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bvitton good and firm, while you casually remark that you don't 

 know how he ever managed to get along without you. And he'll 

 wonder that he ever did. Oh, you can fool them in a hundred 

 loving little ways. Men like petting and many of them have been 

 used to it, for, if there is anything dearer to a mother's heart than 

 her girls, it's her boys. 



If you are a wise woman you'll never let him miss his 

 mother's sympathetic encouragement and approval. Remember 

 that what is for his interest is for yours and that he can work 

 better and harder when he hears your cheery words of appro- 

 bation ringing in his ears and knows he will be welcomed by your 

 happy smile. 



Make yourself a necessity to him and take advantage of his 

 every vv^eakness. Men are conspicuously vain. Why, a woman's 

 vanity is nothing compared to that of a man. Praise his every 

 commendable effort. It will spur him on to greater achieve- 

 ments. Go out to the barn and show an interest in the cattle. 

 Commend his manner of feeding pigs. Jolly him up a bit by 

 drawing flattering comparisons between his and his neighbor's 

 methods. Yes, take a loving interest in everything on the farm. 

 The barns will be sweeter and cleaner by your presence ; the 

 cows will be more tenderly cared for and you will be so rich 

 in joy that a more sordid ambition will be forgotten. 



But there are three things you must not do if you would keep 

 your husband's love and respect. You must not complain, you 

 must not find fault and you must not nag him. If you have a 

 trifling headache never say, just as he is starting to his work, 

 "John, I don't feel well." It will put a damper on his best 

 efforts. Women were born to make believe and you can smile, 

 even if you're not feeling quite right, until he has left the house. 

 Then, if it's any benefit to yourself, do- yourself up in camphor 

 and groan to your heart's content. If you are really ill, go to bed 

 and call a doctor and you'll then know the sweetness of a tender 

 sympathy. John will exclaim : "Bless me, the dear little woman 

 must be sick for she never complains," and he'll undoubtedly do 

 all in his power to restore you to health. 



And don't find fault when he's making every effort to suc- 

 ceed. Don't paralyze his ambition by saying: "John, I was over 

 at neighbor Smith's and they've got a new carpet and a rocking 

 chair and a picture and are going to have their parlor newly 

 papered, and — I don't see why we can't have such things. 

 We're just as good and I work just as hard as Mrs. Smith. 

 There must be something wrong with your management. I don't 

 think you're very ambitious." O, if you value your happiness, 

 don't do it. Can't you see you arc pushing him away from you? 

 Never for a moment let your husband see you have lost faith 



