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the simplest of meals part of the time, rather than have an over- 

 worked wife. Consult with her about business matters, so as to get 

 her mind off of her little petty worries. In short, just make her 

 a full partner, that is all. Perhaps your wife got in the habit of 

 staying close at home when the children were little. See that she 

 gets over it as soon as possible. It may become almost a second 

 nature, but it will injure her all the same. You may have been 

 thoughtless, my masculine readers, in regard to this point, and 

 rather discouraged the good wife from going out much. You 

 intended nothing wrong. It is so nice to have "mother" always 

 at home. But it would be dreadful to take her to an asylum, or 

 lay her under the sod, when she ought to be right in the prime 

 of life. Wives in town are not as closely confined. They get out 

 a great deal more, and there is more that is new to see and talk 

 about. As loving husbands, we must try and make up to our 

 wives, so far as possible, what is needed to make their lives fuller, 

 longer and happier. 



