Extract from a 1950's Home Economics textbook intended for High School girls, teaching them how to prepare for married life.

"Have Dinner ready, plan ahead, even the night before, to have a delicious meal - on time. This is a way of letting him  know that you have been thinking of him and are concerned about his needs. Most men are hungry when they come home and the prospects of a good meal are part of the warm welcome needed

Prepare yourself, take 15 minutes to rest so you will be refreshed when he arrives.Touch up your makeup, put a ribbon in your hair and be fresh looking. He has just been with a lot of work weary people, so be that bit more interesting.His boring day may need a lift. Clear away the clutter,  make one last trip through the house just before your husband arrives, gathering up school books , toys, papers, then run a duster over the tables.your husband will fell he has reached a haven of rest and it will give you a lift too.

Don't greet him with problems or complaints. Don't complain if he's late for dinner. That is minor compared with what he may have gone through that day.

Make him comfortable, have him lean back in a comfortable position. Have  a cool or warm drink ready for him. Arrange his pillow and offer to take off his shoes. Speak in a low, soft, soothing voice. Allow him to relax and unwind.

Listen to him, you may have a dozen things to tell him, but the moment of his arrival is not the time. Let him talk first.

Make the evening his, never complain if he does not take you out, instead try to understand his world of strain and pressure and his need to be at home relaxed."