Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1865-04-01

Attention to "Other Mems wives.n
We have recently seen accounts in our
"exchanges,' Of most unhappy difficulties
that have arisen in families, on account of
married women permitting men to pay
them such attentions rs a wife should re-
ceive from nobody but her husband. In
soma cases, these difficulties have devel.
oped into permanent estrangenent and
separation Of husbands and wives, accom-.
panied with much scandal; and innocent
children have thereby been reduced to
state worse than that Of orphanage. No
married woman should ever expose her.
self to the danger which may result from
even innocent'y permitting men to pay her
! injudicious attention. A series Of such
acts and events, every separate one Of
which, taken by itself al>ne, may have
been unblamcworthy. car easily be woven
into chain Of testimony sufficient to
brand a woman with infnmy and send her
broken hearted to an untimcly and dis,
honored grave. Every married woman
should understand and appreciate this ter.
rible fact, and govern herself accordingly
We fnd the above in the N. Y. Lrdger.
The Ledger is received as good authority
upon all questions Of social etiquette ard
Fropr;cty in all circles. Still we beg leave
/ to differ with it. Good looks, far more
than good sense, governs the world. You
might as we'll try to dam up Niagara Falls
with s'rnws, ns TO attempt to prevent a
womar-no matter whose wife she is
from falling in love with handsome man
no matter where she meets hir1, or who
be is. AID you nigh. as well try to dam
the Missouri with a bat, as to try to
prevent her from exposing the fact upon
any and upon all occasions. These are
two things in this world that "can't be
did, When you can change human ma
ture you can prevent ali this-not before
Yet the Ledger is right in urging that
women should rot carry this sort Of Joke
too far. They have right to fall in love
with every man they meet, except Meir
husbands, but they have no right, by in
discreet conduct to bring disgrace upon
their husbands and their children. They
often DO this unintentionalIy, but they do
1t just as etfectually as if they did it de.
>ignedly. |. i. then too late There is
i;
far "s public opinion Is concerned, can not
be atoncd for by years Of cirrums pec,ion
aud proprey. The Lcdyey' is therefore
halt night, and half wrong. 1t is right in
giving good advice to the women, but it is
wrong III suppooing that they will .ay ncy
attention u it. 1t is right in pointing out
the 'nhrmi'ies OF human nature-,he fc.
male part Of it-but it IS wrong in sup
posing that human nature can be chang.
We believe it was woman that caused
the first trouble III the world Of which we
read: aud i: vii! be woman that will
cause the last. She is bound 10 have tie
frs: word, aud bound to have the last
She is bound to do as she pleases, regard.
less of rrcpriety, public opinion or the
New York Ledyer.
NEVER TOO Old TO LrARN.-It is sup
posed by most persons that second child.
hood is necessary result Of old age
History however furnishes US sufficient
number Of examples to show the t,l!acy
Of the unpleasant doctrine. If proper
amount of time is spen, each day in intel.
lectuol culture we believe the mind would
Continue to grow strong as we advance in
years.
Socrates at an extreme age, learned to
play on musical instruments.
Cato, Mt eighty years of age thought
proper to learn the Greek language.
Pintarch, commenced the study Of Latin
after he was seventy.
Boccaccio was thirty y'fve when he com.
menced his studies yet he became one of
The three great masters OF the Tuscan
dialect. Dante and Petrarch being the
other two
franklin did not fully commence his
Philosophical pursuits until about his iif-
teth year.
Accorso, n great lawyer, being asked
why be began the study Of law SO late,
answered, that he indeed began i, late, but
he could therefore master it the sooner.
Drydens most pleasing productions
were written in his ola age and he com.
meaced the translation Of tho lliad when
in his sixty eight year.
.
GONG To SEA --"B,ll, did yon ever 20
to sea?' II guess did. Las, year for
instance, | went to sea red haired girl
but | only went once "Whv so p BE.
cause her mother had mn unnlanss ", w,r