Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1873-11-08

a dull, languid way, smost people think
he looks very much like his father
sOf course, that is pleasing to you,
Jane said, 'for l remember that you used
to pride yourself good deal in his fine
looks. You are very fortunate In your
and two beautiful little girls, you must
be very happy
AS Jane looked mp for some response
to ffer remarks, she was startled by the
woe-begone look Mrs. Fiske wore, and
she exclaimed:
sWhy, what's the matter, Marys How
detected you look! Was it too much for
you riding mp here?'
st fatigued me some, suppose. But
| that is nothing new. [ am weary all the
time. 1t is strange, Jane, that girls can
not know when they are well OF. If
YOU are engaged to Herbert Ives, you'd
better stay where you are. Now, You
can come and go when you please-at-
tend a lecture, or go out making calls,
or stay at home, just as you fancy; and
you have no fears, If you are pleased
with yourself, but what everybody else
Is pleased. But. If you get married,
you will want to please your husband,
and take good care of your children, if
you are so fortunate or unfortunate as
to have them, and that makes slave of
any woman
tsfWhy, sister Mary!' said Jane, open-
fng her eyes wide with astonishment.
what would Frederick think to hear
YOU make such remarks? Seems to me
he wouldn't feel very highly compii-
mented; and the dear babies, if they
could understand you, wouldn't think
they were very highly priced. / always
supposed that mothers, when they were
rearing their families, had great many
cares and anxieties, and that, if they
| were not quite wealthy, they had to
work pretty hard; but thought that it
was cheerful Services labor of love,
| and that they had a great deal of happi-
ness. Notwithstanding their cares
| 'Oh. of course, you can't understand
| it, vet; nor you never will till you
| learn it by experience. When you have
been married half dozen years you will
| view things very differently from what
| you do now
NAV be shall,' Jane replied, 'but 1
can't think that all wives and mothers
| feel as you do. This world would be a
pretty wretched place if they did. l
should be about ready to take my depar-
tiire., | am sure that our mother never
| felt as you are feeling
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\ No doubt, the thoughts of the contrast
between her mothers feelings and her
own, drew that sigh forth. Mrs. White
| whispered to Aunt Hannah in the but
terry:
| sWhat an awful state of things there
| must be between her and Fred. What
will it end ,in24 1 beg of you to stay at
home from the lecture this evening, and
have thorough talk with her, while the
rest of us are gone. I'd rather trust
you than myself. You never make bad
matters worse
At half-past seven most of the family
had gone to the lecture; and Aunt Ham
nah and Mrs. Fiske were sitting togeth-
er I'm Aunt Hannah's chamber. Every
thing i'm that chamber seemed cosy and
cheerful, and suggestive of comfort to
Mrs. Fiske. 1t seemed TO her, that eve
.tning, that she would always like to stay
there. The joys of her childhood had
always been shared with Aunt Hannah
Il i'm that room. and her tears had beer
! wiped away there. She said with hall
sigh: sF
sHow happy you are, and always have
been, havn't you, Aunt Hannah?'
z sFor the most part / have been pretty
. happy Aunt Hannah replied, but
have not lived without nv cares. YOt
have often heard your father tell how
n,uch was put upon me when / was only
twelve years old,-more than l knew
how to get along with !; but even then.
: was not really unhappy. 1t don't seen
t to me that you ought to be unhappy
J Mary, but Pun afraid you are. WheI
i you was u girl, at home, you alters lie
: me talk to zyorf Just as 7 pleased. Yol
/ will let me have the same privalege, to
? night, won't you? I've been achin' t,
i lshave real out-and-out talk with yo,
e for whole year; and I've been putin
it off. hopin' that you'd find your owl
way out of your troubles
6 why, what do YOU mean, Aunt Han
: nah p asked Mrs. Fiske i'm surprise,
q tone. You never heard me complain o
e thaving trouble, did you? Perhaps yo'
E overheard nae talking to Jane, this morn
ell ing, about lGheE cares and anxieties G
i, young married women. For my part,
G can't see how any woman could ge
r. along with the care of house and thre
a children without feeling tired out, and
), at times, utterly discouraged. l suppOs
It that you will tell me that my mothe
v dttln't feel SO, when she had six childre
a to do for. But thinks are different no,
II from what they were then. Fashion
4; are such, people can't do as they use
s to do. Then, father Is one Of those easy
t. good mortals who is not annoy
IS ed ii things do get q little topsy-turyy
le sometimes. ] can remember when h
II used to fly around and set back the chair
10 and pick up the children's playthlngs
T. he saw someone coming In He woul
d say to mother, Never mind, folks mu.
l. expect some litter where half doze
are.' l don't think there al
- many men like him in this respec
,r Frederick is very differently constituted
II rather think he is,' Aunt Hanna
re said to herselD.- It annoys him exceed
sri ingiy If eyerythingtisn mot imperfect OF
Is der. And L can assure you, Aunt Han
in nah, it takes all my time and strength
le keep things SO. 1 hardly find time
t, lOok:into' book or newspaper, and fe'
le as though Il was forgetting all that
i ever learned. Men go aud come whe
r. they please-and find time to read tt
I'd new spapers every day; and they don
in seem much more tied up than they iii
m before they had families .FfE-Is..
l Aunt Hannah had Started right. 81
- had led Mrs. Fiske to make just such +
i'd marks as she wanted her to make. III
if way was open for Aunt Hannah to ST
it. what she wanted to say, in reply. 81
--gIswas too shrewd and too judicious to cor
eti plain to any wife about her husband;
h. she knew that any true wife would be
ed it better to be told of her own fauli
MS than to be told Of her husbands. 81
Do said:
ce 81 have seen so many young wiv
( and mothers situated just as you al
Oh and feeling just as you do, and unde
d stand all about it. Such women beg
ia wrong. and git everything in the
ii households to goim' wrong, and th
I'm lgroan all the rest of their days for VIII
~ they have brought on themselves. Il
en- fact is, Mary, you commenced to sp
ss- Fred as soon as you married him, and
,ly Lyon don't turn right about you'll fini
tut the job, and very fikely ruin your chi
for rem; and do a vast deal of harm to yo
nd own sex, besides.' ~ II t
'as Mrs. Fiske no longer looked dull
ng pale. Her face was flushed, and
eyes were wide open. She was tho
'ke oughly areuced. She exclaimed:
ng Me spoil my husband, and ruin I
ides children! Me do harm to my own sc
hg Really, that needs some explanation.
md any one else had said that to me shot
ng feel indignant. But you, Aunt Ha
BY nah-you can't mean anything unkii
INT For PHYS sake tell me what you
ion mean. don't understand you at all
md have done the best that knew how
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