From Any Angle

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="11f285a1erlcgo.png"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><B>Berton Braley Cyber Museum</B></FONT><B>     |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Berton Braley Cyber Museum"><U><B>home</B></U></A><B>     </B></div> <div>                                                   </div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="11ed2c00dkelyh.png"> <div> <A HREF="news_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="News"><U>News</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="biography.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Biography"><U>Biography</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="works.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Works"><U>Works</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="bibliography.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bibliography"><U>Bibliography</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="correspondence.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Correspondence"><U>Correspondence</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="library.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Library"><U>Library</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="meeting_place.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Meeting place"><U>Meeting place</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="guestbook.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Guestbook"><U>Guestbook</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="market.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Market"><U>Market</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="links.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links "><U>Links </U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="search.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Search"><U>Search</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id400.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Foundation"><U>About Foundation</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="about_museum.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Museum"><U>About Museum</U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>From Any Angle</I><I>                                                                                                   </I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>If I were a husband whose wife adored neatness</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>I wouldn't be one to upset it</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>And spoil the whole house's nice, ordered completeness.</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>--</B></I><I><B>If I were a wife</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>I would say "Such is life!"</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>And forget it.</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>If I were a husband I'd try to be more</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Than one who just clothed me and gloved me,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>I'd be the blithe lover I once was before.</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>--If I were a wife I'd find that stuff a bore</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>I'd know by his acts that he loved me.</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>If I were a husband I'd read up on art</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>And cultural topics that matter,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>So I could be clever, amusing and smart.</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>--If I were a wife </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>I'd say "My husband's life</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Is much, much too busy for chatter!"</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>If I were a husband, 'twould cause me distress</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>To see my wife dowdy and funny,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>I'd get her a coat and a suit and a dress.</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>--If I were a wife I would wait, more or less,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Until he had gathered the money!"</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>"If I were a husband." ... "If I were a wife."</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>They both would still chafe at the fetter,</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>And each try to alter the other one's life</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>And show how to manage it better;</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>And even with everything turned vice versa</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>It wouldn't be either for betta or worsa!</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <I>Published in: </I><A HREF="id176.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ladies Home Journal"><U><I>Ladies' Home Journal</I></U></A><I> - September 1939</I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="copyright.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Copyright"><U><I>© 2000-2006, Berton Braley Cyber Museum. </I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="copyright.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Copyright"><U><I>All rights reserved.</I></U></A></div> <div> <I>---</I></div> <div> <A HREF="mailto:info@bertonbraley.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:info@bertonbraley.com"><U><I>Contact Webmaster Peter Leeflang</I></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="mailto:info@bertonbraley.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:info@bertonbraley.com"><U> </U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>