How Many Wives Are Thus?

The good wife is ahvays good. Nothing puts her out. She inay have ueuralgia, a tipsy cook and twins who always cry at the same time, but she Liever looks cross or speaks hastily, and she always sees that dinner is ready at the proper moment. The children mayhave mumps, chicken pos and rneasles, and thepiumbers mayhave stopped the Croton water because they are fixiug the maiii pipe; the baker, butcherand milkman may present their little bilis with exasperating frequency and with reproacbful reinarks appended, aud the icernan mayhave "struck. " bat wben hnsband comes she ahvays smiles beantifully and has something nice and cool all ready in the refrigerator. She uever mentions disagreeable bilis to the partner of her soul and never asks for money, but she is alwaysnicely dressed in cool, fluted muslins, or good, rich cashmere, or something like that. No dowdy calicó wrappers on her. Sbe makes everything herself - out of nothing - elegantly. She is charming. All the men envy him, but she never flirts. She is ahvays so glad to have his ma live with them, and to take her advice in everything. But, most of all, when he comes home at 4 o'clock in the morning, walking very feebly and with exceedingly weak knees, she never casts a doubt upon his statement that "they've been takin; stock down at onr place, " whatever muy be the season of the year, and she always pities him for having to work so