The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-06-28
HUSBANDS AND WIVES.
sharp Criticisui OF the Lords of Creation
NtVcs' SarTincrs without CompensaGinE
Advantages.

wives Nhfflhcra W hiihoht Z tomFSnsatAhA a
Advantages.
" They are Just married, was the re
mark ui all the fellow passengers Of q
certain couple on "A railway train the
other day. And wherever that couple
went on their journey the same obser1 o.
tiou was repeated. There are certain in
dlcations about the receutly-JA welded
which always bctruy the happy parties
az enjoying their honeymoon. Though
from time immemoriAl the saidfmusn hHs
been regarded as transient, every woman
who marries thinks that her ease is an
exception, and that the new happiness is
20 be continued indefinitely between the
twain until death do them part. Ii is
not pleasant to think that the woman
who thus couhdes must, in too many
chses, be disappointed. She must find
that the suitor who professed that her
cOmpnnionship was the one thing ueces-
sary 10 his happiness viii discover that
there are many other things which her
husband deems pleasant, and with which
the wife las little, If anything, 10 do.
A. a rule, the less she n interested Ia
is outdoor movements the better he iS
pleased Courtship is one thing. We'd
ded life is another. Indeed, some women
60 50 far as 60 say that nearly every boy
or man ls IN condition Of chronic OPP
position 10 the girls or women IN the
family where he domiciles. Ii Is charged
that the lads would not ego a counting"
If il did not vex their sisters; and that
they would not marry if mothers were
not in some cases entirely Ayerse 10 their
1 =. ~ Il
under protest. The marriage Of man
iH IN some sort a triumph over his own
female kindred. These kindred submit,
as they say submission Is a womAn's lot.
And they make the best Of Il, and sweeten
the inevitable with womanly geutleness.
But the husband-what Of him ? The
new husband is elaie with the con-
sciousness Of having won the girl Of his
choice. He has taken a wife, all oblec-
tons 20 the contrary notwithstanding
He takes her on his arm with all the
pride Of n capt0r and couqueror
Nobody disputes his victory. Mother
and sisters become his wiie's allies and
indorse the proceeding with all their
hearts. He is monarch Of all be surveys.
There are no more conteauons, for
everybody has indorsed the arrangement,
as il everybody had heartily approved
aud promoted il from the first. He
might rest ON his laurels- but laurels
viii not always keep grcen, and the dry
leaves mctAphorically choke him. He
looks for new conque, ts, and selects his
wife for an antagonist Ii Is not that he
does not love her. He loved lns mother
IL Is not that he would not do any and
everything for her that does not inter
fere with las own whims and caprices.
He did all that for his sisters But lie
rehelled under their control and hav-
ing, boy like. annoyed them. man Ike,
become wearisome, and evenings abroad,
Il his wife must be wsih him, are hardly
less so. As he declined 10 be tied 10 his
mothers apron strings. be is frelted
by his marriage tie. He has pressing
business which keeps him from the tea
table, and which cncr0aches on his even
ing hours. His vIic's looks Of remon-
stuncr are considered ''fussy, and her
claims upon him, put in words, are met
hy protest And SO the honeymoon fre-
quently passes its last quarter. with.
unfortunately, no promise Of anew moon
Of the same happy description in the
matrimonial calendar.
Then other analrs come in 90 eugross
the groom's aticntion-boat clubs. bill
laris. base ball, horses, a" the lodge,
supper with some of the cold fellows.
politics. hotels. saloons, and all the
rest. And he Just drops in at the thea
ter, you know. quite accidentally, be-
cause Smith told him Of very particu-
lar attraction. II he bad only thought
Of il at dinner time, he would have asked
Sarah 10 get ready. And so on. Mind
these are things that the women find ont,
though they may be very cautious in
speaking about them. These are the
general heals under the fears they have
that their husbands Ike TO escape the
company which, as suitors, they priced
above every other. The men must an
swer 90 their own cunsciehccs how far
the suspicious are well founded, and in
many cases husbands. even Of some
years standing. would perhaps DO well 10
live their attentive days over again,
and spark their wives afresh. The
change from the wan and weary or the
slightly martyr aspect which many wives
wear would be a thing as well worth see
ing rs any advertised attraction, and
the voice Of a cheerful wife as well
worth hearing as any drama, opera or
lecture. .- piiiadCiDhia Isdigsr.