Smyrna times., 1870-09-21
WISc e/Iun z 0Ms
What a Wife Gives Her Husband,

In marriage, man gives everything an,
"ouiAn nothing, | heard a gentleman -,
the other day OF course it Is AN obiao, "a a.
woman TO Q, marry, and none to man N''0' -
-'oW' IN not strong minded, =" nor des;r
UI2 , pI proving that women suffer wrona,
"iiLn Gdn only be rlghted by their possessi3,
H. IAN D"liTI oo& but when | hear a speecI
my blood boil '""' II makes
nan gives everything, does he? CertainI,
ne gives halt of all his worldly possessions Z
ne ne GnooSeS' and provides, by labor of somn
Niiu' SehGralIy the raw material of housaboI ]
oa'i"i' Dut women, 50 to speak cooks that
raw material for him. He hires rho bo,,l, ,n''
UT W, DuyeS 1t she makes of the bouse a bo;,o
men she marrle>, t she have one narticla ~
common sense, she knows that thereiie hnfora
I'T pain where duties are scattered tLickty
uuuea that may be sweet for loves SAKE
n,'',, II r''vii u themselves are SO hard that a
man would never take them up
IL Is not her purse, and as much of bor 4;,,o
as she chooses that the wife gives that i rho
~ HHSDahu portion OF the marriage contract
chg layS upon the altar her person, her Tbnrt,,
anu an Che hours OF all her days to be usai
LHl ~ nun ana Tor hls offspring thencefortb Will
they shall live. Yes aud She knows tb;s M ~
you who hold your blide S hand at the oItor
noIVlhg there true, good woman's hand ba
IoHG 'hat what you can give her to eat and to
Iil"H anu 10 wear are her temptations TO WIFI
r 9ou are mistaken. The fortune-b hunter
I'"!'l"e "e 10 Vi the same band as the fortune
HuhtGr masculine, and is as rare. To win ber
o'edu decenty Is now possible to anv rirl -.
woman and it is only one made If tbee a.,,r
Inat degeneratcs into a Formosa or Ano,,,l
VINO hiarrleS merely to have her hills nil e.,
lGI' MS creature who gives YOU notbinc to
" lloih you give all, as you vainIy imaOinn t.;o,
the great burden OF wlehood upon her sbonI H.
ers because she loves you-because to ro;r,;I
yer TO your comfort in health, to be your nnrsa
III Illness. to share your joy or sorrow vonr
~ tE,ITSPcIty OF aGVerSity, have become the cheer
lul pleasures of her life
lou Gu DO not know. perhaps, that the game of
housekeeping Is as intricate as the game ~
chess, and thatit is one that must nevor bo o.t
Ihat TINS regular provision of your meals this
"u'iIul arrangement Of your household bn.
lonslhgS' th'S making of the home, is a work of
odte ana thought and time that i'll or well the
vic uuaC supervise; that an hours neglact
would be manifest for whole day: that to maLe
an confortab Bile for on, your wife must abandon
her relaXatlonS, her frien lships, the d lice far
LiG'lte OF her lie almost altogether: that She
u'lIeSs exceptionally well off, may never take n
morning walk or read favOrite book. toucb
H. pinHu1' ner pen or pencil, until she is sure
n Inch In,lI
!! ~" OlIen that moment arrives let women do.
cue 1t Is hard to come to the end of a c;rcIo
40 noe mean to represent a wife as heinz ~
constant state Of wretchedness and toll of
course, but that she accomplishes bar tosL !
cIneeriully, and feels we'll repaid bv lov;n@
KISS, Tor aching limbs and weary hands and ;n9
leHectual deprivation does not make this gift
Of her time less valuable.
DO you suppose also, my good man. that wo.
man SdcrinceS no personal privileges on her
wedding day? You are very much mistaken
it you think so. No matter how Won NAV tnrn
Jut-and there is no guessing at that before.
hand-you must be the only man in the wo~Id
TO her thenceforth. She must have no more
't those charming half-sentimentel friendsbips
which are so dear to feminine hearts Instead
II trying to please as formerly, she must bear
lbout with her the dignity'of matronhood, and
ms Is hard lesson for some girls to learn.
Olngle, she may always feel entitled to an
scOrt, visit places OF ".uSement, dance, walk
hJoy herself socially with any respectable sim {
'le gentleman. Married, according to nv ,
ode OF manners and morals, which, if severe.
safe, she has no privilege Ii her husband I
oes not choose to take her to see or hear any. c
hing, she must stay at home. And here the y
american fails in his duty, as a general thing i
he Frenchman would be ashamed to visit the :
leatre without Madame. The German takes q
~ DetCer nalI unuer his arm, even when he q
oes to beer garden. An Englishman CON G
ders it respectable to take his wife along"
heneyer he enjoys himself; but the American
aves his wife to enjoy her distaff and her ST
abe, while he visits the theatre, opera and l.
lll-room with some masculine friend and suf a
rs no cOmpunctions of conscience. All wo. n
en know this; and put it to yourselves, gen oI
emen, whether, fit were in our power to say N
you, after marriage " You shall be her u
it if choose; you shall see neither pictures n,
,r plays, nor hear good music unless like IL
take you you would fancy that you run no al
k and made no sacrifice n
hen, leaving all these other little things there da
c those other little things the children The da
ther Oftenest longs for sons and daughters, mo
d each certainly costs him certain sum of de
Dney; but it is the mother who, at the peril of III
r life, in such agony aud terror as man cannot
mprehend brings them iGto this worldwide
YES them, during their .nfSncy, all her davs en-