The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-11-09

abe soon &C custOme h9rself TO anything.
She soon learns that any effort of the
brain is displeasing 10 men, and that
vapidity and Z lively Interest In triAes
are the qualities she is expected to cuIti-
vste. She only lives for the hour when,
borne along in the arms Of an admirer
possible more foolish than fond, intoxi.
Gated with the heavy perfume of the
sweet scented flowers with which the
ballroom is filed, the strains of music
making her head whlrl and her heart
beat madly, she deems herself the happi-
est of mortals. Light, wine, music, and
dancing have not lost their potent charm
since the days of Herodiass daughter.
Ordinary home life has its ecstssies OF
subtle enjoyment, too, The repose-invit-
ing touches, the roseate-shaded windows,
the artistic decorations, silks and satins
and beautiful china, all tend.to the salts
faction of the senses and the dreamy in
diligence Of d,ssipated thoughts. A
modern house Is the embodiment Of
Thompson's Castle OF Indolence-the al
mosphere is redolent of voluptuous ease.
Husbands have their pursuits, and get
their brain fancies brushed away by the
friction of every. day life, but their wives,
highly strung, nervous, unreal In their
tastes, enervated in their health, sit at
home shrouded in mystic darkness, in
dulging in that idleness which may be
the preparation for things infinitely more
terrible. .... ....
To say that the great proportion of
women are virtuous is indeed to confer
an immense need OF praise. Women
have sometimes violent passions, and the
life of O fashionable women is about the
most dangerous possible, both her moral
and her physical health-she had abso-
lutely nothing to do but to consume her
self away in idle and morbid fantasies
All men can make love in u fashion, and
will probably succeed to certain. extent
in impressing woman fayorably-for
such intricate study of the tender passion
as prevailed in the Hotel Rsmbouillet
has long since passed away, and the ia
nous carte du pays du tendre would now
have no more value than last years al
manac. To love is an absolute word-to
make love is natural and easy accom-
plishment. Silly women are quite as
often taken in by the counterfeit as we'll
as by the real coin. So long as it. is
adroiLly done, the heartless bully has as
great chance of succeeding as the most
refined and honorable Of men. When
love is play, end affection has changed
places with passion, temptation to wo-
man is invested with gigantic proportions
And where can they turn for anything
better2 Marriage. though, as DIR. john
son calls it, "a certain security from the
reproach and solitude OF sntiquated vlr-
ginity," is surrounded by difficulties and
hedged in with troubles, The compan-
ionship and confidence of his wife are the
last things acceptable to man of the
world. With such tiimsy articles as
feelings he has nothing to do. 80 long
as her conduct is outwardly correct, her
thoughts and affections may roam and
revel as they list.
1t requires great effort OH the part OF
woman to rise Superior to the fol lies and
frailt,es she beholds around her. Educa-
ton has not fitted her fer this. nor does
custom sanction it. Frivolous converse
ton. or utter absence of deep or serious
aims, amusements worshipped as the God
of lite - this is what she sees in the past,
the present and the future, while riches
and happiness are inextricably connected
in her mind. There is nothing fresh,
n ,tural, or sensible about the life of tine
! Iy of fashion. Hypocrisy, affectation,
Z. nceit, and forces enjoyment have taken
the place of refreshing mental improve
ment, innocent gaiety, and regard for
duty. as we'll rs tor the paramount claims
of selt-lndulgencc. Educated in the Ma
hometan notion that the sole use of wo-
man is to please, Tapped in luxurious in
dolence. and condemned to utter vaculty
of mind, it is not the weaker sex that can
be capable of setting an example, nor
should extraordinary heroism be expect
ed of them. Rather it is far more to be
wondered at that so Imany woman are
virtuous than that very few should go