The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-07-15

are expected to i>Go" "itHoltt NhS
earthly animation. Refuse All MS
invitations to go out without regret or
apology; continue to wear the old
morninc-iress into the evening, and,
after this s,,.kincss has been pcrsoVere"
i'll for three or four months, select some
Sunday morning when your husband
is preparing for church III 4 quiet ana
! conscnial frame OF mind, smother
your eyes i'll Il towel and sit down TO
the enjoyment of yocd c'Y' After
little experience no difficulty viii be
iound in the getting up Of one OF these
pleasant little family episodes. Crowd
into your memory all the sights, dis
appointments, and vcNations Oh your
whole life, aud keep clearly III view
the effect to be Wrought upon your hus-
band, for, sswhcn he thinks, good, cum
ming man, his harvest is a-riPenlng-
como like :, frost - In other words,
when he presents himself, with hat and
gloves i'll hand, ready for the morning
service, aud inquiries if you are nor
going, reply briefly in the negative; II
he questions you farther, '!makc your
self into thin air. and do not, IN any
way, give him the least satisfaction.
Say you are not iil-say the day is
favorablc-say you like the clergyman,
and in fact have the greatest desire TO
go TO church, but that you coe't, ana
upon that cant rest, without why or
wherefore. t.
The great enemy has no stronger
hold upon domestic infelicity than the
pursc-strings afford, and this every
young wife should be taught in an early
| lesson. "
If forced to begin this crying expert
inent without an adequate supply OF
tears, you will probably be at no loss
before it is done with, as few husbands
can suffer this infiction without saying
and looking such things as are lily
calculated to cngendcr smiles. -.
Or the whole, my young learner,
whether your husband goes to church
alone, leaving you to tho comfort OF
your darkened room and towel, or
] whether he throws himself on tho sofa,
covers his face with the newspaper, and
sleeps to tho tune OF your sobbing, l
think I may promise you day singu-
larly Improbable and free from salts
faction; indeed, it will not be your
fault if your experiment is not found
to have completely shut out any and
every prospect of domestic sunshine for
as many days and weeks in the future
us you can readily number.
Lingering ho raised his latch at ove,
Though tired in heart and limb;
lIo loved no other place, and yet
Homo was no home TO him."
must have bccn written OF some pool
5 soul whose bcttcr-half understood tfi'
; art of fsnif-t0rncnt.
, LESSON III.
When you have succeeded, IN!
young learner, in divcsting home of al
attractioi,s--of making it Il place t'
, which your husband comes from habi
and the necessities of food aud sleep
, not because "that single spot is all The
, world to him." you will have arrived
: ut that point Of perfection i'll your. ar
which requires little further teaching
= n few hints, however, may be thrown
@ out. l have soon wives made sinGulari.
# and overwhelmingly miserable by mcd
!, ding with affairs which were none O
II their business.
II Not till yottr sense OF propricsy am
u sclf-respcct have gone utterly can yo'
), venture upon the rOrciblc extraction q
a secrets in your husbands Keeping
n The 1nGst approved methods OF maxim
II an onslaught are by accusation, tea
l. ing, and suspicious iasinuati"n. Is
f these processes you will be likely
, gain SuilicCn: vantage ground upo
# which TO stand and prop yourself Il
g with your rim To Know WHatrF'
q your husband hiss ever thought, sal,
r or done. If you can justify yoursrl
- so much the better, but if you cam
10 whv never mind-tritl"S never stand /
20 the way of the sHjE:0rNcntor' go!
II stablcship.
j.; Having established Il conviction
- your right to know whatever SO
i desire 10 know, proceed something G
Of this wise. Or, having failed OF In
III Aforesaid conviction, set mp prctcna
at and take by main force every citadel
or privacy you can batter into. In ord
or to make some show Of jWstiiicato
ori select an evening when by chnnc
IT, accident. or business detention, yo'
bc husband returns home 4 little lat
,u than usual, and no matter Whcti.":
H. be five, ten, or twenty minutes late
use them for tnursing Your wrath, n
~ keeping it warm,'' and when he pi
he scnis himself, let your sharp, bitIl
, words cracl1le like thOrnS under Il pt
II, until he shall think the house is co'
m ing down about his ears.
cd You may effectively open tho alta
he in the use Of the suhioincd formula
cd $50 it has come TO this, has it ! pref
nd well, [ think, when you find picasl
Ms. every where except at homo. ia ii
be to know what kept you out to-nISh
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