DEATH OR WORSE.
10. If my friend were suddenly to lose this home by the death of the
wife, he would receive an unmeasured sympathy from all thoughtful men
not included in the small class who never understood what there was in
"Home, Sweet Home," to set people to humming it. If he were to have this
wrenched from him by a sudden awakening of his wife to all his faults,
and as blind an infatuation with the faults of another man as was once
extended to his own, he would know just how Daniel McFarland felt. My
friend is induced to believe, however, that his wife will be strongly
under his influence so long as he does not inspire her with fear. He
will not pound her unless he falls to whisky-guzzling, which,
considering that he does not yet use tobacco, is impossible.
SO MUCH OF A PARTICULAR HOME.
By the study of other women than his own wife (which is a very unjust
mode of study) man learns to hate women in general. By observing his
wife, however, he is inclined to love all her sex. Again, by
contemplating himself he falls into detestation of all humankind. Such
"men" as young Mr.
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