Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1858-05-27
. s.Do not name them as Injuries il

| - SD0 not name them as injuries
Your case. II the enervated votary {
/ of pleasure needs them for recreation
and to impart a new Zest to the year
succeeding round ofgay existence, ho'
much more essential are they fer tn
sick, the nervous, the exhausted toile
/ in hfe's field of earnest labor. | feal
! my friend, that you have not though
wisely of your wife's true position; tina
i'll some sense, you are to blame fer he
present i'll health and state of menta
depression s W
"How?n ~ sns
| "The human SOUL" / answered, 81
not piece of senseless machinery; no
made upaof series of iron wheels tina
can do work as well in the dark under
ground chamber as in the broad day
light. Even the, flower must hay,
change-air, sunlight, morning, eve
ming, and the advancing seasons, 70
its healthy growth and maturity. Blu
the human soul is of higher orgmiz
ton; and his multitudinous wants com
pared with the flower. Shut up the
flower from the warm sun and the re
freshing air, and will it not grow sicklyl
may, will it not fade, wither, and die
You are treating your wife with les,
consideration than You would treat
house plant. No wonder that she i:
dying daily" sa4+s As51sl afa -
Wilkins really looked amazed and
was for a little while in doubt whether
|he were offended at my freedom, or as
founded at his own blindness touching
the nature and wants of the human SOU
which he had joined in a life compan
|lonship with his ewn." M so & use
Natures two best physicians"
went on, "are pure air and exercise
And, what is better, they charge moth
ing for attendance" p : AsH@7t' q
"To large part of mankind," an
|swered Wilkins, slime is money. 1t is
i'm our case" k..s.- ..... -.E
"Don't make that too positive a con
Iclusion. Increase the strength, and you
diminish the hours Of labor--nay, more,
you remove from the cause of extreme
exhaustion. My word for it, if you
had spent twenty pounds a year IN
giving your wife change OF scene, sea,
bathing, and mental as well as bodily
recreation, your DOCTORS bill would
have been reduced by more than that
amount. How often do you take her to
concerts, or other places OF innocent
amusement"
'sWe haven't been to a concert for
five years." said he.i
"And yet l. remember she was pas
sionately fond of music" ...... q
"We can't afford it." remarked VIII
kins, gloomily. -'
Better go without a dinner occasion
ally. Health of the soul is quite as
essential as health of the body. Il
you starve the former, what is there in
mere eating and drinking worth living
for?" 'aa8 saA 7fs.-
"Mary wouldn't 90 if l were to pur.
chase tickets. She has housed herself
so long that she-ha no desire to STEP
across The threshold"
> q For which, speaking frankly, and t
ure, to blame. And, unless you al
once, and with purpose not to be SET
aside by first difficulties, actually com
pei your dropping wife to go forth, 6
few years will close up the history of {
wretchee life.
. "Ah!' said he, 81 can feel the force
of what You say! But how and where
to begin? That is the question"
II notice." was my reply, SHAT {
celebrated composer and pianoist Ii
in your town, and will give this eve
ming one of his concerts. Take her tt
hear him." s
.'I'm sure she will not CO."
81 am going to invite her, said L
"and l don't believe she will refuse
me-" ft so.
Wilkins was quite positive.
"We'll see. You will take note o
Invitation from me. | will enclose tick
cts for you both, and say that will cal
in the evening, and make one of tn,
company at the concert?:"
Wilkins was incredulous, and bal
opposed me; but my interest in hi
unhappy wife was too strong, and
resolved to have my own way. Th'
| tickets and invitation were accordingl,
sent. -.-.r "a . g
/ called at my friends Office, in thu
afternoon, to go home with him.
"Well," said l, cheerfully, "wha
VOID for your good wife? viii she b.
ready for the concert"
"I'm afraid not"
l. eboo1- H. bao1 anJ 1Nnl-a,
gloomy. .
"What did she say?"
"That it was impossible for her to g
out-that she couldn't leave the chill
dren, and, finally, after ! had met ever.
objection with reason that could no
be gainsaid, she declared that she didn'
feel wish to go, and couldn't think o
it. rs-af E ~
"The ice is very solid, and hard t.
break through" | smiled as | spoke
SIT is that want of inclination whicl
must be overcome. She'll go five in
sist upon it. M
But Wilkins was of different opin
ion.
'Iknow her a great deal better tha
YOU do, was his answer.
went home with him. There was
change in Mrs. Wilkins, a glance re
vealed this. The languor and exhauS
ton, SO painfully apparent on the pre-
lyious evening, were scarcely visible
leyes were brighter, her countenane
more elevated, her lips had frmer out
lime. / saw that some attention ha
been given to her dress; and, thong
not in the concert trim, it was plai
enough that it would not take her
very great while to be in presentabl
Condition. an
Wilkins was in error. His wife dl
go to the concert, and surprised bot
him and herself by the amount of plea: