New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-05-03

not go RlSSnnB ABOUT conLlnually' DuI
only laugh when there is something
to laugh at.
Do you say they always seem to
have look of anxiety, as though they
envied the married women they meet !
Fudge! How blinded you are by
prejudice. If you wish to speak the
truth, why do you not say that the
wifes are manifesting this envious
spirit toward their single sisters.
To say nothing of being married to
a tyrant or to drunken brute, which
is too horrible to mention, take the
one beloved of her husband and con
trast her with the single lady or the
"old maid" as you call her. A thou
sand cares, which we will not attempt
to enumerate, have occupied her at.
tention until she discover, that it is
nearly dinner time. The children are
not yet washed and dressed. This
must be attendedto. Hastily she dips
a large dish Of hot water from the
boiler to temper the cold water in the
bath tub. just then she hears little
Kate and Charley in the next room
struggling and quarreling over a
China pitcher. She puts down the
hot water on the floor and runs to save
her pitcher from destruction. Scarcely
has she succeed when a terrific
scream from Tommy, whom she was
preparing to wash, assures her of
seme calamity. She flies to his
rescue and finds that he has COM
menced operations on his bath by
thrusting his hand into the scalding
water and has completely parboiled
the flesh thereon. His screams waken
the sick baby that she has spent so
much time in getting to sleep, and the
little thing, frightened from its slum-
Der, vies with Tommy in its screech-
ing. While she is attending to the un-
fortunate child she glances across the
room, and there is little Maggie with
mothers nice new lace cape which she
had pulled from the drawer that in the
haste was left open after getting the
cloths to wrap up the wounded hand.
And the innocent little creature is
using this to wipe up the water which
in the excitement was spilled ON the
dirty door. She snatehes this, but alas
too late to save it. Just then she
smells the meat in the oven burning,
and for the first time recollects that
the cook, half-hOur before, when GO
ing out on an errand, left the roast in
her charge. 1t is now probably burnt
to coal, and the company that hus-
band was to bring home to dinner, and
who are soon expected, will have
poor prospect for satisfying their ap-
petites. But the door bell is ringing
furiously, and as one of the little ones
manages to open it, there is seen
Mrs. Highfalutin, Mrs Gadabout, and
Mrs. Talkforever come to make call.
The baby, to whom one of the child
rem had given some bright red pep
pers from the kitchen table, has
rubbed them in its eyes and is now
squalling worse than ever. The one
bestowing them has met with similar
accident, and is joining in the uproar.
But we will not tell you of the rest
of this poor wife's troubles, which
rapidly followed those we have re-
lated. We know you could not en-
dure listening to them. Suffice it to say
that this is not half that occurs some
days. Look at her sad and care
worn expression as she, half-dead,
drags herself about. Look at her
pale or sallow CONFERENCE.-The
it with the rosy cheeks and smiling
face of your maiden aunt. Yet this
is what you call "domestic bliss con-
nubiaL felicity" We confess that we
can't see it. Still there may be a
great deal of poetry in this, to those
who are better qualified for appre-
ciating it.
o how greatly have old maids been
misjudged Howmuch pity has been
foolishly wasted on them who need |
none at all.
And now, dear girls, pray never al
low the thought to enter your mind that
to live maiden life is a calamity, but |
consider it rather privilege.
In conclusion, we would say, if you
want to find persons not given to gos-
siping, persons devoid of curiosity, of
envy, of jealousy and hatred, who are
unselfish, philanthropic, sympathetic,
cheerful, rosy-cheeked, happy, sensi-
bic, agreeable, oOntented creatures,
then go among our maiden ladies to find
them. Right heartily do we indorse
them, and shout at the top of our voices,
OLD MAIDS TODAY! and OLD MAIDS
FOREVER
Long may hey sodue :"
[For the New Orleans Advocated
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