The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-11-04
FASHIONS AND FOLLIES,
Oae Of the Roads to Ruin.

Harmless tirtatous are the ''saucc pi0n>
e1t.' wish which yoang people season
their daily fare, au,i 20 long a. the partle,
cuncerued are possessed OF coniruon sense.
SD long will they d. no harm iilrls who
love, and love again, are not easily Injured
In their affections ami men DO not die of
broken hearts. They 1--we and suffer. and
/; does them good Men have died and
worms have eaten them But not Tor love. ,
Indigestion more Likely, or Il Of speen
as a fall in real estate So long as d.rta
ton Is confined TO the unmarried, ii can do
no harm until il ceases to be Irritation and
becomes Intrigue; but when it enters the
career OF nlatrlmUuy it l. a deadlier foe
than the plague Il Is 10 the women | ad-
dress myself, because she has the most
power, and cal. do The most harm. She
enters the family circle a. a freud is re-
ceiyed with heartfelt words Of weic0mc hy
the vie and mo- her. with caresses by n e
children. She aJands within the sacred
threshold OF home-the home she /, about
TO devastate-ani they see Oniy the angel.
Dot the demon disguised beneath She is
4. cherished guest the wife l. busy with
her house and children; las bat different
health; looks pale and careworn. for the
baby Is cross. and Bridget cannot d. every
thing TIE husband is young looking and
handsome; the advent OF baby every year
does notlmpair his constitution. The guest
plays he loves music. She sings; hi.
wife lost her voice when the first baby
came. The guest Is sprIghtly aud cnter-
tanning. Why doesn't Mary t.y to make
herself agreeable to him in that way? The
guest looks up IN his face aud smiles, then
signs, and suddenly bursts into tears, be
cause she is alone in the world " The man
would be prodlgIOus fool If he were not
real villain. He knows this woman whole
body l. not worth his true wife 5 little fiu.
ger, but. he /, II the power of the siren =
4 hey gloss over their "ickedness with the
usual clap-trap about "athnltes, and the
papers record an elopemeut In the general
serio.tragic style. OF the broken, hearted
wife, shamed by the worlds pity OF the
lutte children left to IFS charity, there is not
much to say. They would gladly shrink
into Oblivion forever The man would be
punished ultimately Ivy remorse, il society
would let him alone; bat there are exten
uatlng circumstances, it says. Either his
wife was TOO cold for man of hi, tempera
ment, and had no y mpathy with him, or
he was her uperior, and there was nothing
IN common between them. So, when he
Is ready to return and give up his infatua
ton, she must be ready to receive him
and make it all up. Yes, if she is good
true woman she will, aud let God take care
Of the cons, quences; but for the woman
who would leave her home in that way,
there Is no return from the ''infatuarion.
Her own and every other door Is barred
against her, aud abe sinks down. down
Why? Because there Is that III the heart
OF every women that Condemns her to death
The outraged purity of her soul avenges 1t
self. Ii IS her own hand that stones
her.
No woman can carry on Irritation with
a married man that Is not criminal. No
married woman can flint innOcently, even
with young man 1t is the first step to
ward unLailanclng hi character. Through
her he sees other women, and forms an cs
tlmatc. The young girl who enters fam
lily aud wins the affections Of the husband
and father knowinely-and she caunot do
IL otherwise entered on the road to
perdition. There /, = punishment for the
house breaker, but none for the home
breaker. WHO steals aud mars life s best
treasure Every woman has the first best
right to her own husband. lie is hers, ia
sickness and 1T health, to love and to cher
h. a. exclusively a she should he his -
lie i, to provide for her, hen r her, and
lcye her lie i, her protector against all
the adverse circumstances Of HE. No
other woman has any right 10 the same
attentions aud cndcarmcnts, aud Il wife has
tue perfect right 10 resent such intrusion
A man who saw another man ; arm around
h4 wife : waist would con-lder il case for
court, or an cxclcl1e 10 pistot->hooiing =
Women, with keencr scushlIi;ias ana finer
natures, feel 1t dccrer. 1t touches the
heart A certain sensible friend Of mine,
says there are two things she Will never al
low any hody 10 mcdde wltE-her husband
and he sewing machine Such hrtatione
are unworthy Of true manhoou or woman
hood. They blight the ives that were CIR
ated in the original of GOO and make The
innocent suffer fOI she guilty. Mothers
would do well 10 see that their dau hirr~
are NOT mentally grown on the morbid
books in which somtpoly l. always rcpr'.
scnfcd ~ falling M low with somebody
{ it husband OF VIE and 70 soul union
pictured. which * only intended go veil
the incarnation Of .u-t There are enough
men and women 10 tai! by the force Il rr
cuuafances, OF the GrrravIiy OF 0rlelUa
sn, without educating any 80 It. l. n well
enough to pull our OK or as ont of he pit,
bur We do not want 70 djg pits for them 10
fall into.
Many soul has gone blood stained, into
tie presence OF It's Mixer, s2ut ihither by
a cllmax of dark circumstances. brought
nbout by oman's Irritation. Don't tiirtl
Ii is uawoman!y i Is untrue your sex;
it Is wrong against that mother whose
memory you revere The man you are
tempting VII! MT re,pect you, aud worse,
you vii, not respect yourself!
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