up and down Fifth av
enue, with never a thought of how they
can rake up the dough. They have noth
ing but money, George, while a poor
little girl like me has to figure and fuss
and sew and stitch to get the few little
dresses I need to keep me looking nil nisi
bonum, or whatever the French word Is
that means up to the minute."
"You wlmmen Is a funny lot," observed
the Head Barber. "I never know where
to get off up at the house. If I don't
buy all the Sunday papers every week
my wife has a fit, and when I do make
a good fellow of myself and lug home
three or four hundreds pages of Park
Row litertature, comic supplements and
all, my wife throws everything aside ex
cept the full page ads and the magazine
section, the part that tells any young
girl or middle .aged matron how to be
beautiful and dress well on only $10,000
or so a year. The only way I can com
promise is to get the papers Sunday and
then dodge over to the corner cafe until
all the sighs is sighed out."
"Men don't understand," said the Mani
cure Lady. "You see, a man, as a rule
isn't so very careful about his appear
ance. He might have his suit all dry
cleaned and pressed, but he is likely to
wear the same necktie for a month, and
my brother Wilfred goes that one better
by letting his collar go along with tle
tie. With a woman, It's different. There
ain't no use talking, George. A woman
can say that she is satisfied with two
dresses a year, and a hat or two, not for
appearances, but only to keep off the rain
and prevent a cold, but that's all there
is to the satisfied part she just says she
is satisfied that's all. Us girls likes to
be garbed proper, and you can't blame
us for feeling kind of expensive when we
see all them nice bargains we are miss
lng. This here ad I have just been read
ing over says that you can get the swell
est kind of voile dress goods, enough to
make two frocks, for only 12 a yard. Gee,
I wish I knew how to get enough voile at
$2 a yard to make two frocks, one for
sister Mayme and one for me."
"How many yards would It take for
two of you?" asked the Head Barber.-
"Ten yards," replied the Manicure Lady.
"Why?"
"I know how you can get it, that's all,"
said the Head Barber, loftily.
"How, George?" asked the eager Man!
our Lady.
"I got ISO that I was saving up for
rifle to go hunting with this fall. You
can have all of It or any part of It."
"That's awfully sweet of you, George,"
said the Manicure Lady with a grateful
glance at her friend. "But I just can't
borrow your money. You need it enough
i at home, I'll bet. Everything will turn
out all right, I guess. But say, George
what In the world do you want of a rlfl".
when you spend all of your time In th
city?"
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More Big Work for Women of America
By ELLA WIIEELER WILCOX.
More big work for the women of
America I Here is their latest effort along
the beautiful highway that leads to peace,
No woman had anything to do with the
colossal work of planning or making the
Panama e a n a 1.
It Is gratifying
to think It was, like
all such great
achievements, a
wholly masculine
undertaking. Thq
great discoverers,
the great explorers,
the builders, tha
architects, the In
ventors have all
been men.
The beautlflers
and decoraters of
life should be wo
men. So It it right and
appropriate that
women should -send forth this apppeal
The Latent Dances and How to Dance Them
"SHE GLIDES AWAY FROM HIM, AND BOTH GIVE A FUNNY DOTATION OF SWIMMING."
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"SHE MAKES A DEEP AND MOCKING COURTESY."
KISS HER."
By FRANCES CAMERON.
If you want a dance that's full of fun,
that's brand new, and Just fit for the
good old summer time, try the fakir's
dance, imported from Paris, where they
fake most everything, including that pre
cious sentiment, love.
Love was supposed to be the founda
tion of all dancing. That Is, people
dance to express their affection for each
other. In this dance the affection is
faked, so it's a kind of a flirtation.
The fakir's dance Is a grotesque rep
resmtation of a summer love affair that
went up In smoke, as Is the usual way
with veranda flirtations. Neither party
was serious about It. Both tried hard
to make the other believe in the violent
vacation passion. Of the two, in this
dance, the girl looks the least impressed,
but, of course, she's nowhere near as calm
about it as the man, because he's past
(Posed by James T. Powers and Frances Cameron of "The Two Little ma,ter of the art of lookin? unutterable
' Miings and meaning nothing.
