Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1838-02-24
DUTIES OF WOMAN IN THE MAR
RAGE RELATION.

ola uue friend. must act the example. As glove.
and love only, is the loan for love-" so friendship
only Is The loan Tor triendship-l mean for a
friendship which is permanent and worth possess
lug.
WoMAN's DUrIEs.-Therc are no duties on
earth so nearly angelic as those which dcvolye
on woman. Let the young wife then gIrd her
self To The work which is appointed hel. Let her
resolve To be what she is made to be--a messen-
ger-an angel. Let her take hold Of the p,omi.
Ses which belong To the faithful wife, and resolve
that what she knows 10 be her duty shall be faith
fully pursued. Let her do this, and what is right
Will soon become agreeable, on tie known prin-
! ciPles OF human Stature,
HER PowER OF DoING Goop.-l do not be-
Ileve one woman in hundred has any concep-
ton the good which divine Providence, by ap-
pointing her TO be help,mate Of man, puts It IN
her power To do. II is not il humanity TO resist,
wholly, the silent Influences Of voice, tone, look,
step, galt--every Thing, in one word which con
stIluies eXample--ln those whom we love. Hap
| plness begeis happiness and domestic happl
ness is peculiarly prolific. lie must be brute
wis does nQ heed, feel, yield TO the force of lis
heavenly influence, and become thereby modified,
improved. adorned, exalted
| SLIr-REsrsoT.--Evei young wife should re-
mem9er tina! the measure OF her husbands re-
! spect vii be graduated by the respect she mani.
tests for herself. II she deem 1t important TO her
kPplness to appear, IN his eyes, respectable, let
her IN the first place learn to set proper est
mate on herself, and maintain, IN all crcumstan.
ces, that dignity of character and that selfconfi.
dence, Without which her object can never be Sc.
| cured.
LOVE- OF CHiLDREN.--l regard the love OF
chldren--smpe, aress and pure as childhood
| ~ itself s--to be M important element OF thris-
lian character. have heard ol~aye, have
known--persons who disllked children, some of
whom were IN other respects, excellent men and
women. But such Il trait Is certainly great
drawback upon human excellence. will moi
say that those who hate infancy and childhood
cannot be christians but | may say that they
cannot be, in this state Of feeling, the perfect men
| aud women they desire TO be, nor the perfect
children of their Father IN heaven which they
ought 10 be-
SIMPLICITY Of DREss.--l Ike, confess, TO
see a young wife neatly dressed. Ihee is n
nca,ness which is perfectly compatible with PLAIN
ness and dress may be graceful, without be.
ing rldculous....I like neat simplicity, because,
somehow or other, there appears to be frequent
connection between the outside and the inside.
The exterior is, 10 some extent, key % the IN
| te,ior. II see person dressed like II thorough
going fop, cannot It would, respect the mind
Of the person. Even where future close 0c-
qualntance dlscloses TO me my error, II Is hard
10 overcome FIST ,mnIess'""4
MoDEsTY AND DELIcAcY.-Every ,o..-.r r
A L .l..,.,
But in order TO this he must first have a wife OF
true modesy and delIcacy. She may not m
deed transform HIM IN day, or week; but heI
ultimate success, II she perseyere, Is certain. No
husband who has the least claim 70 the name, can
| always withstand il know there are many hus-
| bands who are somewhat BRITISH but ! know,
too, that there are many wives who are wanting
III true delicacy of thong and feeling, aud some
tunes language.
INTERNAL ScoLDs.-Some scold internally.
Perhaps they mover utter word which could be
called downright scodlng and yet their eyes,
aud counlcnances, aud action, tell the story
There are two sorts Of these internal scoIds.
One sort always exhibits the outward signs OF an
internal and spiritual mlsery--the DEPRESSED and
wrinkIcd brow, the depressed angle Of the mouth,
and the peculiar Turn Of the sides Of the nose,
which indicate. that if the features have not actu-
ally grown into Seeding state they are N great
danger Of II.