JEALOUS HUSBANDS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 20073, 9 October 1920, Page 6

JEALOUS HUSBANDS.

(By A WIFE.)

A few days ago an article on “ Sus--pioious V ives appeared in “ The; Daily Mail. It was all very well in its way, but it was one-sided and the writer never even hinted at tho wife’s point of view.

No doubt there are auspicious wives —many of them, I dare say, with good reason tor their suspicionsr-but there) are far, far more suspicions husbands. And however hornd n jealous wife can * )0 a jealous husband is much horrider. I don t want to mako this article too personal for fear that my husband should recognise. I write it, although I dare say. it would do him good if he did; so I shall write about my women friends.

Nearly all of thorn have jealous husbands. I have noticed that it is tho husbands who are most wayward and flirtatious themselves that are most suspicious.

Again and again I have been called Upon to help one of my girl pals out of n difficulty. * 1 My husband is so jealous,” says my mend, “so if ho, asks you if 1 was with you yesterday evening be sure Wid say I was.”

So, of course, I do. It is tho only Way to deal with ridiculous husbands who object to their wives having a little innocent amusement.

The fact is that most men are Turks at heart. They would like to keep us shut up under lock and key or only allow us out under strict supervision. I have known men who get fidgety if their wives are away for a few hours shopping and indulge in all soil? of black suspicions. Nothing annoys n man more than to come home and find his wife—out. His ideal of a good woman is one who is always in the house awaiting his possible presence and ready to greet him with a beatific smile of welcome. It never occurs to him how boring domesticity is or how tiresome is the running of a house in these days of high prices and servant troubles. But even the stay-at-home .wife is not safe from the suspicions of a jealous husband. He imagines that she .is waiting to receive telephone messages. There are husbands who condescend to question the, servants about the visitors who have called.

If a woman takes particular pains to make herself attractive it may also oiyo cause for jealousy. “ Why those glad rags this afternoon P” said a husband who found his wife looking especially nice. “What have you been up toF’ Cock-and-hon clubs, as they are.calied, are constant sources of trouble.

“ I think I shall have to give up the bridge club,” said a friend of mine tearfully to me.. “ Jim is so jealous and I get so tired of answering his questions as-to the men I played with, and ho was perfectly furious because Colonel —— drove mo home in a taxicab the other afternoon and ho saw us arrive.”

At parties and balls jealous husbands are a perfect nuisance and destroy all the pleasure. They cannot bear to ree their wives talking with animation to other men or jazzing in other men’s arms. They glare and fume, make themselves objectionable, and “ raise Cain ” on tho w.ay borne. Many young wives have given up dancing because of the idiotic jealousy of their spouses. -(‘‘Daily Mail.”)