New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-07-13
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Matrimony.-BY MISS RosAMoND CURRY.
Now girls. stop looking at the young gentlemen; do
something sensible and stop building air castles and
talking Of lovers and honey moons. It makes me
sick 1t is perfectly antimonial. Love is q farce.
matrmony is . humhug. Husbands are eon N.aas
Napoeons, Neroes. Alexanders, signing for other
hearts to conquer after they are sure Of yours !.
The honeymoon is shortlved as luciter match
Alter that you may wear your wedding dress AZ olS s
fast and your nightcap to meeting, and your nus
band wouldn't know it. You may pick up your OWN w,
pocket handkerchief, help yourself to chair, ana
split your gown across the back in reaching over tne
table for piece of butter, while he ls laying ~ nas
breakfast as il it was the last meal ne should Gu. ~
this world When he gets through ne wa anu n yOn Of
digestion, while you are slipping your first cup 81 q
coffee, by inquiring what you'll have for dinner
the cold lamb was all ate yesterday the cnarooa,
is all out and how much you gave for the ase sree ,a
tea you bought. Then he gets up IRON sng ~ nT
LIGHTS bis cigar with the last evening paper that You
have not had chance to read gives TWO OF thles
whiffs of smoke, which are sure to give you mead
ache for the afternoon and just as his is van
shing through the door apologies Tor no. dGng .s
Grand for you it doubtful II ne can
to-day, so pressed with business Hear OF MN a!
ii O'clock taking an ice-cream with some lades az
the confectioners, while you are at nome neW-lhns
his coat sleeves. Children by the ears all day cant
get out to take the air feel as crazy as fly IN
| drum.
Husband comes home at night, mods how dye
do, Fan boxes Charleys ears stands little FannJ
in the corner; sits down in the easiest cha IN the
warest nook puts his feet up over the CRATE, shut
ting out all the fire. while the babys little pug nos'
grows blue with the cold reads the newspaper all :,
himself, solaces his inner with cup OF tea, and
lust as you are laborng under the hallucinaton tina
he will ask you to take mouthful OF fresh air witt
him, he puts on his dressinggow and slippers an
begins to reckon up the family expenses; after whic
he lies down on the sofa, and you keep time wit
4 your needle while he sleeps till 8 o'clock. Mex
4 morning, ask him to leave you little money n
looks at you as if to be that you are in
mind; draws sigh long enough and strong enoug
to initiate pair Of bellows, and asks you what 20
want with it, and if half d ollar won't do Gin
cious king as if all those littesshoes and stocking
and shirts could be had for a half a dollar!
o, girls set your affections on cats poodles, parro
or lap dogs but let matrimony alone it's the harde
way on earth to get living you never know VINE
your work is done. Think Of carrying eight or nil
] children through the measles, chcken-poz, ras
: numps, scarlet fever-some of them twice over.
makes my head ache to think Of it. 0, you mi
scrimp and save, and turn and twist, and dig al
E delve, and economic and die, and your husband
. marry again, and take what you have saved to Ore
his second wife with, and she'll take your portrait
a fireboard But what's the use of talking-Ill ws
b. rant every Of you'll try it the first chance you 9
8 for some how there is sort of;bewtchment about
wish one half the world were not fools and the oth
Il half IDIOTS! R. G.