Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-05-09


to his memorandum book this sentence,
froma recently pu blished work:
"Women must be constituted very
differently from men. A word said,
line written, and we are happy omit
ted, our hearts ache, as If for misfor-
tune. Men cannot feel it, or guess At it;
if they did, the most careless of them
would be slow to wound us so.'
The grave hides many heart which
has been stung to death, because one
who might, after all, have loved it, at
ter q certain careless fashion, was deaf,
dumb and blind to the truth in the SEN
tence We have just quoted, or if not was
at least FESTIVE and impatient with re-
gard to it. Many men, marrying late
in life, being accustomed only to take
care of themselves, and that in the most
cratic, rambling, exciting fashion, eating,
drinking, sleeping and walking, when
ever their fancy, or good cheer and
amusement, questionable or unquestion-
able, prompted, come at last, when they
get tired of this, with their selfish habits
fixed as fate, to matrimony. For awhile
it is novelty. Shortly, it is as strange
as irksome, this always being obliged to
consider the comfort aud happiness OF
another. To have something always
hanging on the arm, which used to
swing free, or at most, but twirl cane.
Then they think their duty done if they
provide food and clothing, and refrain
possibly from harsh words. All, is it?
Listen to that Sigh as you close the
door. Watch the gradual fading of the
eye, Il c paIing Of the cheek. not from
agc-shc should be yet young-but that
gnawing pain at tee heart, born OF the
settled conviction that the great hung
ry craving Of the soul, as far as you are
concerned, must go forever unsatished.
God help such wives, and keep them
from attempting to slake their souls
thirst at poisoned fountains.
Think you, her husband, how little
kind word, smile, caress, how little
to you, how much to her. If you call
these things "childish, and beneath your
notice." then you should never have
married. There arc men who should
forever remain single. You ase one.
You have no right to require OF wo-
man her health, strength, time and devo-
ton, to mock her with this shadowy,
unsatisfying return. A new bonnet,
dress, a shawl, watch, anything, eve
rything but what true woman's heart
must crave-sympathy, appreciation,
love. She must be rich i'll everything
else, but if she be poor in these, and is
a good woman, she had better die.
There are hard, unloving, cold mon
tstrosities Of women, (rare exceptlons)
who neither require love nor know how
to give it. We are not speaking OF
hese. That big hearted, loving, noble
men have occasionally been thrown
away upon such, does not disprove what
we have been saying. But even man
thus situated has greatly tho advantage
of woman in similar position, be-
cause, oyer the needle, woman may
think herself into an insane asylum,
while the active outdoor turmoil OF bust
ness life is at least sometime reprleve
tn him.
Do you ask me, care there no happy
wives p God be praised, yes, and glo-
rious, lovable husbands, too, who know
how to tIeat woman, and would have
her neither tool nor drudge. Almost
every wife would be good and happy
wife we're she only loved enough. Let
husbands, present and prospective, think
of this.-Zoudon Journal.