The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1865-10-28
Praise Your Wife.


Praise vopr wife, man: forpity's sake.
give her little encouragement; itwon' t
hurt her. She makes voar home com.
Portable. vour he1rth bright and shining.
vour food agreeablc-tor ritY's sake, tell
her vou thank her, ifnothing more. She
don't expect it it will make her eyes
open wider than they have these ten
years, but it will do her good for all that
and YOU too.
There arc many women, to day. thirst
inc for the word Of prnse, the language
of encouragement. Through summers
heat. through winters toll, trey have
drudgcd uncomplainuingly, and so &C
cua;uuucl lnVu rho;r iotho,--, L,,e ~, or,
and husbands become to their monoton
ous labor7, that they look for and upon
them as they do the daily rising of the
sun and its daily going down. Home
every dav may be made beautiful bv an
ann~ocirtion Of holiness. You know
that If the floor is clean. manual labor has
4 hoen performed to make il so. You
know, if Won can take from your drawer
a clean shirt whenever you want it, that
somebody's fingers have archcA in the
/ toll Of making it 50 fresh and agreeable,
50 smooth and lastr1ps. Everything
that pIe9SrS the cve aud the sense has
been produccd by constant work much
! Thought, great care, and untiring efforts,
bodily and mentally.
It is not that many men do not appre.
c;atc these things. and feel glow Of
gratitrle for The numherloss attentions
bestowed upOn them in sickness and in
health, but they don't come ont with a
hearty -."Whv. how pleasant ynu make
things look. wife - or. Il am obliged tC
vou for taking 50 mnch pains; They
thank the tailor for giving them fits,
they thank pan in full omnibus who
gives them seat; they thank young
lady who moves along in de cOncer
room--ln short, they thank everybody
ont Of doors. because tits the custom. ant
come home tip tleirahair back and the
heels up, phil out the newspaper. gum
bic if their wife asks them to take tn
baby. Scold II the fire has gone down
or, if everything is Just right, shut thei
mouth with smack of satisfaction, bu
never say, II thank you"
| tell YOU what men, young anl old
|, if you did but show an ordinary civilit,
toward those common articles of house
keeping, your wives. if you would Civ
them the hundred md sixteenth part o
the compliments you almost choked then
with, before you were married, fewer We
men would seek for other sources of al
foction Praise your wife. then, for a
the good qualities she has, and you ma
rest assured that her deficiencies ar
cJunterbalanced by your own,
WOULDN'T MARRY A MECHANIC
4 young commenced visiting a youl,
woman, and appeared to be we'll pleased
One evening he called when it was quit
late, which led the girl to enquire wher
he had been,
Il had to work to night, replied til
young mar,
"Do you work for a liying?' enquire
the astonished Girl,
"Certainlyj am mechanic, " he re
piled,
My brother doesn't work hard, an
e [ dislike a mechanic" and she turne
) up her petty nose.
= This was tie lasC time the mochani
visited the young lady. Now he is
7 wealthy rIan, AMI has one of the best c
womoaf for a wife. The young lady VIII
5 disnked the name Of mechanic is now tn
, wife Of miserable iool--a regular ';
grant about Qror.hops-aud she, poo