The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-11-15

No, L am not very well, she re-
piled, apparently more to herself than
to her companion; "but | don't mind
SO much about that, | mean l could
bear i'll health very well, if l didn't
nave other things to trouble me-
The pale face of the dress-maker
lighted up wonderfully, as she met the
tired eyes of her companion.
My dear Mrs. Penney" said she
with sudden inspiration, "will you al
low me to express my thought Per-
baps it may be of service to you |
have had very hard life, and only by
personal experience have [ ever learned
anything experience of the richest and
most agonizing description.
81 wish you would tell me some
thing" replied Mrs Penney, with
culver of the sensitive lip. q am
doing the best l can, and yet, Mrs.
Harris, l am failing utterly in accom-
plishlng 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
you can," continued the seamstress
here you are mistaken"
"But, Mrs. Harris" interrupted the
lady, with an offended air.
Wait one moment, and ] will eX-
plain prove the truth of my statement
by your own words. You acknowledged,
a moment ago, that you were not we'll,
but that this fret was of small import
ance compared with other things
Now, | maintain that health is the
groundwork of all happiness, the be-
ginning and end of all progress. With
out health you can no more be COM
panion for your husband, and wise
mother to your child, than your hus-
band could be good business man
without it. This, then, Is the first
thing to be considered. Your nerves
are rasped, your child is more of a
burden than a joy, your pretty house
an unpleasant possibility, your hus-
band seems inconsiderate and unappre-
| ciative; and the demon that has
| brought about this complete metamor-
| pbosis lies entirely in yourself-your
present lack of healthy foundation. {"
=" But John doesn't seem to sympa-
| thlze with me In these cares" broke in
Mrs, Penney. x [ tell him IN the morn
ing how troublesome the baby has
been, all he ever says is, Is that SO,
sis I've heard mother say that chill
dren are very apt to be cross at that
age. You'd better lie down when the
baby does to-day, and get good
snOoze.
= Exactly" said the seamstress.
Do you ever act upon this advice !"
No. how can [? All the time | have
to sew and attend to things is when the
baby is asleep"
" Better let things go without atten.
ton until the little one is less trouble. :"
And then John would find fault
with the disorder"
81 do not think SO. Your nervous
condition makes nervous atmosphere
Eat your husband feels as soon as he
enters it. The real difficulty he does
not realize any more than yourself.
| The elements are discordant. He is
Immediately thrown out of equilibrium,
and III trying to restore himself he
takes hold OF tie wrong string, and the
result IS domestic chaos. Woman
must make the home. There is no way
of getting round that fact. Your hus
band makes his place of business
makes the money for you to adorn the
| hCot "lOll- u ItSuU To
pect comfortable when he flies to it at
night"
| . But is husband to have no re-
sponsibility in home matters -
=" You would not think of finding
fault with your husband because nature
had not endowed him with the means
of providing his baby with the first
food it needs"
Mrs. Penny laughed.
"That seems very ridiculous, does it
not z and yet it is no more SO than the
hundred and one things women demand
of their husbands, that they are equally
unable TO give. Woman is the natural
nurse of tie man as well as of the man
child 2 By nurse, in the first instance,
[ mean the comforter and inspirer.
| Without health you can be neither
| What, then, is the result? You know
as well as | do. Sometimes divorce,
sometimes desertlon, sometimes a
dragging out OF an existence more terri
| bic than either"
g 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 difficulty was not. Something
needed Strengthening out; he tried to
make himself believe it was the bread
he was irritated about, but, my dear
Mrs. Penney, 1t was something far
back Of that [ have no doubt [ could
trace it by actual graduation; 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 Har-
ris but how shall get well 2"
'By taking advantage of every posi-
bic moment to make up the sleep you
have lost Z; by arranging with your ser
want, even by paying her more wages,
to take care Of the baby while you go
out to ride, or walk, or to make Wis
it to change conditions as often as
you can make it convenient, and es-
pecially to arrange to accompany your
husband when he desires you to be
with him"
"Ob, John hates to go out alone of
an evening. Last night he hurt me
dreadfully by saying that if the baby
kept on interfering with his pleasure
he should dub it nuisance Poor lit
tie baby He wants me 10 have a
nurse but how can | trust a stranger
with my treasure ~
There 1t ls-aS plain as sunlight |
In this last remark you have shown me
yourself and husband exactly Your
husband wants you, and is lonely and |
discontinued without YOU. He cannot |