Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1858-11-18

PORT TOBACCO, Md, THU
Il don't say that to wound you, Sue,
heaven knows" returned her friend "but
there may be more at stakes than you may
think now, and I should i'll perform my du-
ty if cheated you into different belief ;
a woman may lose all but her husbands
love and still be rich.
Il know it." murmured she.
"Then as you regard your future happi-
ness, let your husbands love outweigh
everything else it is yours now, I trust !;
keep it. and to do this, home must be made
the happiest place on earth that is a part
of the charm, indeed great part of it that
keeps the fame bright, happy home; you
understand me, Susie p
Eyes. yes, go on, whispered Susie, hid
ing her face in her hands, you have some
secret I am sure, that do not know, that
makes your home happy I have tried my
best, my efforts have failed, if you know Of
anything new, tell me.
..And you won't be offended"
"Ofended %
eyes, if [ speak the truth, as should
have to do if impaired my secret to you"
s.Indeed I will not
.'Then to begin. How to make home
happy, as some poet long ago beautifully
said
sssHome's not merely four square walls,
Through with pictures hung and gilded;
| Home is where affectionscalls,
| Filled with shrines the heart hath builded.'''
| So that constitutes home.. 81.
"sHome is where there's one to love,
| Home is where there's one to love u.s.
.tAnd yet, Susie, my secret is that all
the love in the world will not make truly
happy home without something else" !" saa
..And that %
.sPray don't interrupt me, Sue Sup
pose my husband should fail to provide me
with food to eat, clothes to wear, when I
knew he was abundantly able to supply me
bountifully, how long do you think any
love would last, and how happy would Ibe?
It is a husbands place to provide; to see
that there is wood in the shed, -four in the
barre, meat, vegetables, &c., to see that
his wife has the conyeniences she needs, and
| that she has what assistance she requires,
that is if be is able to meetthe expenses
q s
line, Susie p
..No indeed; William is bountiful pro-
WIDER"
s.And now comes the wife's part; the
husband provides house and furniture,
the wife adorns the house, aud arranges the
furniture; he provides provisions, and she
prepares it for the table; he furnishes
clothes, and she keeps them in repair; you
understand me, Sue?"
Yes, yes p.
.'Now suppose, after the husband has
done his parte has furnished sweet little
house, and expendend much Of his earnings
in buying furniture to adorn it, the wife
fails in her part. and the little house is
gloomy, untidy, unhomelike place; suppose
that she allows the lcob-webs4to veil the pa
per he chose. to please her taste, the dust to
be heavy upon the tables, chairs, sofas and
books; suppose that she forgets CD to keep
the paint clean and the door-knobs bear the
prints of dirty fingers, the beds are not made
It'll noon, and she is found at that hour in
her untidy dress, reading or embroidering
What encouragement would there be for the
husband of such wife.
''And that is not all !" continued Kittie,
1.-THE husband provides provisions, but it is
either wasted by carelessness, or spoiled in
cooking; he brings friend home to dinner,
but is mortified at the half washed china
and slovenly table-cloth, the burnt meat
and half cooked bread, and soggy potatoes;
he naturally thinks of tables he has been in
vited to sit down to (perhaps by that same
friend who witnesses his mortifcation4 where
the bread was like snow, the meat roasted
to turn, the vegetables mealy, and the
dishes and linen spotless; he remembers the
lady who presided, perchance, in but print
wrapper, yet clean and neat, with smile
of welcome and naturally contrasts that me-
mory with untidy wife in her slovenly morn
ing gown, hair perhaps in curl papers, and
wearing very unwelcoming look with all !;
and, instead of feeling cheerful and pleasant,
he is moody and unsociable. What think,
Sue?
''That is about So" whispered Sue.
'And suppose that wife, instead of being
economical, is wasteful and extravagant;
suppose that whenever her husband sits
down~of an evening she is talking about
that love of bonnet, and that charm of
Ia pin.;' suppose too, she wasted time upon
useless embroidery, that is useless in COM
parison with other things, and leaves her
husbands coats unmended, his collars un-
ironed, his handkerchiefs, unhemmed, his
socks nndarned, his gloves ripped, and eve
rything where he can't find it; what think,
Sue pr sdsa.isi .r s6
There was no response; the fair young
head had sunk lower and lower, and the
tears were trickling between the small fin
gers pressed over the blue eyes. ,saa
Don't cry, Sue,'' whispered Kittie.
Rnt Susie wnnld