Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-09-03

ms, az a msn would thrive he must
ak his vils's leave" The records OF
history contain numbsrless examples OF
vemea who have done for Their hu'-
hands what Aaron and Hur did for Moses:
thev have held up their hsnds and sup
p,tfed them at the greatest crisis OF tnelr
lives and go turned what would have
bsen q failure into triumph and success.
And they contain examples, too, Of
those who have accomplished far more
difficult task-thst OF sustaining AND
cheering when endeRvor and hope were
dead. It is only necessary to mention
the names Of Gertrude Won der Wert
and Lady Rachel Russell in proof OF
this. IL may dot be uninteresting to
give a few instances Of women IN our
own generation who have been helpers
10 their husbands and feliow-werkeTs
and sympsthizing companions, and VINO
have thus taken position Whlcn ls
unanimously ackno wledged TO be most
proud and honorable one-tnat OF help
mate 10 man. Among these the name
that is first thought OF, probably De.
cause it hsS so recently been brought
before the public notice, Is that OF Lazy
Au2us.a Stanley, the wife OF tne Dean
OF WestmlnsttI. Herself the daughter
Of q peer, and one OF the most Intimate
of the queens personal friends, she pos
sesssd a Iargeness of heart and strength
Of intellect which won respect and kind
" feelings from all who came in con.
tact with her. She sympsthized most
heartily with her husband both In
thought aud work, while the poor OF
Westminster found in her tenderness
Snd kindness q frequent alienation OF
1bair nj asTias
Every one will remember the testi-
rnouy II John Stuart Mills to the worth
of his wife, which is to be found in the
dedication to her memory printed at
the commencement of one OF bis es-
savs: $40 the beloved and deplored
memory Of her who Was the inspirer,
and. in mart, the author OF all that is
best in my writiDgs-the friend and
wife whose exalted sense OF truth ana
right wss my strongest Indictment, and
whose appreciation was my chief re-
wa,d-I dedicate this volume" 1t is
said that such WIS Mr.. Miils's sorrow at
her death, that he Continued to reside
ST Ayignon, the place where she was
buried, SO that be might continually
visit her tomb, and he never ceased to
lament her loss.
Thomas Carlyle, one Of the greatest
Intellectual lights OF this century, has
recorded his testimony to the worth CT
bis wife on her tombstone: I'm her
bright existence she had more sOrr0ws
than are common, but also soft anna
biIitv. a capacity for discernment and 8
noble Loyalty of heart which are rare.
For fnrty wars che was the true and
loving he!pmste of her husband, and,
by act and word, unweariedly followed
him, as none e'ss could, in all that was
worthy, that he did or attempted"
The wife Of Sir William Hamilton,
professor Of logic in the University OF
Edinbur, b, was true helper to her bus
bspd; indeed, it is more than probable
that without her many OF bis best works
would never have been written. When
he was elected to the professoTship many
of his opponents declared publicly that
he would never be able to fulfill the du-
ties OF his position, IS he was nothlr
nut a dreamer. He and his wife heard
OF this and determined to prove that it
was not true. They therefore arranged
to work together. Sir William wrote
out roughly, each day, the lecture thai
was to be given the next morning; and
as he wrote his wife copied it out, and
agSin and sgsin they SAT up writing til
far into the night. When Sir " lillian
WIS struck down with paralysis, the re-
sult of overwork, Lady Hamilton de-
voted herself entirely to him-wrote fol
him, read for him and served him In
every way.
John FlAxmsn, the sculptor, had
made copside rable progress in his worl
when he married Anne Denman, 1
noble-spirited, intelligent woman, ful
of love for art, and with intense admi
ration for him as an artist. Il happened
that soon after the event he met Sil
Joshua Reynolds, in whose opinion nc
man could hope to be an artist who did
not devote himself entirely 70 art, and
who hsd rot studied patiently and rev.
erently the works Of the great master:
in Italy itself.
"WeII, Fiaxman," said Sir Joshus,
az hear you are married. You sre ru
ined fer an artist"
Flaxmsn went right straight to hi
wife ana said 20 her
'Anne, / am ruined for an artist"
"Who has ruined you, JohnH
SIT happened in church." he replied
"snd Anne Denmsn bias done it.n
He then told her what Sir Joshut
had said, ard added, ~ should like tC
have. been q great artist"
"And so you shall be, and goto Rome
too, if that will make you one.n
"How?r said Fiaxman.
"Work and economiZe,n she replied
HI will never have it said that Ann,
Dsnmsn ruined John Flsxman fer al
artist.n
economics. They worked patiently ant
hopefully for Eve years, never Rske'
help from any one, never mentioned
their intention to any one, and at les
when together in Rome, where Flax
man STUDIED and worked to such pur
pose that he achieved both fame an
competency. His success was no
shared to the full, however, by his faith
full wife, for she died many years befor
him.
The wife of the late DR.. Bucklan
considerably assisted her husband in hi
Iabors, she used to write from his die
tstion for hours at time. She herse
furnished many of the drawings wit
which his works are illustrated, and sh
skillfully and dexterously msnded man
of the fossils which, but for her, wOul
have been useless.
The wife OF EaTaday was true he pc
to her husband. After twenty years {
married life, he speaks in his diary {
his marriage as an event which NOR
than any DINER had contributed to hi
earthly happiness and healthy state c
mind, and says: "The union mas in u
wise changed, except only in the dept
and strength Of its character"
Thomas Hood, the wit and poet
speaks thus of bIs wife: 81 never say
anything, dearest, till knew you, en-
/ have been a better, happier and NOR
prosperous man ever since. Whateve
msy befall me, the wife OF my bosom
will have the acknowledgment OF he
tenderness, worth and excellence from
my psn."
Speaking Of Hood makes US think o
two notable instances of great writers o
cur time who have not been happy il
their wives-nsmely, Charles Dicken
and Bulwer Lyttop. 1t is neither
pleasant nor q thar kful task to expos
the spots which spoil the beauty Of gres
works Of art, nor to call attention TO tn
Httleness which detrscis from the sdmi
ration We feel for great men; neverthe
less, there seems ample reason for be
lieving that in both these instance
whatever fault there was did not Ii,
wholly with the wives. Thackery, wht
has been frequently spoken of as SINH
lar Instance, was most loved and be
loved by MS home circle, hut sustained
q deep affection is his wife losing be