New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-06-29

we are epguIfed in sorrow and wrltne IN
agony. Mans vitality can not bear this
long, and nature :nstinctively arouses her,
self to cas-: OF :be crushing weight. A
Thousand and one petty annoyances crowd
into our daily lives: no terrible symptoms
place nature on the alert, ard almcs, i'm
perceptibly size Yields 70 the slow, constant
friction upon the main springs OF lite, and
sickness ard prema: sure infrnity oyertahe
Us. if not an early death.
Nowhere are small things go pctort for
good or evil as IN all the relations of home
that world within world, that nursery for
the outer lie, where Men and women are
prepared for broader walks and weightier
responsible, ties: nay, Is j: claiming 100
much to add. where they are reared Tor
heaven or LeI!' Ye. parents think little
OF passionate clastseDent. every stroke OF
which Is to the child but an angry revenge;
think little Of polite or convenient lies,
every ut.erance of which is lightly and
easily leading the child out into the vast
arena Of faIsehood where his own purposes
will be the only limit to his deception:
think little OF angry disputes before the
children, who should find a unit in those
appointed BY God to the mutual work Of
training souls for time and eternity. Fathers
who return 20 your homes to vent all
the accumulated ;rritability OF the day,
think Of the effect upon the hearts OF your
children; they are as quick to see Injustice
in you as IN others. but far more ap: to mi.
tate it il you than in others. and oh. it is no
light thing. no slight Sin to add SO wearing.
SO constant friction to the overtaxed
nerves Of the woman you have sworn before
God to love. protect and shield; and. oh!
what woman does not know the weary
aching Of the heart when it receives reproof
and angry retort, where it should have re-
ceived co.nmendation or sympathy! Per
haps not one 10 hundred. Ie wives who
harrass your husbands with wants beyond
their means 70 crafty, think well OF the
power of daily worIiment to estrange the
heart and turn paradise into pandemonium.
Remember what home should be to your
children. and hush all undue wants into
silence.
In city life, perhaps, the most respon-
sible person outside of the home circle for
home comforts is the landlord who builds
houses apt to be rented by the genteel poor
1t is remarkable in our city what little
thought is given to the human creatures
who may inhabit them; the only idea seems
to be how little can house be built for
that will rent for SO much and perhaps no
landlord who runs up q shell OF house,
minus closets, pantries, Gliding windows
and closely fitting doors ever dreams that
he is responsible only in second degree
for many Of the derelictions Of the wives
and mothers who may dwell in them. No
one but . woman can fully estimate how
impossible It is to keep a we'll ordered
house without proper places for every
thing, and in disorderly house few women
can be 80 seNcontrolled as to be at all
times fit 70 govern her children and study
her husbands wishes. Think Of this. land
lords. when building houses likely to be
rented by the genteel poor; recognize a
moral responsibility in building them. and
spare not a few hundred at so weighty a
cost to Othecs-nay, to yourself, too.