The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1872-08-02

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''That is not my fault. She can have |
more servants if she needs them, and I
when q man is willing TO pay for il, |
ion't think he should be blamed for her
am sick of hearing her
say Il am so tired"
''Then never let her feel it. a large
of servants only increase
woman's cares"
"Well, women are always taking un-
steps. ] have told Lizzie so
''Yes, / heard you once, and in ten
you asked for certain paper,
and instead of getting it yourself, you
her to go up stairs Tor IL, al
though she told you where TO ilnd II.
You have remarked frequently that the
women of the present generation lacked
stamina, and yet with your superior
strength you allow her TO carry your
heavy boy up stairs instead oi taking
him YOURSELF
"Why dosen't she ask me?"
"Ask a father 10 care for his child and
his mother? Did Won ever wait for her
to ask you to open q door i'm the court
ing days? Would a woman with proper
self-respect stOOp 10 ask a favor or at
tention which properly belongs 10 her,
and which Is, or should be, q gentle
mans pleasure to bestow ~
"LiZZie never complains"
"NO, and never would; IL Is only
women Of coarse natures who do that,
or in any way disturb the harmony OF
home. Because she has borne your sell
fishness quietly, she deserves the greater
kindness from you. such men should
catch Tartar IN the matrimonial draw
ing. Superior women invariably endure
in silence until endurance is no longer
possible, and then il takes keen suffer-
ing and bitter pain To make her ac-
knowledge her idol clay.
81 scolded Lizzie once for not making
Won bear your full share of family cares,
but she only said in her gentle way,
"'Don't blame Jamie, cousin, he never
was used to it, and as to asking him to
do little things for me, l cannot. The
attention 1Chich Is not prompted by Tore
I do not desire
''The truth is, Jim, you are commit
ting this kind of murder just as hund-
reds of others are doing, thoughtlessly
and selfishly, but surely for all that
"LizZie is ready to work her little fin
/ gers of for you and her little brood, and
/ you let her do it and even increase her
work.
'If she proposes an evening at the
opera, a concert or lecture, you always
/ think it too damp or she is too tired,
| when the truth is the house seems like
/ prison to her, and she is longing Ia
get out of it and rest. She is shut up
| here with a thousand nameless worries
while you go out and freshen yourself
I by contact with your fellOw-men, listen
{ to the news of the day, chat a little
smoke good deal, and entertain friend,
| in your Office. If business is brisk, you
work your clerks harder and pay them
well for il, and perhaps put your OWL
shoulders to the wheel Il little. Then
you come home and eat a nice dinner
which she is very anxious about lest il
should not please you, and then while
she is doing the hardest work known Il
women, caring for her babies, YOU
lounge and rest, or fall asleep in the Ii
braTy.
"DO you remember last winter when
your book-keeper was sick, how YOU
worked until nearly morning for {
week ?'
'Yes, and rough it was, too, working
night and day"
"Then think of Lizzie. She has not
had a full nights lest since little Jamie
came, and now the others add to hel
anxiety. You expect her to be yOu
companion, 10 entertain yourself anC
friends, to dress handsomely, receive
! gracefully, be an accomplished house
keeper, model mother, a ready seam.
stress, and oversee ali matters concern.
ing the house. This she does with sucl
help as your income admits of, and oul
unfortunate, unslSilled servants can nc
lrsl
finds her! Mothers know well theil
most precious hours are those when th,
children are safely tucked i'm bed, ant
the house quiet. This is her golden Oh
portunity TO gather up the raveled edge.
Ofthe domestic work and prepare for tn,
coming morrow.
"Nou do not think the nurse shoul,
be trusted with baby at night, and yol
do not consider yourself equal to il
simply because you have not taken ;
proper view Of it; for the good Fathe
never gave man children for him TO i'm
pose the entire care Of them on TN,
mother. As tell Mamie they are on
children and l must do my part of tn
labor as well as enjoy my full share q
the pleasure.
"LizZie's slumbers are disturbed. no
health injured and her spirits bro
ken. Many woman goes to her gray,
a so-called victim of consumption
whose life is worried out Of her by cease
less labor and the slow 'nagging' of
selfish man.
"Don't you put it strong, Capt. ?
don't believe men are quite so heartless
although / confess ] can see now tbo
my wife has rather hard life of il; pur
thoughtlessness on my part, and I.izzi
takes things so quietly.n
mo, don't put il whit too strone
Look at my white hair and remembe
that ! should have made the same mis-
take You have done, if it had not beer
Z for n good old friend. He came TO m
one day when | had been married
month or two, and gave me some advic
/ never could forget.
Blunt he says-'You have a younl
and pretty wife, see to it YOU take car
Of her; more women die Of starved heart
than the world dreams of. Don't le
yOurs-and above all, don't boast an
brag about your wife in company, an,
fret at her AT home. When the chill
dren come, remember "wOmen are TN
weaker vessepp and don't put all tn
care on her frail shoulders; If the babie
have to be cared for at night, remembe
who cares for them all day, and, Blunt
keep up all the little attentions you use
to pay her in the old days. If a maj
wants his wife TO look young and fresl
he must take care of her.
''That is about what he said TO me
and | have acted on it; Mamie keeps ul
her part well; the result is we are
happy old couple-and my boys didn'
have step-mOtheT."
"Well, Capt." said Huntley, "If an
the sinner you say am, ! must be;
| Lizzie's pardon"
"Right, my boy, and while you ar
about il. lust talk q little less ahonI