Smyrna times., 1870-12-14

annoying tnaH tnat display OF sHtcClOn winch
husbands aud wives show to each ether III So
ciety. That familiarity OF touch, these half
concealed carresseS, those absurd names. that
prodigality OF endearing epithetS, that devoted
attention which they hauut in the face OF the
public as a kind OF challenge to the wsrld at
large tn come and admire their happiness is
always noticed and laughed at, and sometimes
more than laughed at Yet to some women
this parade of love is the very essence of
married happiness, and part of their dearest
privileges They believe themselves admired
and envied, when they are ridiculed and Scof-
ed at and they think their husbands are mod
els for other men to copy, when they are taken
as examples for all to avoid. Men who have
any manlinesS, however, do not give in to this
kind of thing though there are some, cffc-
inmate and gushing as women themselves, VIII"
like this sloppy effuSlvsness OF love, and carry
it on into quite old age, fOndling the ancient
grandmother with gray hair lavi>hly as they
had fondled the youthful BRIDE aud seeing M
want of harmony in calling a withrrsd cd dame
OF sky aud upward by the pet names by which
they had called her when she was II slip OF a
girl Of eighteen. The continuance of love from
youth to old age is very lovely very ehrering
but even John Anderson, my 10, would
lose its pathOs il Mrs. Anderson had ignored
the difference between the raven locks and the
snowy brow. This public display Of familiar
affection is never seen among men who pride
themselves on making good lovers, as certain
men d0--thOse who have reduced the practice
Of love-maklng to an art, science, and know
their .e>siOn to letter. These men are de-
lightful TO wnmeT who like nothing so much
as being made love to, as well after marriage
as before; men who take matters quietly, and
rely on the good sense OF their wives to make
matters quietly, too, sail araund these Scien-
tihc adnrers tor both depth and manlinsss
Aud If women knew their best interests they
would care more for the trust than the science.
Harper's BGzdr, writing of the assemblage
OF Congress, says: " La the oIdcn time the
wealthy senators and representatives. used to
journey hithsr from their homes in their own
carriages, which they thus had for their use
during the session in this city of magnificent
distances. Rufus King used to come with his
four bays the four iron grays which Jackson
drove from the Hermitage when he was Srns
tor have never been surpassed and Calhoun
four in hand chesnutx. which brought him and
his family fr0m Fort Hill, were much admired
Henry Clay. when he was first member oi
the House, rode from Ashland here on thor
ough-bred colt OF his own raising and it took hin
longer to get here then than 1t now does Cali
forHia member of Congress to come 10y rail trOm
the Golden Gate, Nova days these Congress
Ren who keep carriages bring their establish
ments by rail, or have them come by steamer
So the line stepping grays Of Senator Edmund,
come from Vermont, fresh and in good condi
tion, and the bays of Representative Eloope
we're on PENNSYLVANIA avenue on the thin,
morning after they left the tnrtuous streets o
Boston while half a dozen or more turnout
that last week graced Central Park arc now t
be,ssen in our pewTural drive in the ground
OF tAe Soldier" Home =" ."
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