, 1874-08-12

these togotlor and makes unto aorsclf partner
Who suits hnr to ncoty. In this case, Theo"
dore suitod Elizabeth in sono rospoota muott
better than Mr. Doecher or any ono olao, and in
thotio lIcnry-conl Hupplant him; but, a1as!
Elizabeth was Ttriuttarian. whi]o Theodofo:
failed to SEQ tho trutt, Of this central "auro In
hor faitll, and 80 here y. stood large pa = sor
,Yhat was to 10 tono7 She - his
matod}s Should tie u most h''D' ): :tant ta1at
part Of this human vine grov;eI On Il : h for
tho uppor air2 Forbid it all tic aiIl -. God
knows would not mako light Of Il ,r sor-
row Of any living creature. but tho 10 con-
tainod hi Mrs. riltons coufosslt> - 9 such q
orssah0 By a t,e W1 I; sann IT not res per er9wth
t,,re" for the lass ball. centur5$;s; 3 ~ many
world OF fiction. whose husband !, wicked-
II, persoyercd In devoting thetnse.. to busl-
aud id1enoaa. When ono Of those protty darl-
ingB frat discovers that her Alr. Smith is not
tho Frederic Augustus sho had dreamed Of in
boarding school, nhe iH inconso1able; but by
sH oue 1s suee sef Lis a1ns SS s and md
hs thumbs. ii him tho afflicted koroino
finds something wanting in hor plodding
partner. and soon sets to work to
a
furnished to her hand. Old Counting. House
supplics tho drawing~rooms and carriages, and
young Twiadle-T Twaddto furnishes companiou~
ship whflo lounging in them; aud this is all re-
corded as perfectly innocent, until it comes to
that point Of which human law stamps tho inter-
course crime. Our literature Las been posi-
tivoly Weighed down with accounts of women
who hayo sold themselves at the altar. and found
satisfy tAoir soul-want, whilo tho mon thoy mar
ried pay their mllllner and hotel bills and their
pictures arc often painted In such colors ttht, to
tens Of thousands OF oyes,. they .appoar very
poetic, and oven charming. Never did o serpent
moro successfully hide amid roBes than Gin in
tho passion-ladon romances which provo 80 1argo
o part OF the mental nutriment Of Amoric&u
women, and no clasa Of tt!eso IL 10 detrimental
TO public morals as those which deal ia
PL.AToNfO ATTACHMENTS OF NEGLECTED WIvLH.
Nothing al women need moro to keep In mind
than this: a husband must be made Of whole
cloth. All bis proportion must be found in ono
man, or be finally dispensed with. Tho instant
supply to hor something laolting In him to whom
ale has plightcd her faith, hor only safo plan ls,
down brakes, roverso engine, aud make a dead
halt hoforo switching of on another track. No
woman ia Justified In taking, my man into het
confidence shout any want Of harmony bDtwoon
hor aud her husband, uuleae ehe has resolved
upon separation, or her confldant is hor father,
| brother, or uncle, II sho be too weak to boar
her burden in silence, or to lay it down, lot her
EGGk L4lH GuuHu9ECo u VI AGH UNI bc4p VI u
Bomo tnan aud ts wlfe whom she can consult to.
| gethor. This is tho only sato plan. and she who
| prosunes on lor reputation and Innocence OF in
tention to neglect such precautfon. il likely to
| find herself In nood Of long explanations which
mover can DO quito satisfactory.
I "AvoID THE AprEAnANoE OF Ev1L,"
Ia Scripture injunction especially applicable ia
| unhappy wives, and Bho who makes hor matri-
mouia1 troubles subject Of any confidence with d
| male friend soekB, instead Of avoiding, thif
| appearance, and IT, In largo degroe, uufaithfu1
to her marrage-yow. That editor who Ia trying
to win sympathy for this falso vito as one "cr1ic
fed betweon two malofactors," simply taiks biaB
phemy. Flo to whom h8 likens her was tho pllrt
dying for tho impure. She fs the sinner meeting
| tic lust reward OF i1or sin,-tho persistent i'm
penitopt sinner. who tor years violated he
! matriago-vow in receiving tho frequent visits O
| man with whom her husband beloved her t.
holdimproper relations Whoro is tho Rolt-rospoct
whore tho wifoty fidelity, of d woman who, b.
her own showing, received eeInl~tnonthly visits
for fvo years, from man, while, all tho time, lie
husband was charging her with the crime 9
adllltory7 a woman who sayB sho felt her sell
respect strengthened by anoh visits, and told he
martial 6orrows to such visitor, is q htrang
representation OF Him who waa tn1eed cruciile
between two malefaetorB.
LAMotILE, III. JANE GREF 5H18snE1af.