Wanted, a Remedy!

Otago Witness, Issue 2390, 21 December 1899, Page 56

Wanted, a Remedy!

One of the problems that develops out of that trying first year of married existence is the equal adjustment of the amusement question. To the average man, Avorn out m Ilh—c-h'S- Hc«rk jind_woriy of vie day, tired of the babel of .'Rid- confusion in which he has toiled, and Aveary of trying to inake^ himself agreeable to those he must -pfease for business purposes, there seeing, nothing oka— cn_eai±li_so_jlesirable as the quiet and ease of his home. ire doesn't Avant to-talk or be talked to". !Efcrxbe?*v i . Avant to have to force himself to smile or to think, and least of all does he Avant to forsake his slippers. The woman, on the other hand, has been shut up all day in the house, going through the deadly dull round of domestic duties Avithout the distraction of seeing a fresh face. She has toiled in her own av;>v as hard as her husband, and when night comes, flic, too, feels the need of 'a change to rest and refresh herself. She Avould like to put on Jier best dress and go to the theatre, or even call on the people next door. To even suggest such a thing to her husband, hoAvevor, is to bring ou » gloAving diatribe on woman's gadding, and the matter ends there or bursts forth' into a wordy quarrel.