The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-02-09
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10 so1EE HUSBAYDs.
Your vile was not made for YOU
except akyou were made for her Gol
did not bring Eve to Adam as the last
u" and hikest gift to his son and heir
You argnot to measure her as YOU meas.
ure a feward or cook, by her ability
to mag things 60 to suit you. Doubt
: less sb{is yoV wife. There is an owner
ship oflove. But then YOU oupbt 70 he
he3 hulband. The ownership is as trulv
hers + yours. She is not mere satei-
ar; lite revolve about you. shine with
yourbght, and glorify you by her silent
prais- e'od made man in his own image:
male ana female created he them: she
lie as mgch as you in his image she as much
as W for her own sake and for his.
- sac lsnot to be mere dependence
on fon The good old times when
r a 'eie was to be mere echo, and family
reFa her husbands latest opinions
r tis-.S,aA..tg 49, If that is your notion Of a |
Is pght to have lived in Corinth |
\ 80 century; or you ought to live
n e f:ssARd&Ken ia India you
- Bo her own individuality, to her'
own opinions. They ought to clash
sometimes with yours; and you both
ought to know how to strike fire in
conversation and have no explosion. !
Because you are democrat is no |
reason why she should not be a |
republicans; because you are a Congrega-
tionalist is no reason why she should not |
he an Episcopalian. Shame on the
notion that a wife is only cipher to
stand on the right side of her husband,
80 as to make a unit into ten. A dumb
wife is disgrace TO her husband. An
Independent wife is his glory. If she
never differs from you it is because she is
serf and you are a despot.
She ought to be your best adviser She
ought to be your most confidential coun-
selor. The sGlfconceit Of men amounts
to genius. There are many husbands
that would as soon think of taking ad-
vice of their wives as of their children
But it is only the fool whe is too wise to
seek counsel. Was Mr. Seward less a
statesman because his wife was his prime {
minister? Women do not know any l
thing about business affairs? From the /
number of business failures, commercial a
disasters, and dishonorable defalcations, {
we should imagine that women might K
retort that men know very little about o
business. a woman's intuition is often l
wiser than mans judgment. She sees; C
he reasons. We could point out several p
churches whose prospects would be ma "
teTially frightened if the men would re- "
sign and elect women in the board of Il
trustees. Your wife is your partner. "
You have earned the money; but she
has saved and sacrificed and pinched and !
worried and worked to help accumu- )
lateit. She has done her fair share toward Il
making your property what it Is She b
has right to be consulted how it shall h
be used. A double right has she to have S
per iudgv-.At- sy,sighed and measured in i
Z. - -ss'f-'1sfofOH =
- -rmlly, and the training and cul- b
-ure OF the children. n
Perhaps you have never guessed if sc
out your wife is a social and intellectual ar
being. If she is not it is your fault. so
She was so when you married her. II SCI
7ou have been growing away from her. to
md she has been standing still, the more
hame on you. To buy her dresses and are
l. /
able does not equip her. She wants in ,'ie
electual food and stimulus and YOU
re the cne to provide it. While you are "''
moDg men discussing business, politics. -
eligion or what not, she Is with the
lousmaid discussing crockery, or with A
ook discussing beefsteak, or with the ono
children playing the part of nurse maid. The;
Vhen you come home at night tired. do .o,t
you not suppose she is tired too? Bring b,,r,
something with you that your market -
,asket cannot contain. Bring the news a,,o;
T the day; bring the latest, freshest ;den
o'gH'' IN ouy ing your evening paper Tail
subscribing for your monthly maya the
ne, or renewing your religious weekly. sbat,
what suits her needs and meets her Iona,
ites There IS more in that patient. ,ron
let, silent wife of yours than Won men
nix for You have frozen her up bv ouo+
Ut coh'eniP' lor wohanhoodi Tor treat cent
your wife as toy to be pleased only Run
III dresses and to be fed only on gossip or 10
he worst kind of contempt. If she their
IS notTfeel it so, it is only because she nr;n,
idegenerated that she may fit the place Indi,
l have prepared fot her. nriso
Above all, bring her love. Your life FIori
n many things: in your store; your for :,
tomers; your clients; your politics. necte
T NE IN neI househoiu' Her home range
ler i0Sihi' ,la,la ciiiuren are her sub last
~ 10 me- "a wiz, ner king; her ambl trans
riso sass.A W w their love and their an IN
r. o.ra,r3a, ''e Cruel if YOU deny it to need
the burnt ,er the muddy coffee as
F.e 'l,v When n you IN fod Hksii she can @ H.
zee is clear and the steak when fscs
5 JUICY her husband praiseth her. c;na
s Solomon IN his description of the tho
,ellent woman; doubtful if she would A.
70 beenso excellent if he had not prais- ind;
her. Praise is comely. \ little praise meet
Iiciously used is sunshine in darkened of Il
me and oil on complaining machinery.
wv often have you come home, and she
iting for your coming has gone to greet
:, and you. absorbed in the business III
:, ~ ought to have left behind you. have forty
cen her kiss with as much life in it the
there is in last summers rose. 1894
0ur subject is fruitful. 1t is well-nigh -
,exhaustble. But it is all summed up 80
y paul % one sentence: Husbands, take
I'VE y Tour wives" You are never tired inter
9 g oSotius PauTs injunction, '.Wives, take
!, u hit yourselves to your husbands" obta
y S,,,rose sou drop that text for a year ece
ouS 20 ON hree verses, to Pau's injunc- ooo,
and 60 ono,relf cand
iOn " fifty
,ru0IsM IN THE UNITED 70 q
| ST4TES.