The Tiffin tribune. [volume] (Tiffin, Ohio) 1848-1859, 1858-06-04
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wisl somebody would make me New
Years present Of q good wilel Here ]
am, thirty years old. and an Old bachelor
/ set. I'm sure re not nv fault. don1
at all relish coming home at night 50
lonely room, and yawDing al ,he evening
over a stupid book, without soul 10
J speak to. don't fancy darning my own
stockings aud sewing on my own SHIRT
buttons. BOarding.house life isnt the
greatest luxury in the world, especially
whom all the invalid chairs and broken
tables in the establishment are peusioned
off in your room. aud Bidjy uses your
hair-brush, aud snoihts herself with your
mWefuersi
Ia Ike a ros5 little vile and cheer.
ful, home as we'll AS any body Ia like
TO think ~ my daily labor down town.
Of Q pair Of bright eyes, booking ub and
down street 20 see Il I'm coming, of
kettle singing at tho Gre. and pair of
slippers put down to warm BY haads that
exactly correspond with the bright eyes.
But | don't know where The GOOD wives
haze an gouol have read about them,
and Heard about them, aud know they
once existed, but The rare is now extinct.
I've ex mined all the young hdies OF my
acquaintance, and not one Of them real
ICES my idea Of what wife should be -
want a gentle loving companion to sit
.at my tireside, cheer my existence. cou-
sole my sorrows aud share my iuys- -an
economical domestic. quiet hclpmate to
make home for me. An, II could only
ind such person. fF
1 doat waGt a wife Who goes rustling
about in satins aud silk-who PLAYS a.
viaeiy on the piano; and don know how
to make a shirt--who can onibroider on
velvet and patti in watef.colors. aud
hasn't the least idea Of the ingredients
necessary TO form an appl, pie
| don't want q wife who dances the
L1ucers with hole in the toe Of her silk
stocking. doaIwant awif5 who istoo
''neryous" to see to the affairs OF her
household, but who is petfee ly capable
Of fashionable dissipa,ions-w goes
into strong Mysteries because don't emo
gage a box at the opera, aud shops on
Broadway, wasting all my income in
great bargaipsl" and don't want wife
who reads novels and works in worsted,
with poodle in her lap. while the meat
| Is burning down sairs IN tho Kitchen
and the pudding is baked to a cinder.
There's Tie catalogue Of what | don't
want, and now | VIII enumerate the
things | do want,
want uice, stirring littla wife, whose
nicely fitting dress is made by her own
Ihqnds-who can make a loaf Of bread,
roast n turkey. or cook beefsteak-who
regards hole IN her husbands coat as.a
reflections on her own housewifely CHAR
acter, and who can talk about literary
news, aud even politics, as we'll as about
new dresres and new fashious--wh is a
l'dy in the kitchen as we'll as in the par.
lor, and who looks upon husband as
something nearer and dearer than mere
machine to pay her bills and hold htf
fan and handk rihief at parties.
Now, Mr. Editor, do you know any
such woman as this? My female acquain-
tanoes are all pretty wa2.doll creature,
with white, riohly-ringed hands and pale
faces, who don't know exactly where the
kitchen is, and would faint away if YOU
mentioned waSh-tub or u frying-pan ia
their. presented They are very pslssa-
ble drawing ornaments. but as to-
ever becoming thrifty, creditable wives,
one might as well marry tho revolving la
dies in the windows on broadway. -
Won't somebody give me a BIT Of ad..
vice2 Am | to die an old bachelor. or
am 20 marry huge crinollne, an infn-
itessmal bonnet and pair.ol YeiloW Kid
gloves, VITA a woman iWside Of 'em. T
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