The Fakir's Dance A Brand New
One from Paris.
the fakir's dance she has her we out
for any eligible person that might come
along, so while two people dance It,
by adding another man or another glrl
Jealous of the first one, you could make
up all kinds of novel situations and en
large the fakir's dance until you bring
In every member of the veranda party
Including the rocking chair brigade.,
Every dance must have its story. This
Is the story of the fakir's dance: One
of those nloe, summery young men who
come from nowhere and disappear t from
i hence meets a charming young lady
from the same whereabouts. He can
dance the fakir's dance by intuition, for
he is a natural fakir.
The two young people come upon the
scene from opposite directions, and he
tries to attract her attention, following
her about and making grotesquo and
funny faces and gestures, showing that
he Is deeply enamored af first sight.
Finally they meet face to face In the
center of the stage and begin a kind
of Chinese dance, which ln Paris is
supposed to be the dance of salutation.
The hands are held up In front with
Jnder pointed upward and short Jumpy
steps are taken, like running steps,
only without moving from a certain spot
on the floor. The hands are raised and
lowered Chinese fashion, and an Inana
grin appears upon the face of both
parties. At the end of this dance the
two partners assume the crouching pose,
hands beneath the chin as Indicated
in he picture, and there is every pos
sibility that she Is going to let him kiss
her, but as It is only a fake, she quickly
slides away and begins to danoe about,
pointing at him first with one hand and
then the other, as If she were Jcerlng.
Of . course he doesn't like this, and he
dances a few steps of rage, and then
trots off in semldlsgust. But sv.e feels
she la losing a good thing, and runs
ahead of him, getting once more into
his way, and making a deep and mocking
curtsey she twists around, bringing her
self ln the second position, Illustrated,
which la a kind of burlesque , on tha
Salome dances.
Just as he is about to pounce on her
again tn imitation of some of the' Rus
sian dances that we have had this sum
mer she glides away from him and both
give a funny Imitation of swimming on
dry land, while she dances away from
him. The swimming is done by jondlng
the body far forward, going through ihs
arm movements of swimming and kicking
with ono foot while the other one rests on
the floor. After each stroke the pair
hop forward but he is never quite able
to catch her.
Once more he Is highly offended and
stops running after her, to dance his short
dance of self-contentment, ln which he
preens himself, cocking his hat on one
side, arranging necktie and generally
suggesting that he is a very superior
person and that there are "plenty of fish
In the sea."
Of course that brings her back, because
no summer '.lrl at a lonesome seaside or
mountain resort can afford to let even a
fakir go. Men are too scaroe except in
the cities, so shs begins to dance to fas
cinate him, and at first he pays no atten
tion, but finally is persuaded that she
does love him, and they both protest
their affection In stiff and angular move
ments, looking as much like early Egyp
tian pictures as possible. They are danc
ing now, face to face, and one of the pret
tiest pictures shows them with one knee
uplifted, looking a good deal like storks,
and laughing Into each other's faoe. At
the end of the dance a third person can
be introduced, either the girl's mother,
who drags the daughter away, a rich
suitor with a bag of money In his hand,
which he jingles, and which she follows
off the stage, or a policeman, who leads
the fakir off by the ear.
Now during ho time do they stop danc
lng. Any godl two-step musio will do, t
to the women of the United States:
"Tha time Is ripe for the woman of .
America to take some concerted action for t
peace. The terrible results , of war fair,
heavily upon women. They are the great 1
sufferers. No true mother desires to bear. '
and rear sons for the horrors of the ,"
battlefield. ,
"Recently two great apostles of peace- ,
Count Apponyl of Hungary and Baron do -Constant
of France, have come across
the Atlantic bearing the same message ;
to urge the United States government to
take the Initiative In securing' permanent '.,
International, concord and peace.
