THE FUSSY WIFE.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 146, 14 March 1908, Page 10

THE FUSSY WIFE.

i jShe is : a very ( nioij_ woman_ ihd.'sho' lovos . : nearly^ets ( him' ■ wild, by. tho fussing .sho doc's 'dver'junl.;' . . y, -: Tlleyrhavo no children and ifcho .husband is . ■ .;ef rather delicate; ; ■ watfches .over' him. : is likeinothing s6 muohaST'the h'dVeri'ng solicitude ofra .hen with; one i ——- chicken ~ > , ' - .-ft. starts in at break of dayj if ,it i 3 >cleayv is it cold ?u If it is not clears then-will: it J rain or not? -Had he better wear thick or. ■ thm underwear) -and . what about Jus choice ofjshoes and socks, rubber^or.sandals? r. ■ Ho does.,not»have much appetite,*. being ono :of the .many, nervous brain workers;: ho • eats,little, and that.of the simplest, vaifioty but the to-do - raised by: that ( woman con-cemmg-.hisjroll'.and egg or:toast and.chop,' .fruit and coffee is:something awful: to . hear.; : , it is: almost.enough to make the man givo up. ■ the habftrof eating once .and for. all; .y :. : At _ last he breaks away ( from her all; too prevalent watchful fondness aiid-goeV: downtown k there ho. is left to hft 'own. devices,'? with- ,th,o exception 'of, a .:'phoUo call or 'fcwd 'should it blow up cold ::or , a'shower appear, rn the -west j but when ho-.comes, home at; ■ ' . night is. waiting him in:a'bottled-up .. condition, of ifuss:,that overflows .at. his, api 'pearanco liko tho brom;dic- effervescence'that ■ ..Goodness, gracious,..Lwhat.aitinio there iis.l , What , a flying; about,-, what a chatter and: The man,-being:a gentleman and # > lovinghusband. as well, "says.' povor ■ .-a word; ;but, good^deal.Jt .. i something . would mal>o;her:,talk:a; littkipss sometimes .or .' perhaps : stnko her- entirely • Bpeechless.for a while.-, ■■- :F6ras ;itns sho utters volumes' of''wdrds-.-.without much meaning;, it is -noiso with-' - out', significance; a tirosdme -repetition':of; > tho:satno; thm'g.vVhich* ho, ha 3 heard yester-' day and the day before,'and will " hear-to-morrow -and the. day -after','-allihbout how carefnl he should'lfo andUiow ho'knows'.ho is not: strong;, and : why will :he i,overwork,, ■ and that ho knows.ho: should:.hoti,' etc.,v:and so on world- without end: tit.- ?v ' \ . Which because it. from Jier.lovo for : lhim> as I. -havo: said;. ho..eudiTres;v.tr,ving always to r<Smomber tho. motive j ...but tho lady . ■ ysometimes .• wonders .why rho - seems so' glad • to. escape from home comforts, and tako 1 to tho cold, cold world outside: - - " . Tho fussy wife has- more ..-.sins : on ! ' her than' sbo . has' r any s idea jOf'she .drives *her.;.husbarid--to:iins .of-omission:'as , .well as-commission,-simply by' the: weight' icf. her - oternal and useless- much-ado about ■ nothing.—"Chicago Daily News." A ( ! j <y '