The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1869-04-03
SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 8, 1869 :


they become only mcauipgless ceremony
something that creutcs feeling of disgust
Tea being over, I, nothing hceding Mrs.
Chubbs warning, cssayed few remarks,
which Mrs. Chubb, merely replied to, and then
became dumb as Memnon when the sun does
not shine OH him.
Again spake. She put her finger to her
lips, but did not heed the mute sign-thc
signal of distress Charles" looked up at me
with an inpatient glance, which 1 pretended
not tc notice. I insisted on talking; why
should remain dumb because Mrs. Chubb's
lord and master wished to read If he could
not read where was talking, let him go TO
his room; / had rights to be respect ed as well
as MIR. Chubb; all the rights are not on the
side of the men, the women have some too,
aud talking is certainly one of our rights.
This argued to Mrs. Chubb, after Mr..
Chubb had closed his book with sury look
and gone off to bed
Poor, dear snul! do pity you"
"For what ?" she asked with wonder
'.Such an awful husband."
"Why, my dear she exclaimed with
amazcment, Charles is devoted to me-"
"Spare me such Devotion
"Slc smiled sort of woe bcgonc smile that
spoke more of endurance than gladncss.
"Such ty.ant; We must sit here in dead
silence aud look at him, because hc chooses us
to do So"
but, MY dear, you know he must read
And l must talk did not cvrpc to sec you
to sit mum all evening. No member Of fam.
H.; has any right to come into the fami-
ly-circle of an evening and say to the others,
or you must not talk, or you must not
sing, because it does not suit my pleas
urc to hear you. | want to read so you
all must sit around silent as the wax figures in
Mrs. Tassauds show, and look at me; it will
bc very entertaining and improving emphy-
mcnt for YOU; it will be particularly good for
the women, for it will learn them how to be
silent, something they have not yet learned
| say any member Of Il family that does this
is domestic tyrant-und your "Charlcs
mil that head
has right to do as he plcascs.'
'.Iudeed:" and SO Henry, the Sth, had ii
right To decapitatc his wives; because hc was
the had of the family, he thought that these
poor woman could get along very we'll without
Mer heads. Let u woman once say to man,
by words, looks, or acts, ''you arc the head of
the house, you have right to do just as you
please" and who can tell where his tyranny
will cnl No, no; you must teach ''thc head
of the house that you have rights as we'll as
he has; that you have your wishes and your
preferences too. Say to him, in the words of
the old poet, say it in prose, if you please, 81
was not taken out of your side, sir to be tram
pied upon; but was taken out of your side
to be your equal"
"Bnt you know the master of the house
interrupted her, ''is not the master of
every living soul in IT,"
But you know, my dear, the head of the
house,
Properly speaking is the woman
That was not what was going to say"
"Of course not; nothing was farther from
your thoughts"
Il was going to say ''tAc head of the house.
frequently likes silence of an evening when he
is reading.
''Did you ever know woman the other
head Of the house, for house has two heads,
know-so supremacy selfish MS to pick up
{6S 3Ok and saw hlIsh all of Won! | the