The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-10-28
Ionogamy has Its Turn.
A. AZ Talfaageu st,-noed uua,

A. AF.IIalmage stepped UPeHfhe-
platform of the Tabernacle his face
was wreathed IN smiles which shad-
owed forth in no uncertain way the
pleasant, nature of the discourse
which was TO fall from his lips. He
talked about marriage and the du-
ties of husbands and wives to the
evident delight of the women in his
flock, who several times during the
sermon broke into rounds of raptur-
Gus applause. Beginning with the
assertion thatLa blonde might safely
marry brunette, and that a maiden
with nervous temperament might
fearlesslv bestow herself upon
phlegmatic young man, and remark
ing incidentally that there was no
more need for the drivingwheel than
for the brakes in marriage relation"
he said 81 will. how ever, take il for
granted that you're all well mated.
and that a little good advice is all
YOU need TO make heavens of YOUR
homes. First, remark that spirit
OF compromise must be dominant.
You" docking straight at young
woman in charming fall bonnet,
who seemed 70 resent it) 'must re
member that you were thirty wears
forming habits applicable to sim
gle life, and that Your husband was
even longer time. You can not
expect that everything is going to
work smoothly unless there is a spir-
it of compromise. let your rule be
that in all matters of moral princi-
pie your determination shall be iron,
but i'll all minor matters willow. In
the next place (A1r. Talmage low re-
moved his eyes from the young wo-
man and fastened them upon bald
headed gentleman in the gallery
there must be consultations, frequent
and full, between men and their
wives. You should take your bust
ness matters home. That last ugly
failure of yours might have been
aycrted had you taken your wife
into your business confidence. Ev-
cry husband before he enters into a
business partnership with any man
should introduce that man to his
wife and get her opinion of him.
She will know in five minutes more
about him than her husband would
find out in ten years. Very likely
she won't be able otell you why she
doesn't like him, but she'll say she
don't and tell you to "bewaret At
ter ten or fifteen years, if you fail
to take her advice, you'll 90 home
some night and say: "WeH, nv
dear, you were right that man has
cheated me out of my boots y" (This |
was one of the points at which the
applause of the women came I'M.
"Of course" continued Mr.. Tai |
mage, "all this is on the supposition
that your wife is not fool that |
You didn't commit suicide at the |
marriage altar. L know of a man. |
MIR. Talmage had caught the deli |
cate little gold chain attached to his |
eyeglasses and was twirling it in a |
jaunty fashion) "who had Kept his
business affairs a secret from his |
wife, having allowed her certain
sum each month without ever ques-
tiOning her as to the use she made of |
it. One evening he went home and
abruptly announced to his helpmate
that he was ruined that he was I'M
able to meet a large payment due
the next day and would be COM
PEELED, TO go into bankruptcy. The
good wife comfOrted him with ten
der words, and later in the evening.
rs they were sitting together. said,
N.Y. dear. would YOU look UP thel
definition of the word independ-
ence, in Webster's Dictionary z, The
unhappy man mechanically turned.
to the word, and there, to his utter
establishment, found a crisp $500
bank note: The good wife then sent
him hunting for. a numbered other
pertinent words, and before the
search was ended he had found
cations" ,,,. ,-..' '.,' - '' ,-
This little anecdote was also the
occasion of applause-on the part of
The women. The third recipe for
domestic Happiness given by Mr..
Ialmage consisted, of advice that
here should be no secrets between
man and wife. Its a bad sign"
said he,-"when either party offers
my objection to the opening of his
Or her letters by the conjugal part
ler.' Beware of your wife's lady
Secrets arc nitro-gly-
,erine under the hearthstone." -
y spirit of forbearaRcc Mr.. Tall
mage also specified as something
Necessary to domestic felicity, but Fl
lbove all he begged for the toler-
nee by wife or husband OF the
'fher's peculiar religious views. .:If
!ou are Baptist" he said. "and your
wife a Pedobaptist. don't splash wa
er in each others faces; and if your I
is q Methodist, while You !
re a, Presbyterian, and. goes about :
he house shouting hallelujahs, don't
i've way to nervousness. Really d
he best thing you can do under such
circumstances is to come and take a
Jew here in the Brooklyn Taberna- |
lie, where, although we stand up !,
'oldly for the Christian principle. I
We don't care rye straw for those
differences between ,
he different evangelical secte. G
t you want one drop of wa 5
er on your forehead, we say-"all | I
ight,' or if you would prefer more Z
vater, all right again. We don't
are whether you have been foreor- 4
Iained or not, if you only are saved. !,
}, irreligious husbands, you must i
ONE to 'church'with your religious I
wives. o.. irreligious wives, you
must come to church with your reli-
.ious husbands. You twain, who in =
II worldly relations ha .e been for $
ears as true as steel to one another,
ct me to-day remarry you for, heav- u
II. kneel down. clasp hands (Mr.
'almage turned his eyes upon an :
couple at his feet and $
tretehed out his hands over their
headsE Il pronounce you
ne on earth and one for eternity.
hose whom God by His grace has
oined together, let earth or he'll
ut asunder. Hark I! I, hear hum
ling in the air; it is a wedding
larch; hear how it rolls from an or
an celestial played upon by fingers
graphic. "-Ne,c York Uorla. -
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