, 1874-06-07

| long farewell OF it.
D0WNTR0DDEN HAN.
Is there no remedy for the grievances OF man
Is he not only to be the slave Of circumstance
and the sbuttlecock Of fate. but must he also be
the victim Of lovely woman and have no power
to redress his wrongs? We ask these questions
because Mr. Hcich, Of Jersey City, State OF
jersey, where Justice ia not only blind but deaf,
and dumb and imbecile WAS recently committed
to Jail because he would not buy his importunate
wife all the bonnots she wanted. The victim Of
Mrs. Heich's fashionable ambition and the baits
and nets Of the milliners WAS a hard-worhng
man, having the princsly income OF 9l4
per week, upon which he had to support
himself, Mrs. Heich, and the small Heichs. It
is evident that out Of such q sum as this nothing
could be saved and that the scissors must ho
used very skillfully to make both ends meet. So
one fine morning when Mrs. Heich-who had
been out the day before. and whose eyes bad
been dazed by the gorgeous head-fabr1cs in tho
windows, and whose envy had been excited by
the superior bonnets Of her neigbbors-came to
Mr. Heich and demanded that ehe should have
still another bonnet, the lord OF the household
demurred at this extraordinary demand. He
even questioned the sanity OF the part
nor Of his bosom. She had already
neat bonne. to run to market In, and
3 love Of q bonnet for Sunday. gay
with many-colored ribbons and ornamented with
patch Of flowers, vegetables, and grasses. OF
what possible use could another bonnet be ? How
could ho afford to devote tbs larger portion of
fourteen dollars to d bonnet, even il there we're
use for it, Was it not his duty to render his
home comfortable and fill the Unsuitable mouths
Of the small Heichs? Was it his duty to cumu-
late his earnings upon the head Of Mrs. Heich,
in the fantastic and superduous manufacture Of
the milliner These we're the considerations
which induced Mr. Heich to exercise the right Of
veto which appertains to the lord Of the house
and chancellor Of the domestic e1cheluer. Mrs.
Heich pleaded. He was firm. Mrs. Heich re-
preached. He WAS terribly calm. Mrs. HeIch
stormed. He was steadfast. Mrs. Heich insin-
uated. He was patient. Mrs. Heich wept. He
was flinty. Then Mrs Heich brought the matter
before Jersey jury, and the Jersey jury, being
intelligent and high-minded, like all Jersey
juries, decided he must buy her all the bonnets
she wanted, or go to prison. And he went.
Where Mrs. Heich will get her bonnets from now
is mystery; but this is not pertinent to the
question. The deplorable condition Of Mr.
Heich, from the joint effects Of Jersey Justice
and Mrs. Heich's vanity, commends it.
self to tho sympathy Of all who love
their kind. We would never oppose |
any well-considered effort to reform husbands. |
What With the flowing bowls, Masonic lodges,
end engagements at the Office, We are aware
that women lead wretched existence, and that |
they are trodden under foot with impnnity. !!
There arc husbands who are such monsters that |
only temporary deprivation Of liberty can bring
them to the proper performance OF their do |
ucstic dutias. Nearly all husbands need disci-
plinins, and, If incarceration can accomplish it,
then wives should be justified and even en-
to employ 1t. But the unfortunate
Mr. Heich Was not Of this kind. His case WAS
sad one, and 1t suggests fresh niseres in store
when that time comes in which women will have |
Ill their rights, among them the right to have !
II many bonnets as they please. In that sad
lime the millinery business will be profitable.