The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-07-14
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
His Dear Little Wife. 25 cents. Philadelphia
j. M. Stoddart 81 Co.

simple, pathetic record OF q 6elhsn huspano
and delicate, gentle girl. wife, who pined and
faded for want of q warm, genuine sunshine
of love and the tender dew of cherishiug care
and kindliness.
1t is said to be written by man, and, il true'
the author must have heart as sensitive ss q
ohild's and as delicate as q woman's, for it's
| pathos, tenderness and appreciativeness are
| really most besatiful and touching.
But we have something also to say of this
book beside CON plimenting its style and admir-.
ing it's depth offeelng. The first lesson we learn
from it's pages. though not set down therein,
ia that girls who get married to fine, hearty
men, with good, big appetites ought fret to
learn something about cooking and manage
ment of o kitchen and We do not like the |
excuse made for our little heroine by her kind |
aunt; ~ |
| "You know quite as much of housekeeping |
as half the girls who get married-more the
shane to their mothers,"
To make cup Of coffee, toast bread and
poach eggs is not very formidable list of ac'
complshments, and yet even this slight ac-
q Iirement would bs suffioient in time of need
-3uch as stubborness or absence of cook-to
feed ones husband and keep him in proper
state of mind. Men must eat-even Bulwer,
the poet, knew this fact and wrote, in beauti-
fol rhyme and perfect measure, that man can
live without books,-what is knowledge but
grieving without fciendship,-what is trust
bnt deceiving without love,-whas is love
but repning but where is the man that can
live without dinipgf
Secondly,-A dear little ,cife ought not to be
too sensitive, nor too exactiug. man is al
ways a maa, and even the best of little women
is not all the ,corld to him, only the better half
o: it; and if he means well, his want of tact,
deicacy, consideration, fIrethought, helpful-
ness care and little attentions. must be over
looked and pardoned for the sake OF his good
intentions periodic resolutions and spasnodic
fac practices.
Thirdly,-A little wife ought not to spoil her
3 lbies nor make their little whius and chang
, ing humors a souEce of discomfort to the head
of the house. Weii4krained, obsdeut children
not only make their parents happier, but also
: make themselves happier than do those who
are self willed and unrestrained.
Within the circle of our acquaintance, there
occurs to mind "the dearest little wife in the
world, ;" who, with ak little babies, the Oldest
o not yet ten, and with no means to help her, has
Q the best ordered, most comfortable little home
in the city, and the most contented, self salts
fed husband in the country.
r How does she manage itf Six little babies
q | and no nurse!
1t is managed simply by order and Obedience
She has time for them to eat, time to play
and a time to sleep, and when these houIs
come, they are msde-sweetly but firmly made
Ito comply with her regulations. The result
p is, the children always contented, and the
}, parents always have time to enjoy each others
o company; and thus "the house full of little
ones" becomes an ABIDE of quiet, peace, order
10 and happiness.
n Bot in contrast with this pretty picture, who
does not know homes with only one child, OF
perhaps two, where every one is made uncom-
Portable, and the parents are rendered truly
miserable by the capricious and tyrannioal ex-
actions, the loud and persistent cries, and the
y. constant fretfulness and ill-humor of these
!, baby despots
= Now that His Dear Little Wife" has fur
10 nished MS with o suhjsc for q sermon, we go
back to the central idea of the book, which is,
that a man cannot make his will Wife's law.
~ Love can work wonders; bat force accom-
plishe nothing and often wrecks what there
:. is of solid and true.
Our Holy Father, Plus TX, once threw q GER
-. tain book away from him, because the author
:, had written that matrimony was a snare.'
:: "What!' he cried, shall it be said that the
- Church has six sacrAments and one snare.'
Matrimony is "a great sacrament" not 6
. slavery; q state ia which the compile finds
% grace to live happily, not one of bitter bur.
ut dens but, unfortunately Gods design is often
ne ne frustrated by mans imperious will and evil
ia. passions. Instead of each being the compile
ly ment of the other, the two forming one perfec
o. o. whole, the husband and wife too often destro!
ee this beautiful unity, and render married life
la 40 irksome that it has come to be Jest for tn
he scoffer AMI a fruitfnl source of broken heart
II and homes.
&C. "Incompatiblity" was even Dickens ignobl
be plea for separating from the mother of hi
he grown sons and daughters. Incompatibilit
es- means intense seldshness on both sides, auC
NE want of strong religious principles.
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