The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1858-08-12

There is "a article aao6 = 1|D
pers entitled g Good RuIep =
which enjoins on the lido 6r36l q
abiect submission to tkSIr kos1 s1fnn6l
waists and whims. But the af< of ~
ing together in harmony is . ver3 din
cult art; and without coufdfinR tbe
positions of the authors Of the aforesaid
Rules, we offer the following IS the
Substance of what q wife Ikea IN hsr
husband:
The first place in her husbands a1fec>
tons no true wife can learn to do with
out. When she loses that she has lot
her husband, she is widow and has
to endure the pangs Of bereavenae1>
intensified by the presence Of what sbe
no longer possesses. There is living
mummy in the house, reminding her q
her loss in the most painful monner.
A womsn likes her h11hand {l eroc(
in those qualities which distinguish the
masculine from the feminine being, spoh
as strength, courage, fortitnde and
judgment. She wants her husband to
be wholly q man. She cannot entirely
love one whom she cannot entirely re-
spect, believe in, and rely on.
A wife dearly loves to have her hus-
band stand high in regard of the COM
munity in which they reside. She likes
to be thought by her own sex a fortu-
nate woman in having such husband,
She has taste for the respectable, de-
sires to have good looking front door,
and to keep up a good appearance gem
orally. Some wives, it is said, carry
this too far, and some husbands, we
know, are dangerously complaisant irs
yielding to the front door ambition of
their wives. But a good husband will
like to crafty his wife in this respect, so
far as he can, without sacrificing more
important objects.
Perfect sincerity a wife expects, or
at least has right to expect from her
husband. She desires to know the real
state of the case, however it may be
concealed from the world. It wrings
her heart and wounds her pride to dis
cover that her husband has not wholly
confded in her. Aman may proftably
consult his wife on any project, it is due
to her that he should do so, and she is
glad to be consulted.
Among nnost other things, q wife
Graves from her husband appreciation.
The great majority Of wives lead lives
of severe and anxious toll. With un-
imaginable anguish and peril to their
lives they become mothers. The chill
dren require incessant care. aOnly
the eye of God watches like mother" !"
says Fanny Fern in the chapter of
Ruth Hall' which depicts with such
ro.ss. aud ID tIssll !. incssle -
anxieties. And besides her maternal
cares, wife is the queen regent of a
household kingdom. She has to think.
and plan and work for everybody. IF
in all her labors and cares, she feels
she has her husbands sympathy and
gratitude, it helps her where man can
help woman; if he notices her efforts.
applauds her skill, and allows for her
defciencies-all is well. But to endure
all this, and yet meet with no appreci-
ating word, or glance, or act from him.
for whom and for whose sake she tolls
and bears, is very bitter.
Awife likes her husband to show
her all due respect in the presence of
others; she cannot bear to be reproyed
or criticised by him when others can
hear it. Indeed, it is most wrong in q
husband thus to put his wife to shame
We cannot help secretly admiring the
spirit of the French woman, who, when
her husband had so wroHez34 ksr--c.-
fused ever again to utter word. and
for twenty years lived in the house q
dumb woman. We admire her spirit.
though not the mode of manifesting it.
Husbands owe the most profound re-
spect to their wives, for their wives are
the mothers of their children. Nom
has the slightest claim to the character
of gentleman who is not scrupulouslv
polite to his wife more than to apy
other woman. We refer here to the
essential of politeness, not its forms.
we mean kindness and justice In little
things.
A wife likes her husband to be con-
siderate. Unexpected kindness and
favors touch her heart. She
appreciates the softened tread when
she is sick-she enjoys the gift from a
distance-and everything that proves
TO her that her husband thinks of her
comfort and good.
Husbands reflect on these things
Your wife has confded her happiness
to you- You can make it unspeakably
if you are ignoble and short
sighted. Let the contest between hus-
band and wife be-which shall do tho
most for the happiness of fhe other
Life illustrated.
VIcToRIA.-The town of Victoria.