, 1877-03-03

4 question now doth ngitate
The minds Of some, and Jet it, dale
II back IN limo when Paul hc wrote.
"Wives obey your husbandt." Why not
Yield 1t once 10 Oott's command. :"
''Dcssrc shall bc 10 her husbaud."
To wivcs who arc Of jrttdom smittcn.
o, bc not wist above whatA written.
NATION, Feb ~. 1877. TAULA's FRIEND.
FEMININE suBICaAT1oN.
10 Ae Editor AZ TAe Tribune.
cnicAao. March al wish that Amber and
Fau1a, with their adherents on cithrr side. might
40 satisfactorily to1ve the question Of feminine
snbjueAtlen in the martial relation That strong
element Of misery might BE- dono away with for.
ever. think there IA nu nlave on earth whose
condition Ia 50 truly rittab1c a. that Of tho
Wits who fears her husbanl whether phc shrinks
from his brutal hand OF only from henrtcst sncrrs
or inccsssnt aCosding The henpecked husband H.,
doNbtlcas, a weak and dolcfal spectacle, but I
never ssw one, and havo seen tho daily life Of
mnhy couples They arc mnBt probably very few,
and that may bo tha reason why Socrates, with hiA
virngo, and handsome Albert uurer, and tho soui.
nolent Nip Snn winkie, stand tut 20 prominent in
both history and fiction as men who hnd unnmtnDle
wivce. When 1 was aret married I went
to reside In country nciQl'borhood,
where one Of my husbands acqusintaneca
was 3 gentleman, now one Of tho meat
nctlvo md prominent Democrats In tho city. Tha
husband WIS rather dashinR: the wife rather sad
md subducd. Ono Sabbath morning, before tesv-
Ice, the lady, whom will call Mss. duncan (thcy
were Scotch. tyishcd 10 deliver mcnea7s fmal
her husband to mine, and, leaning past me, wh,s.
rorcd 1t, prefacing Il With ''Str. Duncan hada me
sny." The word sounded oddly IN the in
dependent American girls cars, hut nn-
donkteA}y It wAs the suitable one to use.
lle did not ray "My dear, will you pleaeof' or
"wt'i you be 30 k,ndt' but ho l'ade het roy. Al,
wslll presume sho loved aud admired him, and
let TN hopo thaL II he has not t1enrncd her w1rh
he may in the day when his sparty deserts him,
aud ho rctlrts 10 seek IN rural life and dome~tieltY
the pence he will never nnd 1T politics. lnt. aa
said, think the wlfes slavery fs woEsc than any
other. For her there Ia to escape. do not speak
Of her who, OF the drst appearance Of incoInpatl
b!lIty, yushcs TO the dsFcputablo dyoscc lawyer for
relief. hut Of tho patient Urlsetda, who, maybe
for her ehlldren's cake, maybe for old foey-
ish regard for so!arnn promise made c,-''fnF
better. for worse. "-beara her burden for Ill tme
-"t!ll death dncn thcu part" II will do no good
to suecf at her, fncte her to rchtiton or, from
tho standpoint Of happier fate, gaze upon her
with lofty pity. shs IL bound; and that which
Qives her lhe ssrpcst stns ald toFEcs tbe strong
.'Ics desire shall be toward her husband" Ths
Bible IL true there a. elsewhere.
In tho thorough regeneration OF tho man. LEI
| him ho worthy Of reverence and woman will bs
unly too rsadyto grant II. Those of g who bare
labor In teaching then, courtcAy toward and respect
md thoughtfn!ncss e. mother and sM.crs, ana ~
rnro woinankind. Wives Of men .knse scmalbll.
ltIea have been 30 cultivated viii hare littlc to
% VIZ does oiI,e urccn speak half spologe.,ca,ly
tmlti,. ind ilnRn Miller, aud tsn says, y i wn.
nsthae x!!s 'ie i'ppan!,, shsliow, young osoEGIIa
whu think tile chief ingredient u wit and brill
!snsy Is tne nso e. e0llos oE Of sla"s' f,om
|Es,y..st,s I'D il. ite,S IT,, II n taq ns'p: '
isto.. os Young. .Eixht:TIoaFht.. q
q e ..nss !" H. =, S"a w
/ seycte: stse tbeir youth DO not object 10; I
ss,s sss ss ;%s"s "sS DDs;' e '';ssSs ss :ss
ffon, writing .,for Tho press Hus!! tAey
s. m ssy :sa f:t.ai l. ;s ESS .sss sss's @
!halr cl,'!trvn's l'r. IN g httecn ytats hence.
mess, III which .thcIe Il no her.-,lay can read
good bucks. and ,hsy can *tndy. -.-.
Of Eutiy iIFeutc stndylns wille .he mixed l,er
bread, and "lhe bread was always light .ah.t
sweet Thotc gifted sisters WITH tIc!f sad lisca
+ tsssn!sa - - . %%,ei. T. .os isy = i sest:s
The,f rrntas nay 10 gusGptoasal,e !, ,..nron tho
hsvo lroned with my Latin Qra,n1nar brfaro me,
70 know y ean b. done. lndard no lnagcr avi,,
than 1ast winter. .tua!ed thurman wl1ile alarmed
witness that my leseNs WIRE well learned, md tbs
family rhysls!sn-qas non q. md whose te.ti.
dren wcro warmly ahoa. sonsu earnest vouns s.i
,sess wG:s .sss s, a1s s% I It,
to ccoaomtxo time BY dolnv two Or thrao thngs Il
/ Wtn.sx rAt.,.. :, th T.. ,...fo, ~ = ,.tr ,un,-