, 1866-11-30
NUMBER 90.
Indulsea Boy.--seIa.h mu.bnnd,.

! If had boy, my chief aim would be to make
! him yield to his sisters Why Bee1ass SO many
bays have been taught contrary lesson 4; their
4 selhshness every day growing stronger aud
stronger, till the day when they marry soms
! woman who is expected To "iall into llner-toe.
! out. head erect, shoulders square-at the uord
/ OF com iand, IKE their sisters. Il is a common
/ teIng 20 hear mother say to her daughters
You must do this, or that or omit doinc this a..
/ that, or some day you viii cause the uul,anni-
] ness OF the man ypu marry. When was a parent
/ v"vr known te say THIS t. a 5,y sh3rt bis r,tprs
w.fer The idea have 10 4Jfsht Iyo,Is h. eon.
Sidered quite la .icrdas. Bat 6jtxs YET to learn
"hy II l. no; as necessary In one SSisp1rSin tbsN
/ other. N1w, to ohligr the girls Ola f,pilv ta
/ he rhnetnal - the r meals, on penaIiy>af AZ.
e'shr' Hnd cold food, aud save warm break.
ttSt Tor the bog, Whenever he chpts., In lie /,
tel an h'Rr or two Later than ihe rest of tho
t'm ", Is making fatal mistake, as far as the
boy i concerned, aud rluctiiI, a selfish Inns.
O'"d t1r some p1pr uniDr u Ittr girl who nav
b ehirhPpei hy hm. Tta this foolish motb.r
viii be the very st to lam :nt To her circle of
symphthizing friends, that '.i.r ,hu" should
nave IN "rtl u whmun SO eXt:riug aud SO un-
yielding. IieH, tirse sisters will mourn pub
hcly that "dedr J3I1' sand have m,Ie such
a terrible matrm puial hlnnIcr as to marry "A
"o'n'n VINO was not enamored of meniiug his
slOvA'ngs every evening ia the week which la
spent out Of doors, in any Kind of amu.ement
thht the whim Of the hour suggested. Then.
aunis, and cousions, aud unrle,, ofthe hundreth
Gesreei wlII !oin and swell the chorus, tIt dear
John, IL he has not sense enou yh to see the dis,
crepancy between their preachin, and their prac.
ucei as exemplihed in their actions toward tbeir
own husbands, will believe himself entitled 10
honorable meution in ''Flxs Book of N trtyrsbI
The evil, have said, begins with the bows
nome education. Sister must me end his gloves
and stockings, and alter his shirts whenever he
Mlsles.
waiting upon his sisters 10 evening visits or
"mu5ements In favor Of other ladies, or may in
any other way show his utter elfshness aud dis
regard Of their natural claims upon him.
This is all wrong and boys SO brought up
must OF necessity clash, when matrimony pre-
sentS on any other side of the question than that
OF blind, uHswerying obedience.
Now, imagiue this selfshness intensified a
thousand fold by solitary years of bacheorhood,
and you Eave creature to whom 'The Happy
Family" would forever be a myth
In fact, Whichever way you look at it, men
never would be good for anything, were it not
for the regenerating influences of marriage The
most selfish man that ever was anufactured by
the system of education to which have alluded
inyoiuntarily and uuconsciously yields his wish
es and desires a thousand times "A day to the
cunning little prattler flesh Of his flesh, who
begS it with clasp of love about the neck or
a coaxlng kiss of the velvet lips. The man don't
e'eu hHo" tue cnlIu Is CnrlstlanlZl0g him, day
by day, faster and suter than Bible or PRAYER
book, both Of which perhaps sealed books
to him, through the mistaken pride of his man.
hood.
Perhaps you think that l imagine selfshness
to be peculiarly the vice of the other sex Not
at all. There are women who are most disgust
ingly selfish; wives and mothers unworthy both
these titles. But ! shall find you ten selfish
husbands to one selfish wife, and therefore call
the attention of parents to this part of their sons
education.S If half the admonitions bestowed so
lavshly upon girls were addressed to their broth
srs, the family estate and the public would be
the gamer. .-FdHaY FsFR.