"Count Apponyl said lit one of his ad-'
dresses: 'When you settled In this coun-,;
try you left behind you all the tradition,
of the old world which were burdensome.
Its animosities, -Its antagnonlsms, itsa
hatreds you carried not with you. This',,
fortunate situation lays a great respon
sibility upon you. We appeal to you for -assistance
to do away with the hateful .
legacy of hatred, between men who fought
to be brethren. This Is the object of my. .
mission to America. , ( .
"What we need to do, what we, the"'
women of this country, must do is to
crystallite the . deep and strong peacei
sentiment so universal ln our land Into
a positive, active, enthusiastic force that i
will make It triumphant and forever put
an end to militarism and war.
"Let us, the women of -this eountn.
join hands to secure a colossal statue of,
peace at the entrance of the Panama s
canal. Forts at the entrance of thW '
canal would place our country in the''.'
rear of our twentieth century clvlllsa-,"
tlon, a humiliating denial of our Chris-;
tlan profession, as followers of the prlnco
of peace, 'and' a disgraceful contrast to1
our 'liberty enlightening , the world,
which greets all who reach our eastern) '
ehore. Such a statute would be a fitting
memorial of the world-wide treaty m-;ri
augurated by the United States, , which
we are assured will soon be ratified by.
England, Japan and the continental
European powers, and a prophecy of tha ?
age to be."
AH the women of America should'.:
unite to make this movement a mighty
success. f.'.
Our wonderful "Liberty" In New York-','
harbor Is an Inspiration to every one who,"
enters our port. :.'
Although our land does not Hvo up to" :
the highest ideal of liberty, it is doing
more toward making tho attempt than
any other land on earth. '"'
Every time a thought of liberty enters,"
a brain It registers Just that amount ot
mental energy in the right direction. ' ' '
Why not sweep them away and use thoR
precious land on which they are built fqjv
more useful purposes?
A colossal statue of peace would be at.,
exalting and uplifting ideal for the throng"
to hold in mind as they pass throughr
the Panama canal.
It would not bring, universal peace to
the world the day it was placed there.
But it would aid the world to think of; :
peace. j
Madams Caroline Severance, the mother
of olubs In America, Is a fitting repre.
sentative of this Idea.
She Is past the ninety-year mark and,
brilliant of mind arid magnetic of person -allty
stjll.
8he has witnessed wonderful changes
In the world since she first came on'
the scene of action. When she instituted
a club she was regarded as an unsexed
creature and it required great courage to '
go on with her Ideal.
All hall to this latest and best ideal,
the statue of peace, to be placed in tha :
entrance of the Panama canal. Copyright,
1912, by American-Journal-Examiner.
but the best Is that which has a decided
break or stop at every eighth or six
teenth bar. At each of these stops the .
dancers wait In one of the poses until
the music begins again. The dance la
made up of short steps or hops, and all
motions are very jerky and a little awk-,
ward; in fact, the fakirs ought to look;
as if they were marionettes being pulled "
by strings, and not people who had been
trained to gracefulness.
Some of the poses, of course, are sinu
ous, especially the girl's poses, but the"
dance Is essentially grotesque, and is s
take-off on all the h'ghfalutln' fancy:
dancing of which we have seen so much,
The steps can be faked, and the sentl-
ment must be faked, but not for ono -moment
should one lose the jolly spirit,
of comedy. ,
If you have seen the short quick steps
which the Chinese use in dancing, or at '
least steps that we think are Chinese,
why then you know Just how the fakir's
dancing step is done. The main thing ;
in never to stop; have your story plainly
in your mind, know exactly how many.,
bars of the music you are going to use to''
express each action; in fact, think li"
out carefully. Everybody- can dance theu
dance, only don't stop; keep right on-
Jumping. That la the main taint;