The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-07-29
What II Woman Thinks of Bachelors
and Married Men.

| "A bachelor lie makes man cold
and SELFISH" I remarked to my wife.
"He becomes afflicted, metaphori-
cally speaking, with ossifcation Of the
heart"
elf bachelor life makes a man
more selfish than are most married
men," replied Guiana, "I am sorry for
him. But I can not believe it,
gazed at her inquiringly.
81 mean,' she went on, Hthat all
the married men l ever saw were in
tinitely, comprehensively and egotisti-
cally selfish. A bachelor, as rule, can
harm no one by his seIfishness. It
spends itself subjectively. Like the
asp, he must sting himself. But with
the married man it is different. His
selfishness (Which is another name for
the consultation of ones own feelings,
the indulgence Of ones own bad tenn
per) objective has an outlet. The Oh
jects are his family.
When a bachelor is out of sorts,
tired, vexed by business troubles, he
does not use it as a pretext for making
his companions miserable. Not so
with the head of a family. He returns
at the close of the day out of temper.
We will suppose that the family is in n
pleasant frame Of mind-perhaps
laughing and jesting. Enter husband,
a scowl on his brow, black blood in his
heart. The domestic barometer rap
idly fails. The spirits all go with it.
Dinner is conducted in the midst of a
forced silence, or perhaps it is seasoned
with singing remarks from the head
of the table. When every one is rem
dered thoroughly miserable his spirits
rise. He has transferred his troubles
to his kin, as the Israelites did theirs
to the scapegoat. He is happy"
"Zulana,'' said 1, warmly, Ell al
ways thought you had some sense, but
I see have been wrong. Inever heard
such cursed nonsense in all my life"
And, from my standpoint, l never
did,
The above we copy from an ex-
change. What another "woman
thinks of bachelors we learn from a
taken from our drawer,
written in a woman's neat hand-writ-
ing, and sent to us several weeks ago.
This woman's contribution is headed
WORD TO THE BACHELOR.
Being alone this morning, no one to
exchange a thought with-a pleasure I
my pen into the solitary feelings of
life, and communicate, through the
medium of the press, a word or two
to class of men whom, 1 believe, are
termed BACHELORS, who, I think,
have decided to float down the current
of life without having done any good.
Have they ever thought? Have they
one time considered? If not, l inn
plore them to permit their thoughts to
revert and diligently review their past
life. I think they will at once become
conscious of their having done nothing,
and will be astonished, Mortified, and
confounded at the total blank they
have made, and will decide to be a
naught no longer!
They, perhaps, have never thought
how we'll they are capacitated, physic-
ally and mentally, to provide for the
wants Of the opposite sex. No, selfish
man, thou hast not one time thought
the heart deposited in your bosom as
a guide would sooner beat for two than
one. Yes, you have rebel1ed traitor
ously-resisted the laws of nature un-
til today. Your heart can be COM
pared to nothing better than a stone OF
the forest. Don't wish to do any good!
Don't wish to assume the responsible
tiles Of family! Mr.. Bachelor, you
have persisted in your selfish way too
long. Your heart is impenetrable-
almost insusceptible of human feeling
1t is said, and truly said, two are bet
ter than one. To respond cheerfully to
the wants of dear ones was ever a
source of indescribable pleasure to the
writer. Yes, you have now agitated
my feelings to overflow by suffering
my mind to recall the past.
A FEIEED.
THE SITUATION IN EGYPT.