Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1853-07-30
The Pattern Wife.

The Pattern Wife
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 emile
| so bright, and her voice so sweet, that though
she would attract no attention at theatre
OF bail, she is the dearest ornament OF a
husbands home
She is never caught" call when you
will for her house, like herself is the pink
of neatness-not that stiff, uncomfortable
sort, which makes one dread to use the
polished furniture; but an easy, all-prevadlng
order, which seems so natural one scarcely
wonders at it. If in accomplishing this her
servants give her trouble: she does not
flight her battles DER again. for The enter
tainment of her husband or visitors. She is
not. in the usual sense of the term, accom-
plished-does not perform brilliant fantasies
upon the piano-forte, or sing Incompetent
sible Italian bravuras; but she plays sem
sible accompaniment or dance correctly,
with taste, and in perfect time; sings English
ballads with feeling and expression; and does
either, when requested, without putting on
airs or requiring the stimulus of large au-
dience. 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 willingly attends dancing par
ties, where her observing mind, keen appre-
citation of the ludicrous. and genial good hui
NOR finds no lack of entertainment She
does not speak call the modern languages"
but her English is we'll worth listening to,
She is not, strictly speaking, pions (were
this fancy sketch, she would be, but as it
is portrait, the truth must be tod,) 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. Cheer
fulness is her chief characteristic; and pro-
noting the happiness of her husband and
family the business 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 convic-
ton, but i'll trihes his wish is her will.
The Model Husband.
The model husband loves his wife as we'll
after as before marriage. Her slightest wish
is his law. He never smokes cigars, and
abominates the very name of club. He
esteems i, the happiest day of his life when
Betsey, or whatever her name is, consented
10 become his. and whenever that interesting
anniversary comes round, he is overpowered
by ihrong of pleasant memories, Which
generally result in present to Betsey atore
said
| He allows his wife to run up bills with i'm
punity. Never hints that she might be a
little less extravaganza. On the contrary,
when the miliner's bills come in, he runs
over the numerous items with shrill of
delight. and pays them with an ecstasy of
Joy. He never feels jealous if his wife
chooses to flirt with Lieut.. Poodle, who has
''such a magnificent moustache;" or Majo
B. who "dances so diviuey."
He does not discourage his wife's irequen-
ting balls and places of amusement. On the
contrary, he often volunteers to stay at home
and take care Of the baby, that she may go.
He thinks woman the decided superior OF
man III every respect, and is stout advo-
cate of ''Woman's Rights
He invites all his wife's relations to come
and stay at his house as long as they please,
and never suggests, after visit of two
months, that change of air would be bene-
fetal 10 their health
When his wife's mother tells him what
a treasure he has in 'her dear child" he
never thinks of doubling her word.
lie never 9TumDieS II ms SHIFTS are U.S.
covered to be minus a button, or his stock
ings plus hole. He frequently takes the
opportunity. during his wife's absence, to
gather his children about him and expatiate
on the virtues of their dear mamma, and
tells them how much they owe her. If Mary
Jany enquiries how much she owes her
mother aforesaid for pulling her ears, he is
very much shocked. and commands Mary
Tano IN oo IN bod iiracflv
Such is the model husband. There are
not many such, am afraid, and those few are
as often styled Henpecked"