National Republican., 1877-10-19

Md light and beauty ri1vo
TIM, lclv" NIL fair aud pure bcl,v.
Anl Nnd al cain nj wet
WA'llNIrDS, Ortpbcr t. lS7T.
For the Corner.
A young lawyer Of Wellington writes to the
Corner" in this wise: Il am not newspaper
scribblcr, but want to suggest a subject for
somebody to write upon:
as II proper for young men 10 he paying
particular and marked attention to Young
married ladiUsP Or. rice rcIsd, is 1t right lW
married men to pay attention to single lahics'
What should be the conduct and true relations
of each to the othcrp
my position in life is such that see great
deal Of that sort of filtration, and, to my no
ton. 1t is out of character. and may hc The
bottom cause of most of the bckcrincS AMI do.
nestle iniclicity which prevail between lus.
bands and wives Washington Is fast be- p'n-
ing equal to Chicago in frequent divorce cases
and family quarrels, aud few well !r,r"d
articles on the points above alluded to vii, lbs
widely read and may do much god.
"Thcrc are distinct and different courtrsics
which pertain to the relation Of hush,nl nnd
wife, to that of brother and sister that OF 'rn-
gagged couples that of parties who are e, urt-
ing and those who are merely friendly.
Please throw u little light on the subject by
defining which is which and you will hc
doing good service to the young and rcXpe-
rienced"
Will somebody take up the gauntlet for the
enlightenment Of our legal friend and other
young and inexperienced" persons II is
certainly point upon which much may he
said to good advantage.
The Male "Mis- Nancy"
The public have been 40 long bored by the
subject of "Woman's Rights" suppose for the
nonce we indulge In q growl on hut one l'llnse
among the innumrrnblc forms of wGmnn's
wrongs2 OF course will not bc ~ nm
womanly as TO gossip of our own domc>ti
trials. hut If we chance to have n skeleton ron-
| cealcd anywhere in secret closet let IL hit
him rcsounding whack over the shoulders Of
our neighbOrs set Of bones, (which She, foolish
| woman, imagincs is hidden from all the
world and thus derive double consultation,
though it be hut the old tilt against wind
| mills.
| Among your "dear i've hundred friends"
perhaps you may wot of one or two hcnpeckcd
| husbands, hut do not the Mis- Nancics" excel
| that number ten to On"H Under that head
| may be clasSed the so-callcd
ECONOMICAL HUSBANDS,
those who. stepping out Of their legitimate
| sph ere. aspire to rule also the perplcNing myS-
| teries of the household, being as much out Of
| place therein as a bull In n china shop, and
| illustrating by their stupcndous ignorance tho
| poets lines that Fools rush in where angels
fear to tread" The male housekrcI~r carries
the common purse, which he holds with an
iron grip, pinching every quarter that he
gndgingly doles out for family nCcCsSariCs
till the very eagle on 1t sQucals and his wife
feels her degradation 10 the depths Of her
soul. Such mans "bcttcr half' IL an utter
nonentity, with far less indcprndcnc" Of
soul and body than tho untutOrcd servant in
the kitchen, whose two dollars week kceps
her in calico pull-backs and fifty cent hats
beftting her station, and who, IL she isn't
satisfied, has at least the blessed privilege Of
Striking" for fresh fields and pastures new.
How many wives of male housekecpcrs have
even one dollar week to spend exactly rs
they choose "and no questions asked" ard
who docs not know more genuine satisfaction
can be gotten out of ten cents absolutely
, wasted, than from ten dollars used for mere
necessarics?
Perhaps "Miss Nancy's" wife left n comfort
able home to join her destiny with that of tho
man she loved; perhaps she WAS a school
teacher, n seamstress Treasury girl, or en-
gagged in any other of the thousand avenues Of
; honorable labor which in this day make women
independent; IL So she suffers both mentally
and physically, and every rrudgingly dealt
coin burns heart as well as hand. Probably
she came to him well clothed, and with femi.
nine ingenuity managed to make herself pre-.
sentable for years by eking out the old stock
by-and-by II gives out, as all things earthly
must, and that clOse-shut pocket.book neyei
lets out dollars enough to admit Of y full suit
at once. but like the "Cherubs, in "Our Mutual
Friend" her wardrobe Is purchased piece meal
4 That stuff about beauty unadorned" Il u
sheerest nonsense, and when the wifs ~
u dowdy the husband generally begins 10 hiki
that she don't fix up" a. she did before par
riage; that she hasn't bit Of style aboul
r. her" and then he quotes Mrs So-and 80 -
model Of taste in dress, and wonders, In thQa
what he ever saw in his wife to make hf1
marry her. She says, my dear, there d ~
l. Use talking; must have some money" "Oh
4 a.ft hot ahntt nNnn " Ia tka antx
. sick Of the subject" "But the childssa'
/. clothes" "Thatll do; almost hate to con,
:, into this house" Then slam goes the dol
Is the children go patched and repatched, a.
a the mother wears her winter bonnet In July
l. or her summer bonnet through the pows Q
!. winter, rather than ask and ask, like tho mo-
. importunate of beggars. The male houS<
o keeper always keeps
'' GROCERY BOOK,
Il that curse to economy, that precursor to tn
n poor-house. He says: Matilda, have you no
Is y, a grocery book, and is not my credit good Q
- the butcher's2 What more can l doP Bu
h the grocer don't keep postage stamps, nor ca
|. tickets, nor pins, needles or buttons, nor tol
Dt thousand little necessaries the possession q
y which does not SHOW OFF, much but the lao
\. of which Is so painfully apparent. Then sh
Is edited by numerous visits from the wash
y woman, the mlkman, the gas bill the 10
u cart and other duns, before which she
Ie powerleSs. of course, they are all paid /
" time, but what world Of annoyance woul
he spared we weaker vessels under a NOR
Just regime! How infinitely better to set asid
a certain amount, he il ever small, accord
-, ing to the salary of the head of the family, ia
" household expenses, and let the wifr nanag
p It in her own way. Nincty-nine times out {
~ hundred she will make it go farther than
W man can. Then no more pinching, cOntrivin
- and cajolng; no ,loro "horks" at butcher
u and groccrs, whcrc one is COmtiI
" ually In debt, often purchasi whi
'Is one cannot afford sometimes paying e
IT more than one gets and taking up with n
10 inferior article when better could be bOuGl
ii In the market for loss money if one only la
IS cash in hand. wife bar her full share
h the common burden by daily cares an
It, thoughtful management fDr the comfort of u
II family, aud is entitled to her rhmr Of Il
x common fund, which division shnuld b. iu
" as rhvcrlully rendered by the head Of Il
frm n with any other partner WGcn wivI
ART 50 trusted many whose sOulf are now to
tarrd by the vcxcd p,i".tiou or"Ights' will |