Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1853-01-22

u Aobn w tFE~~ l Ees tuB VIIly way
Is, TO tell Your wife just how you stand
Show her your baIlanco sheet. Let lier
look over the items. You think it will
hurt her feelings. No 1t won'i do any
such thing. She has been taught TO be.
lieve that money was with you, just as
little boys think IL is with their faillers-
terribly hard to hn reached. yet inexlians,.
lille. She has Ind her suspicion nIready 4.
She has guessed You Wero not 40 prosper.
our as You talked. But you have so be.
logged your mony affairs that she, poor
thing, knows nothing about them. Tell
il right out to her, that You are living ont.
side Of your income. Take her into part.
nership, and Ill warrant you'll never re.
gre. It. There may be q slight shower ut
first, but thnt's natural. Let FER see your
estimate, and when yon came again, she
will show You That You have put her bills
too high. True, she had an eiglt.dollar
bonnet last winter. bnt !" it is just as good
MS ever a few shillings will provide ii
with new strings, and refit III lithe-the
shape" she says, q IL almost exactly as
they wear them now" And you will be
surprised TO see how much less expensive
she makes your " wardrobe. She will
surprise you with a new vest-not exact.
ly unfamiliar some how, looking as If in
another shape you had seen il lefore-yet
new as o vest, and scarcely costing a
dollar where You Ind allowed five. Old
cravals will experience a resurrection IN
her hands. coming out SO rejnvenated that
nobody bur those who are let Into the Sc.
cret would suspect that they are old
friends in new shapes. That gown you
were going to buy--out Of what forgotten
chest she has gathered the materials You
cannot i~magine-bnt there it Is, comfort
able and warm ; and just the thing you
wanted the long winter evenings that are
coming on as fast as the almanac will let
them. You will find o wonderful change
in her taste and arpesiles. Whereas.
she always fancied what was a little out
Of season or just coming into market
now ifbeel is. dear, she thinks. boiled
mutton is delightful-as tender as chick
en-" If lamb rises, and fish are plenty.
she thinks ga striped bass is so good. oc-
~casionally" always insists on having il on
Fridays. Whereas. before, she must hear
all the musical celebrites-now she is
= out of oil patience will, these foreign
singers" If Jenny Lind were TO return
and sing some Of her sweet airs, She d
like to hear her. but she has had enough
Of Itaijon e~xtravagances. all written on the
ledger lines below or above. MS If II were 4
sin TO tarry long on the common staff.
Before you have thought much about
i yon will find yourself spending most Of
your evenings AZ home, and such evenings
too 90 full Of domestic enjoyment, and
6feside pleasures, that you will look with
wonder on the record Of last years expen-
ses and marvel that you fonnL time OF rel
lsh for the costly entertainments thar 30
seriously taxed your port-Inon ME.
Ny dear friend. il. like Spain, your
olitsgocs threaten 70 exceed your incomes,
Be sure and tell your wife Of Il. Not III !
tone and manner that will lead her 10
thiilk yon don't want her to buy fnrs this
winter, but just as If yon wanted 1 conn
sellot IN the day Of your trouble. And u
she does not come mp. heart ard sauI.
and most successfully ID yonr relief. Pun
me dawn Tor 30 prople'. and her for ia
worthy specimen ola Yankee iass.-N. Z.
Tines.