Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1871-05-05
e. While at the table they were quiet

In the evening the cnllQfen amused them
selves together with joining maps and pug
zles while Mr. Merwyn gave his wife thu
particulars of his journey At bed tiu'
| they came to their mother for kiss, which
she gave them. They then somewhat tim
idly approached their father "Won't you
kiss us, father ?" said Anne; ''mother says
we have been good to-day" The father
kissed them with glistening eyes.
When they were gone he said to his wife,
"Helen, how you are changed how much
brighter and happier you look than you did
a month ago. and not only that, but you
have grown suddenly taller. higher in mind
and body And the children-.what has
come over them They are not the chill
dren left; they are good, gentle. well-be-
haved How is this p
Then the wife, amid tears and smiles,
poured into the ear of her listening husband
the history of month, her newborn resolu-
tions, her trials, and now her beginnings
Of success.
"And you have accomplished SO much in
month, Helen 1t seems impossible.
Il have, to be sure, exerted every power
of nay nature, if it was in the power Of hu-
man effort to do it, trust have made a
beginning. I have discovered affections
and capabilities in our children which 1 new
er suspected My dear, husband let US join
together, let us persevere; and who knews
but we may yet deserve and enjoy the bless
ing promised to faithful parents 2"
s'My Helen, I thought Of little else du-
ring my journey. I came home with my
mind full of it. I had determined to alter
many things in my business and domestic
habits entirely with reference to the best in
terests Of my children. though, [ confess, l
was not sanguine in the hope Of any thor
ough and radical improvement"
II ours passed while the husband and wife
eommuned of tho future, making resolutions
and forming plans to carry out in the best
manner, the reformation of their children,
SO happily begun"
Extravaganza i'm Women.
BE determined and you'll get it," said
one lady to another the other day in regard
to buying an elegant set of furniture fer her
drawing rooms The lady had been pur-
chasing the most beautiful carpets you ever
saw, andsnow khelwas telling her friend how
much she wanted an entire set of new furni-
ture to match them.
Is this the way that many Of the women
of the present day are running their hus-
bands Is this the example they are setting
their daughters, while training them in their
turn to become wives Is it this that causes
SO many family endorsements, SO many
business failures?
This is very serious evil 1t is the chief
reason why SO many young men are afraid
to marry They are attracted to the lovely
young ladies they meet in society; but they
see them dressed like qceens, living in homes
filled with every luxury; and they are too
proud to ask them to share their small in
come and commence married life in simple,
unostentatious style, and wait patiently
for an honest man to acquire slowly an hon.
est fortune.
Take a young Doctor, for instance, well
born. highly educated, skillful in his pro
fession, but just beginning his practice, with
no pay from the poor, and little from the
rich how can he possibly start in life with
wife! Evidently ne CANNOT ne must e.
without one until he has earned enough to
begin in style. 1t is the same with a young
lawyer, and with most of young men these
all must wait until they are able to have a
snowy wedding take the fashionable wed.
ding tour, and then keep house in style to
which the fair one has been accustomed in
her fathers abode.
Now there are young ladies who, perhaps,
would say they are willing to deny them
selves their accustomed home luxuries for
the sake Of faithful, loving husband but
those who would seek suck. are afraid to
trust them. They so little know and I'm
derstand what it is to economic in personal
and domestic expenditures, that it would be
dangerous to try them. The wise young
man is fearful he would be brought into
perplexity.
How shall this state of affairs be remedi
ed ?-Lynchbury Neaos.