The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-12-07
To Husbands.

Ion ue8iecG ana DOLnef anu Ldu-
talize them because you know you
possess the power so to do. If you
only knew what an exalted opinion
your wife has of you, how she az
tributes to you everything good,
noble and great, and puts far from
you everything belittling or selfish,
until you, in your stupidity or cru
city, force her to acknowledge the
fact of your dead level, you certain
ly would take care, if from no other
than a selfish motive, that so Low
ing and faithful a subject never dis
covered your defects. You can, if
YOU will, make her very happy or
very unhappy, and with but very
little effort either way. To you is
attributed great strength in contrast
with her weakness. Show it then
in generous forbearance with her
faults, in loving recognition for her
many little or great deeds that make
your every day life so happy III
you see that she is a woman Of
strength of mind enough to help
you bear somewhat of the burden Of
your business, confde in her. She
will only too gladly share anxiety
with you, and Will love you all the
more tenderly for bravely telling
her what YOU can and cannot afford
If YOU see that she is untitled to
trust with your business affairs.
then keep them to yourself, but do
not love her less, for she is the
same as when you first loved her
for her helplessness, for what is love
worth if 1t cannot endure. But in
all cases when it is possible, confide
in your wife. There is many wo
man that is weak and helpless so
long as there is no necessity for
her being otherwise, who, if occa
sion required it, would develop a
strength of character before I'M
dreamed of.
Be pleasant when you come home.
Greet your wife with a kiss. Kiss
her anyway, whether she always ex.
poets it or not. Take her out walk
ing if you can't afford to ride. Be
good -natuTed, ard above all, always
attend church with her. The hap
piness Of many a household is
wrecked on the rocks of discussion
and surliness. Never under any
circumstances so demean yourself
as to use prdfane language to or in
the presence of Your wife. No man
that is half man or has one atom
of common dece1cy in him will
swear at woman, especially If that
woman is his wife.
Do not treat your wife rudely for
YOU do not know how keenly un
kind words and deeds from a hus-
band cut into the sensitive heart Of
Il loving wife. Especially if you
have children, set an example OF
reverence and kind treatment Of
their mother for them. Teach them
to love her and obey her, for what
papa does and SAYS is of much
weight with the little ones, and you
yourself will reap in after years a
harvest of an hundred fold, the
fruitful yield Of good and gener-
Gus sowing. And so I say love
your wife, She is the mother of
your children, and as such is enti
tied to the warmest place in your
heart.
Never contrast her, to her detri-
ment, with the ife of any of your
friends. You have no right to do
so, and besides, if you should, with
the above result it would reflect dis
credit upon yourself, as it might he
the force of association in each
case that made the difference.
There is scarcely a woman IN
Christendom that does not know
and conceal her husbands faults.
and if she knows that he himself is
vaging a war upon them for her
sake, she is quick enough to ac-
knowledge it by generous oversight
and forbearance. To condense all
1 have said in a few words: Treat
your wife as you ought, and she
will be just fool enough to adore
you. Tn a woman and I know.
BIZARRE.