Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1863-04-09
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Unless made Otherwise by vicious
training,a woman as is naturally tidy,
tasteful, and neat in herself and as to
allher surroundings as the beautiful ca
nary which bathcs Itself every morn.
ing, and will not be satisfied until
each rebellious feather is compelled to
take the shape and place which nature
designed. 1t is nothing short of bru-
tality't to war against those pure, ele-
yating, aud refining instincts Of wo-
mans better nature, and it is a hus-
bands highest duty, his interest, and
should be his pleasure and his pride to
sympathize with his wife in the culti-
vation Of these instincts, and to cheer
fully afford her the necessary means,
| as far as he can do so consistently.
No money is better spent on farm
or anywhere else than that which en-
ables the wife to make herself, her
children, her husband, and her house
appear fully up to their circumstances
The consciousness of torn or button
less jacket or soiled dress degrades a
boy or girl in their own estimation,
and who that is man does not feel
himself degraded under the conscious
ness that he is wearing a dirty shirt
The wife who is worthy of the name
will never allow these things if she is
provided with means for their preven-
tion, and it is in the noble endeavor
to maintain for herself and family a
respectability of appearance which
their station demands, with means
and help far, 4 too limited, which SO ir.
ritatcs, and ehafes, and annoys her
proper pride, that many time the
wife's heart, and constitution, and
health are all broken together. This
is the history of multitudes Of farm
ers' wives, and the niggardly natures
which allow it, after taking an intelli.
gent view of the subject, are simply
beneath contempt. What adds to the
better appearance of the person, ele.
Yates what, adds to the better ap
pearance Of a farm, increases its val.
ue and the responsibility Of the occu'
pant /; so that it is always a good in
vestment, morally and pecuniarily, for
a farmer to supply his wife generously
and cheerfully, according to his abiIi-
ty, with the means of making her
family and home neat, tasteful, and
tidy. 4 dollars worth Of lime, shil-
ling ribbon, or a few pennies worth
of paint may be so used as to give an
impression of life,. of cheerfulness,
and Of thrift about homo altogether
beyond the value of the means en-.
ployed for the purpose. a" s'' .'
Finally, let the farmer always re-
member that his wife's cheerful and
hearty cooperation is essential to his
success, and is really. of as much val.
ue in attaining it, all things consider.
cred, as anything that he can do and
as she is very certainly his superior
in hor moral nature, it legitimately
! follows that he should not only regard
her as his equal in material matters
but should habitually accord to hel
that Difference, that consideration, and
that high respect which is of right
her due, and which eau never fail to
impress on the children and servants,
who daily witness it, a dignity aud al,
elevation of manner, and thought, AID
feeling, and department which will
prove to all who see them that the
wife is a lady and tue husband man,
gentleman and large pecuniary
success. with high moral position
and wide social influence, will be the
almost certain results. .1af 4..t..a