The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1870-11-03
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ISH NUM- AShSo al ltAliuS NbtitDs III
quired Kitty Clair OF her mother, as she
held up large envelope, which enclosed
q beautiful goidedged letter sheet. all fine
~ written over; land what do you suppose
the letter is about, mother? | may as we'll
tell you at once, for | know YOU never be-
tray my confidence"
We will therefore insert it for the spe-
cIal benefit Of our young friends sim larly
situated, but who, it may be- are III quest
of the same advice:
DEAR KITTY ask me my opinion
respecting accepting the offer OF Mr.. Stock
ion. Well. know you are in love with
him, before | begin to reply. The mimi
teness with which you have described his
person and address, together with some
little conversational saiiies which you have
furnished US, Illustrating his and good hu-
NOR, all told me the state OF your heart
So to begin, with a person who sees only
the brilliant parts of ones character, who
feels that nobody ever was com parable with
him; nay more to talk over matters which
have been Incorporated IN your hours of
silence and midnight medtations, while
your thoughts have been skim ming over
the indstinct realities of n future home,
over which the lord of your affection pres
ides supreme, until at length wrapt in
dreamy forgettulness the pleasant images
have full realization in disturbed slum-
hers, where q fairy land is foreshadowed-
/ repeat it, to advise with such q person,
is no difficult task.
''But you must remember, nv dear
niece, Mr.. Stockton is but man. He IN
doubtedly has human heart, and you i'm
agine him possessed of a lively imaglna-
ton, which will always keep you in cheer
ful frame of mind. Ten chances to one,
Kitty, marriage will dlspel such an illu-
sion. just suppose yourself thrown III some
of the irritating bramble paths of life
suppose. your cook to have left you-with
company III the parlor, and few country
cousins In the chambers, and perchance
your present adviser IN some ante-room:
your chore girl knows nothing about spit
ting piece of beet, or dressing turkey;
you are thrown on Your own resources,
and pride and ambition are both severely
taxed. Your husband, 1t may be, brings
home particular friend TO dine on this
nnlucky day. The magic spell oi court
IS dissolved. He demands a more nUtri-
tious diet now. Can you steer through
such a blast and keep your self-poss ssion,
and be both cook and mistress i'll such an
emergency? II not, I beg you to consider
such case beforehand.
again, n married life other perplex-
tiles often occur. You may set your heart
upon some favorite project which not at
all comedies with your husbands taste.
Can you bear the disappointment and fail
IRE of such a scheme?
"Other days of disquietude may arise
Sometimes your Idol may seem dull and
taciture; no efforts ofyours can always dis
pei the gloom; perhaps it may arse from
moody temperament, which ends in a
natural way sometimes he NAV have en-
countered some proy0catIOnS from with
out, perhaps n friend has failed in bust
ness. or times look disastrous to him elf,
aud his conduct may sadly vex and puzzle
YOU; nerchance the fond appellations aud
pet names he has been wont to call you In
honeymoon times, are now seldom heard;
he pores over his account books, or he rat
Ties his newspaper as If be were reading
only to conceal his deep thoughts; eau ycu
with winning tenderness, always look
cheerful, and never put impertinent and
INCLUSIVE questions to him? Can You grad
ually smooth out d wrinkled brow by I'M
aided resources? If SO, You have essential
qualities which will make domestic life
happy. But | cannot dismiss the subject
here
"a few yeals hence, aud other loves gath
or about you. The double capacity If
mother and wife begins to be realized -
There are the little pet darhngs, climbing
over the back OF your chair, and lettering
by the side of Your knee, You have re-
newals OF love, which seem entwiued with
your very existence. BY and by they have
diseases incident to children Think the
matter over now. 1t is no small care and
anxiety to carry one child through the
whooplng cough, the measles or scarlet
ma You must be kept wakeinl for weeks,
and no warming Of others can secure you
against much maternal solicitude. Then
IN health there are thousand trials to
your temper and nowhere does the need
OF firm, religious, conscientious prin-
ciple so come in play as in educating young
children They are hayward ulischiey-
Gus. sometimes tantalizing. Do you know
how to govern such tempers? Ifnot COM
mence the study now, and be assured the
lesson is not learned in a day.
"One or two more cases and l have done
Can you repair al old coat make nice
htting shirt, re-work button-holes. starch
dicky, and iron u shirt-bosom? You
may laugh at these questions, but the
knowing how does not imply you are TO
do such jobs. Yet, IN ease of fortune, how
useful such knowledge may become Had
We not an instance of this kind Ia your
Aunt Sleeper? Did not her energetic &C.
ton save her family from ruin?
Finally, can You bear with 81 sick man /
Do you know anything OF good nursing |
CAN You move quietly in sick chamber, |
speak IN a subdued tone of voice. soothe q |
fevered patient bear with great irritation. |
and see kind Dlsposer in all human
events? All these interrogatories you may
smlle over now--an Italian Air, or the
Bird Song, may dispel such thoughts:
hut in coming time, depend up-
on it, the thought or the real
viii, in great events, give place
TO the imaginative. Maiden ladies', hnov
are ridiculed as sour grapes, but, Kitty.
| have had chances to change my condi-
ton, which foolishly rejected; because
The plain, honey gentleman dio not suit
my fancy. | have since believed the ster-
ling qualities Of the mini and heart are
all about which We should hesitate, other
things being equal. Never, my dear
niece, marry for Wit, outward appearance,
or MONEY. lsan Il turn gray n hand
some Il ct viii vrlazie by age. and money
sometimes 6 lost bit Il gooG uama never
furnishes. beg You TO think over what I 4