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March 8, 1907
The Ely Miner
Ely, Saint Louis County, Minnesota
What is this article about?
Anecdote contrasting quiet cynicism with honest arguments in marriage: Dave Potter's wife calmly dismisses a love letter found in his pocket, implying the other woman would regret knowing him.
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Quiet Cynicism, or Good Honest Row - Which Is the Better?
"Most men," said the man of experience once, "think it must be awfully nice to have a wife who takes things as coolly as Dave Potter's wife takes them; but others, more discriminating, prefer a good honest row to her style of quiet cynicism. The way she behaved the other day when she found a letter in Dave's pocket from a girl is an example of her method.
"I don't see,' wrote this girl, 'how on earth I can ever live without you.'
"Dave's wife read that gush, and a lot more just like it, without ever turning a hair.
" 'Well,' she said, quietly, 'that girl is a fool. If she knew you as well as I do she would be wondering how on earth she could ever live with you.'
"And that, in the opinion of the discriminating few, cuts a whole lot deeper than a common, everyday rumpus."
"Most men," said the man of experience once, "think it must be awfully nice to have a wife who takes things as coolly as Dave Potter's wife takes them; but others, more discriminating, prefer a good honest row to her style of quiet cynicism. The way she behaved the other day when she found a letter in Dave's pocket from a girl is an example of her method.
"I don't see,' wrote this girl, 'how on earth I can ever live without you.'
"Dave's wife read that gush, and a lot more just like it, without ever turning a hair.
" 'Well,' she said, quietly, 'that girl is a fool. If she knew you as well as I do she would be wondering how on earth she could ever live with you.'
"And that, in the opinion of the discriminating few, cuts a whole lot deeper than a common, everyday rumpus."
What sub-type of article is it?
Family Drama
What themes does it cover?
Family
Deception
Social Manners
What keywords are associated?
Marriage Cynicism
Wife's Reaction
Infidelity Letter
What entities or persons were involved?
Dave Potter
Dave Potter's Wife
Story Details
Key Persons
Dave Potter
Dave Potter's Wife
Story Details
Dave Potter's wife finds a love letter from another woman in his pocket and responds calmly with cynicism, remarking that the girl would wonder how to live with him if she knew him as well as she does.