New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-03-22
HE PATTERN VIII
" A creature easily passed by;
Not lovely to the strangers eve

Winnie Winlove is not a beauty, but she has
sensible, loveable, kissable face, which is not
only good looking, but looks good and then
her dress is always so neat, her smile so bright
and her voice so sweet, that, though she would
attract no attention at theatre or ball, she is
the dearest ornament of husbands home
She is never sc caught" call when you will ;
for her house, like herself, is the pink of neat
ness-not that stiff, uncomfortable sort, which
makes one dread to use the polished furniture
but an easy, all-pervading order, which seems
so natural one scarcely wonders at it. If in
accomplishing this her servants give her trouble,
she does not Eight her battles DER again y for
the entertainment of her husband or visitors.
She is not, in the usual sense of the term, &C.
complished-does not perform brilliant fantasias
upon the piano forte, or sing incomprehensible
Italian bravuras; but she plays sensible ac-
compartment or dance correctly, with taste,
and in perfect time; sings an English ballad
with feeling and expression; and does either,
when requested, without putting on airs or re-
quiring the stimulus of large audience She
has actually been known to play and sing for
more than an hour with no listeners but her
husband and family! She does not dance,
but as her husband does and likes to, she will
lingly attends balls and dancing parties, where
her observing mind, keen appreciation of the
ludicrous, and genial good humor, find no lack
Of entertainment. She does not speak " all the
modern languages" but her English is we'll
worth listening to,
She is not, strictly speaking, pious, (were
this fancy sketch, she would be, but as it is
portrait, the truth must be told y but she has
heartfelt love Of the good, the true, and the
beautiful, and does the duty which lies nearest
her to the best of her ability. Cheerfulness is
her chief characteristic; and promoting the
happiness Of her husband and family the bust
ness Of her life. In matters of Importance,
if she and her husband differ in opinion, she
states hers calmly, and listens to his reasoning
with mind open to conviction; but in triAes
his wish is her will.
Is she ready for visiting or shopping, and he
thinks it looks like rain, she lays off her bonnet
and stays at home. Is she somewhat tired and
indisposed for exertion, and he requests her to
go out, she complies. Has she new dress or
SoP w WAiSh no opJcctc, IL hchpptdTs.
She never wants to read when he wants to
talk, nor to talk when he wants to read never
complains of her nerves never makes any re-
ply when he hints that breakfast is little late
never objects to his smoking never teazes him
to give her new furniture, dresses, etc., know
ing that when he can afford them he will do so
without being asked. She never looks grum, or
calls him "my dear" in that carefully soften
ed, but portentous tone, which strikes terror to
the heart Of the henpecked husband, when he
brings an unexpected visiter to dinner; never
asks what kept him when he comes home late
and, climax Of wifely amiability, never objects
to his kissing all the young ladies ,cho cisit
them
Her health never compels her to leave him
four or five months every summer to the house,
keeping of servants, and the ennui of loneli-
ness; or, worse still, the discomforts of board
ing, and the society of his bachelor friends.
Her children-of course she has plenty-are
never tormented about keeping clean and TAX
ing care of their clothes, nor screamed over and
petted when they happen to fall nor paraded
for exhibition when they get new garments, nor
scolded or neglected at any time. They are
well governed, well bred, active, healthy and
happy
Her faults, of course she has some, are most
ly those that lean to virtues side, and are, in
her husbands estimation, amply counterbal-
anced by the antithetical virtues of being fond,
yet reasonable; clearsighted, yet confiding
wise, vet womaply.