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find his amusement in places widely foreign to his wife's happiness or
peace of mind. The carelessness of many well-meaning men in this
respect is the cause of very much unhappiness that might be wholly
avoided by a little consideration as to the utter dependence of the
wife upon her husband for all these recreations.

Home Attire.

This is a subject that it should be unnecessary to touch upon, but,
unfortunately, too many bright, pretty, carefully-dressed girls
degenerate into careless, fretful, untidy and illy-clad young wives,
whose presence is anything but a joy forever to the individuals who
must face them across the family board for three hundred and
sixty-five days in every year. And it is this careless young woman who
is first to complain that "John does not care for me in the least, now
we are married," while John is very apt to think, "If Carrie would
only take just a little of the pains to please me now that she did six
months ago, how much happier we would be." And John is quite right
about it. This very carelessness on the part of wives has marred the
happiness of more than one new home. The ribbon, the flower, the color
that "John likes" and the smile that crowns all are magical in their
effects.

Then let John always remember to bring to this home a pleasant face,
from which business cares are driven away, and a readiness to please
and be pleased, that meets the wife's attempts half way, and the
evening meal will be made delightful by pleasant chat, which should
never consist of a _resume_ of the day's tribulations, but should turn
on subjects calculated to remove from the mind all trace of their
existence, and thus will they arise at its close better and happier
for the hour that has passed.

Household and Personal Expenses.

One of the chief sources of unhappiness in married life is the strife
arising from the vexed question of home and personal expenses. In the
first place, the husband frequently fails in regard to openness with
regard to his business concerns and profits; thus the wife, entirely
ignorant as to what amount she may safely spend, errs too often on the
side of extravagance, finding too late, when a storm of reproach
descends upon her innocent head, where and how she has sinned.

Then, too, it is often a sore trial to the wife's pride to ask for the
money necessary to keep her own wardrobe in repair. Especially is this
the case when, before marriage, she was in receipt of h