Life — July 1, 1909 — page 20: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

E have hesitated for some time be- Dear Bureau: menty for some time with considerable— fore deciding to give the letter IAS 8h, 8ginerence ny nae T have read your announce: right. IT would not have you think that I had gone back on her in any way—as sh times asserts—but can you give me any opin- ion about the matter?” My object in, writing you at all is that I have heard you have re Gaimed many husbands, and it occurred to me that possibly it might not be any hai for me to write and ask you if you the Tought to consider myself at all. Above all, don't let my wife know. I shudder when T think of the consequences. Yours in great trepidation of spirit eects which follows, but after much prayerful the word that best explains it now, ' while the spirit moves me, I feel that I must consideration, we have decided that it is Yrite you fat once and say what is in my best to reveal it to the world. H ly at, rare “‘moments—like flashes We are doing this in the interests of 1 e back into my usual condition. ” her of prospective customers fot know: but it is with a a large number of prospective customer: tle feiog of Wesie for hep —customers who would undoubtedly join writing you, without even knowing our bureau at once, were they not under — whethy e {oe have: snything to. St my cate or the same spell as our correspondent. ma husband of long standing, and 1 This letter also illustrates another have been so long dominated by my wif that I have come actually to believe that th: phase of the great work we are carrying jy'the way it ought to be I find on—its infinite pathos. We feel sure now, as I write, criticising myse : ing.’ That is to’ say, I have come to that no one can peruse this letter with- {hit it is “strictly ght and quite nat out fecling the unbidden tears come to do everything my wife tells me, an: Sees I follows: even come to defend her in this po their eyes. It is as follows: example, she always insists upon taking me Terre lest “TO M—— WITH YOUR PATRIOTISM ’” } with her when she goes shopping, because 1 really have quite an eye for color, and she says I am a great help to her in making her > selections, Now I hate to shop. My very soul revolts at being dragged about in this manner. Moreover, she calmly orders what she wants, although I know at the time that we cannot afford it; and yet, will you believe | it, so dominated by her I defend her upon all occasions, and even show a vise | ible pride in the fact that she considers me ] of enough importance to wish me to go shop- | ping with her. At this moment I feel like apologizing for writing this letter; already there rises up feeling of repentance ‘ at my own disloyalty to her, and 1 must get it off quickly or otherwise I. shall never send it My dear sir, I beg that you will not think | too hardly of ‘my beloved wife. She is all | We can say, without hesitation, that this is one of the saddest cases that has ever come to our attention. It is really world-struggle of a solitary human soul to find itself. We should not be he Judge: you SAY THAT BECAUSE OF INJURIES INFLICTED BY YOUR WIFE true to our profession if we did not YOU HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO PURSUE YOUR VOCATION! WHAT IS YOUR BUSINESS, throw all of our resources at once upon sir? the solution of ‘this problem. Before “YOUR HONOR, 1M A LION-TAMER.”” treating this gentleman, we have first comicbooks.com