Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 178, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 July 1916 — The Tactful Wife. [ARTICLE]

The Tactful Wife.

A tactful wife, accustomed to study her husbands’ moods, .soon realizes that the most important part of the day to a man’s peace of mind is the ten minutes that follow his return from work of the day. At that time one word may change his whole state of feeling. He comes home usually tired. The vexations of business during the day have, frequently brought him to a point of fatigue or nervousness at which a very little thing may decide what his mood will be for the rest of the evening. Of course, the particular disposition of every man is certain to tell here, just as it does everywhere else, but the rule will hold good for the average man. The most important thing for the tactful woman to do Is to wait until she sees some signs of his present mood before she makes any decided move. Don’t, above all things, tell him that the plumber has just sent in an exorbitant hill for merely making that lltDon’t talk too much at first, beginning on any subject. Conversation in a torrent at the outset is likely to upset anybody who is a little tired after a day’s work, and who just then needs quiet, and detests argument. The woman who follows this advice will find her evenings pleasanter than if she jumped at the beginning Into the heart of things, especially disagreeable things.