ack a joke on it, but never
let a woman suppose that, in your manly grandeur, you can lose your
temper, even your equanimity, for such trifles.

Never appear to be idle in your house, in the morning especially. If
you have nothing to do, go to your study, your library, or any other
'growlery'; inform your wife that you have to be very busy all the
morning, and will she be kind enough to see that you are not disturbed?
Then lock the door, light a cigar, and take a paper or a book, and be
fearfully busy all the time. Your wife, being busy herself all the
morning, giving orders and preparing the programme of the day, will be
grateful to you for being out of the way, and think all the more of you
for being so busy.

Whenever you do your wife a favour, make her a present, etc., never
remind her of it. Gratitude, like love, is not to be had for the
asking. What a woman admires most in a man is generosity, and to remind
anyone of a favour is not generous. It looks like asking to be paid for
a service.

When you lend money to your wife, never ask for the return of the loan.
She would think it shabby of you. If she should return it (there are
some extraordinary women), give it back to her in the shape of a jewel
or any other thing that may be a fair representative of the value. She
will say of you, 'My husband is a gentleman,' and this will cost you
nothing, as you had made up your mind to the loss of that loan.

When your wife puts on a new gown, a new hat, or any new garment, never
fail to notice it at once. She will appreciate an act which proves to
her that your interest in her is keenly alive.

Never do unto your wife what, as a gentleman, you would never think of
doing to any lady of your acquaintance, such as to enter a room before
her, meet her in the street without taking off your hat, etc.

If your wife should ever appear in your presence with curlers on, or
in any way she would sternly refuse to appear before a stranger, do
not reprove her, but shame her by the irreproachableness of your
appearance. Therefore, treat her as you want her to treat you. If she
is intelligent, she will take the hint at once. Never put on slippers,
a smoking-cap, spectacles, and such remedies for love. Always be
freshly shaved, and let your _neglige_ at home be as carefully put on
as your best dress coat. Love feeds on even such trifles as these in
the case of people of a refined and artistic temperament.

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