The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-11-16
To Wives-GOOd for Husbands,
Too.

Too.
This is the way to be a success
full home as well as housekeeper:
Retain an equanimity of temper al
ways, and never lose your dignity
Many a woman has stepped down
from the high place of power in her
husbands affections by giving way
to unseemly anger or pOuts, or
worst of all, 'Jawing," and she
can never regain it just exactly as
she held it before.
Make home pleasant. 1t is your
little world. AS you have taken
the responsibility upon yourself Of
assuming the important position OF
ruler therein, be sure that you rule
gracefully; be sure that you retain
your power always. Whether you
have little or much of this worlds
goods, whether your husband is
faulty more or less, make the best
of it, and never contrast your posi-
ton and possessions with those of
some apparently more fortunate
neighbor or friend, unless you draw
therefrom some influence to make
yourself more happy.
You may not be able always to
keep faultlessly clean, for there are
times in the lives Of all wives, where
domestic cares draw largely upon
them and their work is such that
there is no time for extra dressing
for their husbands appearance, but
you may keep smooth hair and al
ways have a clean collar and neat
shoes and stockings, if you do have
on big apron maybe a little soiled
Be pleasant anyway, for cheerful
ness is the golden oil that greases
the machinery Of every day life and
makes it run with noiseless beauty
and without jar. Keep your house
clean, but not too dreadfuily so, re
Numbering that 1t is home, and that
life therein may become a burden il
too closelyshadowed with broom ano
duster Put flowers everywhere, il
you can get them, hang pictures and
brackets, more or less as your
means afford, and get books not toe
expensive to read, and don't follow
everybody around and swoop down
on everything left out ofplace for {
moment. and wear your own anC
their patience to utter discourage
ment Do all you can to make you
husband happy, and the first thing
YOU know you viii find out you arr
real happy yourself, and can't tel
where it begun. You have outside
amusements-there are many things
that a woman can see to and enjo,
outside of home-but if she is
married woman, home should b.
first and all the others secondary
Considerations.
Keep a neat table and well-pre
pared food for him. Humor hi
little or great peculiarities of tast
in what he eats, and he won't for
get it, if he don't say much. 9Th
way to a mans heart is through bi
a stomach" says the old adage, bu
] this is not altogether a peculiarit.
! of the masculine sex, and we know
whereof we speak, too.
A woman is given tact and in
r stinct to that extent that if she ha
e a mind to exercise them she can, i
i nine cases out of ten, happily4man
: age the man she marries and kee
5 him loving her better all the time
+ 4 volume might bewritten to tn
p wives and housekeepers in tn
land, and we know that volume
p have been written to and abou
/ them. Add one more item to til
! above and you will get the gran,
t secret Of being able to bring all t
pass. Do not forget to rely upon
higher power than yourself. Dc
B. not forget to weave in with you
1 daily life, whether that life be sd,
e or sweet, a remembrance that it /
y your duty, which does not often g
/ hand in hand with inclination, t
t make all the sunshine and gladnes
4 in the world that you can, and par
e ticularly for him whom you too
/ for better or worse, even though tn
1 worse does predominant; for this
= not all of life. 1t is but a prefac
? to the great volume of eternit,
e which shall open to us when W
5 have finished here. BIZARRE.