Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-07-08

Men continually mistake their vocation In
life, and undertake duties for which they have
no natural qualification. The lmpulsiy6 artist
who considers himself better man Of busl.
ness than his lawyer, and who will therefore
manage his own afialrs, comes 10 grief by
the way; the famous clown who complains
that he IL a first rate tragedan spOllt, and
disappears into tho provinces TO play Hamlet
TO the natives, as often as not breaks down
Ia the ghost scene, and tails of In gag that
sets the back benches 10 roar; the thick
witted squire who cannot keep a secret 10
save his life. and who never sees farther
ahead than to-day, thinks his righteous mis-
sion diplomacy because he can put hls ten-
ants Into good humOr on reut-day by bic bluff
jokes, and go undertakes the most delicate
bit OF social intrigue In his nelghbOrhOOd,
withdhe result OF universal confusion and q
FASTENED catastrophe; and the poet, whose
hands are "a white aud nevertheless asa wOm-
ans, and whose life Is n dream, lAments that
he was not sent TO sea at an early age, because
the ''clash OF elements" delights him and gives
him ideas for brace Of sOnnets.
II these and other such square men eau DO
kept from carrying out thelJ mistake Into
| action, aud prevented from thrusting them
selves Into round holes, 1t Is all rlght-lhey
are saved from failure and provided with a
grievance, either Of which Is an lnestlmable
boon; but II they get the upper hand OF cit
phantasy, then they make mess Of their
lives which no after efforts can repair. One
OF the mistakes into which some OF them fall
Is marriage. There are men who have no
vocation Tor marriage. Home Is u word that
has no real meaning for then-a place where
there Is no charm aud rs little duty. A wife
Ii a Tie, a clog, an incumbTance OF al best
painful necessity but a half" bet
ter or worse, q helper, or companion; aud
children ART lOcnsts that deYOuT hunters and
opera stalls, kid gloves and little dinners"
at an alarming rate Of progression, and1nally
grow up Into tall men and women who make
the best work Of tailOrs aud halrdressers an
anachrOnlsm. These men maHled Que day,
because they had committed the unpardon-
able folly OF giving way to a temporary mad
ness they called love, and they recovered by
the process; or they sold themselves for 80
much 10 the stocks, to ind the bargain when
concluded too bitter to be dlgested.
They are bachelors by nature, aud no legal
ties can make them anything else. Their
line Is essentially single, and they have no
notion OF life a deIr. They give up no old
habits OF their bachelor days because OF the
wife at home, recognize no new duties be-
cause of their change OF state. The utmost
concession they make TO their condition Is 10
DO seen together In formal society, aud 10
receive formal company al home. For any
thing clOseJ or more dOmesticated--io tete-
a iete evenings passed with the wife alone,
for pleasaut little jaunts together, renewing
the love time and the honeymoon, for con-
yersation carried on with grace, with spirit,
with desire 10 please or to shine where she
10 the ouly listener, for anything Ike home
Joys OF home pTlde-they have no more yO-
cation or desire than they have for rocking
the cradle upstairs M the young lOcusts sue
cessfully arrive. TiOt1OUrS perd5fI 10 the
text on which they found the acted sermon
OF their lives; and In their fear. Of getting
prematurely tired OF their matrimonial par
fridge, they are careful 10 take her society
only In lnAnitesimal doses, and not 10 risk
the chance of being clOyed by a burfelt.-
TiRsLeys Magazine.