Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-10-30

Hlahiioi iauialeu u magnetism unmiStaka
bly, repellant, Had Mrs. Penney remain
ed healthily sunny, bakers bread wonif
undoubtedly have satisfied Mr.. Penney
Deprived OF the joy he needed, and bad
| been accustomed to, he turned. man fa oh
ion, to finding fault with what nnda,
other circumstances, he never wonId ba,,o
| considered for moment
| You are not well, this morninr Mr..
Penney" said the kind voice of the seam.
stress, as the lady nervously brought ont
the material she wished made I'D.
| mo. l am not very we'll" she replied
apparently more to herself than to her
| companion; but | don't mind so mucb
about that | mean l could bear i'll health
very we'll, if didn't have other things to
trouble me- ~
The pale face of the dres shaker lighted
up wonderfully, as she met the tired ewes
of her companion.
"My dear Mrs. Penney" said She with
sudden inspiration, will YOU allow me to
express my thought? Perhaps it NAV be
ofservice to you. | have had a very hard
life, and only by personal experience have
| l ever learned anything; experience of the
richest and most agOniZing description ~
Il wish you would tell me something y
replied Mrs. Penny, with culver of the
sensitive lip. Il am doing the best | can.
and yet, Mrs. Harris, am failing utterly
IN accomplishing that which is dearest to
my heart-the happiness Of my husband
and the comfort OF my home"
| You think you are doing the best Won
can," continued the seamstress; "here Won
| are mistaken"
But. Mrs. Harris" interrupted the
| lady. with an offended air.
wait one moment and l will explain
prove the truth of my statement by your
| own words. You acknowledged. a
moment ago, that you were not well, but
| that this fret was of small importance
| compared with other things. Now. 7
| maintain that health is the groundwork
OF all happiness, the beginning and end
| OF all progress. Without health YOU can
| no more be companion for your hus-
band, and a wise mother to your child
than your husband could be a good bust
ness man without it. This, then, is the
first thing to be considered Your nerves
| are rasped, your child is more of burden
than joy, your pretty house an unpleas-
! ant responsibility, your husband seems
| lnconslderate and unappreciative; and the
demon that has brought about this com
plete metamorphosis lies entirely in YOUR
self-your present lack of healthy foun-
dation'
But John doesn't seem to sympathize
with me in these cares" broke in Mrs.
Penney. Il tell him in the morning how
troublesome the baby has been, and all he
ever says is, Is that so, sis? I'VE heard
mother say that children are very apt to
be cross at that age. You'd better lie
down when the baby does to-day, and see
if you can't get good snooze.'"
Exactly" said the seamstress. "Do
you ever act upon this advice?"
mo; how can |? all the time [ have to
sew and attend to things is when the baby
is asleep.
Better let things 90 without attention
until the little one is less trouble
And then John would find fault with
the disorder
Il donot think so. Your nervous con
dition makes a nervous atmosphere that
your husband feels as soon as he enters it.
The real difficulty he does not realize any
more as yourself. The elements are dis
COrdant. He is Immediately thrown out
OF equilibrium, and in trying to restore
himself he takes hold of the wrong string,
and the result is domestic chaos. Woman
must make the home. There is no way
Of getting round thatfa Your husband
makes his place Of business-makes the
y
| which he has right to expect cOmfOrta-
| bic when he flies TO 1t at night"
But is husband t. have no response
| bilitv in home matters?"
! You would not think of finding fault
with your husband because nature had
| not endowed him with the means of pro-
| viding his baby with the first food 1t
! needs"
| Mrs. Penney laughed.
| That seems very ridiculous, does it
not? and yet it is no more so than the
J hundred and one things women demand
OF their husbands that they are equally
unable to give. Woman is the natural
nurse of the man as we'll as of the man
child! BY nurse, in the first instance, [
| mean the comforter and inspirer. With
| out health you can be neither. What,
tlen, is the result? You know as well as
! | do. Sometimes divorce, sometimes de-
| sertion, sometimes dragging Oat Of ex-
| istenCe more terrible than either"
| Il wish you had heard Mr.. Penney find
fault with the bread this morning" said
| the little lady dreamily.
The bread was something tangible,
| something he could get hold of The real
| diifiC"lty was not. Something needed
straig htening out; he tried to make him
| self believe it was the bread he was lrrl
tated about, but, my dear Mrs, Penny, it
was something far back of that; have
no doubt [ could trace it by actual grada-
| ton; but, at the bottom was the disordered
state Of your nerves, caused by neglected
health. Get well, and your bread will be
all right
DO you really think so, Mrs. Harris?
But how shall get well?"
by taking advantage of every possible
moment to make up the sleep you have
lost; by arranging with your servant, even
by paying her more wages, to take care OF
| the baby while you go out to ride, or walk,
or make visit; to- change conditions as
often as YOU can make it convenient, and
especially to arrange to accompany your
husband when he desires you to be with
him"
"Oh, John hates to go out alone of an
evening. Last night he hurt me dread
fully by saying that if the baby kept on
interfering with his pleasure he should
dub it a nuisance! Poor little baby! tie
wants me to have nurse; but how can l
trust stranger with my treasurer
There it is-as plain as sunlight In
this last remark you have shown me your,
self and husband exactly. Your husband
wants you, and is lonely and disconnected
without YOU. He cannot feel the same