Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-01-24

AsHs Journal e. Haslfh which 10 Away
ssplsts with suggsstisns on health for Il,
masses, contains the following striking con
trast between the trouble arising IRON
housekeeping and those attending boarding
and hotels:
Every winter the number Increases in
large cities, especially in New York. Of per,
sons Who. having become tired Of village and
country life. or Of keeping house in she city,
look TO boarding at hotels or private houses
a. kind Of clysium, nothing TO DO but eat
and sleep and ualk about while there 10 q
blssful dsliveraace from the annoyance Of
incompetent, iaithlsss and blasneying ser.
wants, who, when you engage them, psoiess
Q perfect knowledge and skill In svsrythiaS
which pertains 10 the kitshsa, sad YET With.
10 week show that thsg know little Or NJ.
thing beyond the most common duties.-
They cannot even kindis Ere without ita
costing about three times q much - /,
ought to; they cannot bake lsaf Of bread
IL to eat their pastry would kill plow>
man In . week and even when 6srnished
most lsvishly With the very bsst materials,
have neither sense nor system in their pre-
passtion, and very few know how y cooA q
potato. But in escaping these vssatiess,
greater thsn those present thsmeelves 10 Q
boarding house life, and among The 6sss 10
the giving Wav Of health; the BODY bscemes
sleepy and dull the mind loses 'ss slsstici-
~, and soon bseins 10 waste itself 10 wor>
rying about the msress trifiss . very little
Inconvenience 10 nagnidsd, and looms up
in mountain ooue nfop oetiona.
One Of th N called on 10 reeenuy, lady,
we'll educated, elegantly dressed, and in
perfect TASTE. and-oersly 10 look st-any
man might b psoud 10 cell be- bic wife,
The moment che entered our elios she b.
gan 70 whine q sn aoasing rate, declaring
that she va IN state Of perfect physical
aud Gsntal prostsstioo, Il ~ very natu
rel for 10 10 inquire into the cause Of such
. hopeless cendltioo- She Wos beasdisg.-
A eouerous husband bed eursounded hss
With every thing calculated 10 sfIosd enjoy
ment, She he'd no children, end NJ ees>
wants to annoy her. llus hu.band Wss q
HE place Of business from 10 in Ne ioss>
noon 10 in the afternoon, and The remain.
der Of his time Vas ct his service. She
went 10 the races, attended the spssa, aad
visited her friends, and yse - psstsndsd
she was in perfect state sf physical and
mental prostration.
Into this gulf Of perdition will they o..
rive u no distant day who arrange TO 80
boarding % soon - married. instead Of 90
ing TO housekeeping A more unpso6ts-
bic mistake cannot possibly b. made BY the
newly married it 10 more n,schisvo0s in
wistes than in summer, for in warm wealth.
or The young wife can walk in ths street, Or
drive in the park. OF visit among her friends,
but in the winter thcy are cooped up in one
room. and spend hours At . window pane.
gazing listlessly out upon tho street-aisaid
Of The cold. yet dstesting the confinement,
while great part Of tho time, the husbaad
being ct bis busiaess, the mind Of the yesnG
wife 10 the prey OF thousand dieq udss
Al one time she lhinks her friends on
Sligti ing her at another, she bsesmes -.
vious Of others Who seem 10 b able 70
dress more slsgaally thas hsssslf, md che
begins to make uniavoSable compasisons to
herself aud 70 her husband - 10 their world.
" condition, and che becomes moody, o.
petulant, and complains, and the husband
wakes up 10 . asw discovery. and unwel-
come ~ 10 il nsw-that his wife 10 not
happy; not happy in her social position.
No man can doubt that in goisg to house,
keeping the prospect Of happy and thrifty
married life 10 unmistakably more promis>
ing than in the health and heart destroying
practice Of living the first twelve mo,ths Of
life in hotels and boarding houses
Very few young wives are safe in any pub
lie associations.
The papers abound in cases Of infidslity
TO marital engagements by the lately maj
a,ed girls being thrown into the society Of
men Of leisure, their husbands being es.
gagged in their business pursuits. The mere
dandy, loaier. or gentleman Of leisure has
every opportunity Of taste, and dress aud
address above that Of the nero man VI bust
ness to turn away . woinan's heart from her
husband by the mere fact Of causing her ct
first, without duplicating himself, to draw
comparisons against her hus.
band as 60 personal tidiness. One Of the
most splendid weddings that had ever taken
place then in New York resulted in sep
lra,ion, and broken heart, and pssna-
70 grave. within few years, by the wifs's
continued twitting her husband, whom they
scrc walking on Broadway or on The ave.
rue, about his want Of taste in the selection
If his apparel. "Why don's you bow -
Mr.. Blank doss" "li,s gloves are in per-
sct taste yours arc such % . countryman
sould selccs."
These things grew upon nor, while they
Iliena,od him. and living - they did, at the
inest hotel in the city, With uucounted god
Il their comlnan !. and nothing to compel
heir attention away from tr,tling things
heir minds dwe!s upon them, magnifsd
hem, allowed them to see nothing else,
With the result Of . separation under cir
,umstanccs that were infinitely worse than
leath. for then the grave would have closed
'ver every sorrow where's life Vas spared,
\ ith ito long ysars Of agony
vlaocQ's Last Explols.
The last exploit u vidocq, the famous
French detective, 10 said 10 have been IS
ollows:
A rich merchant went TO him to consult
III deficit Of l5o 900 francs which be had
ound on HE books. vidocq demanded:
What is the age Of your cashier :"
Twenty Bat am % sure Of him
~ am Of myse,f no has also been robbed.
lie Is . victim like myself"
Are you married 7"
"Ycs."
"iiow old Is your wife 10 she handsome!
10 she honest 7"