Husbands Should Confide in Their Wives
A CASE was recently decided in the United States Supreme Court to which all men under matrimonial bonds will do well to give heed. A man living in a Western city was offered a lucrative position by telegraph. He was not at home when the messenger arrived with the dispatch, and it was left with his wife. She did not know her husband's whereabouts, although the clerks at his office did. During the delay that ensued before the telegram reached the man for whom it was intended, the place offered him was filled by another. The telegraph company was sued for damages by the disappointed husband, but the case was decided against him. The judge held that the delivery was right, and added a bit of sage advice for husbands in general, that they "should be on very confidential terms with their wives." This advice is not new, but, so far as we know, it has never before had behind it the authority of the United States Supreme Court.—N. Y. Observer.