Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-11-16
Matrimonial Stories,
From Chambers Journal.

From Chambers Journal.
At recent fashionable wedding, after the de-
parture of the happy pair, a dear little girl,
whose papa and mamma We're among the guests
asked, with child's innocent inquisitveness:
why do they throw things at the pretty lady
In the carrage?" For luck dear" replied one
of the bridesmaids And why" again asked
the child, doesn't she throw them back?'
"Oh,' said the young lady, that would be
rude" no, it wouldn't" persisted the dear
little thing, TO the delight of her doting parents
who stood by; ma does
DO you pretend to have as good jud gment
as ha'c: said an enragcd wife to her husband.
well, no." he replied dPberatively; "our
choice of partners for life shows that my iudg-
ment is not to be compared with yours" In
matters of controversy, however, the woman
usually has the best OF it. witty old author
advises men to avoid arguments with ladies' be-
cause in spinning yarns among silks and satins
man is sure to be W0rsted and twisted; and
when n man is worsted and twisted. he may con-
slider himself wound up. The above retort
might be matched by dozen others cued from
domestic controversy. in which the woman has
come off triumphant. Really. my dear" said
friend of ours to his better-half you have
sadly disappointed me. | once considered Won
Jewel OF woman; but you've turned out only y
bit OF matrimonial paste" Then. my love-"
was the reply console yourself with the idea
that paste is very adhesive and in this case will
stick to you as long as yOu live"
''See here said fault-iindng husband, Eve
must have things arranged in this house so that
we shall know where everything is kent -
with all my heart. sweetly answered his wife
and let us begin with your late hours, my love.
L should dearly love to know where they are
Kept. He let things run on as usual. 1t is not
often, however. that one comes across such a
crushing retort as that which Sheffield husband
received from his wife the other day. through
the medium of the public press. He advertised
in one OF the local joul that he Thomas
A, would no longer be answerable for the
debts incurred by his wife. who seems to have
been truly aniable creature if one may jud re
from the advertisement which she published
next day in reply: This is to notify that |
Elizabeth A, am able to pay all my own
debts now that have got shut of Tommy
Some husbands would be obliged to confess
if they told the plain, unvarnished truth that
when they led their wives to the altar their
leadership came to an end. Your future nus
band seems very eXacting; he has been stipu-
lating for all sorts of things" said mother to
her daughter, who was on the point of being
married. Never mind, mamma" said the at
fectiOnate girl, who was already dressed for the
wedding, these are his last wishes This Is a
complete reversal of the rule laid down by the
old cOuplet:
Man, love thy wife; thy husband, wife. obey,
Wives are our heart; we should be head Away.
In many Instances the state of the case is rather
something like the following: IF I'm not at
nome from the party tonight by 10 o'clock"
says the husband TO his better and bigger half,
don't wait for me-" THAT won't" replies the
lady, significantly: II won't wait. but i'll come
for you" He is home at 10 o'clock precisely
Useful and IEsshctic Drawing
In an article on Hamertons "Graphic Arts"
the Saturday Revie,o says: A strong dlstinc-
ton is drawn between useful and aesthetic draw
ing-between, that is to say. drawing which has
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ton. and that which is primarily intended to
give pleasure. We do not recollect to have seen
this distinction clearly insisted on before and
some interesting suggestions regarding. the
ordinary newspaper illustrations of the day are
put forward. 1t is ingeniousy urged that designs
intended to give us an exact impression
OF piece or an event which occupies
public curiosity for the moment should
no more be elaborated with purely Orna-
mental details, or worked up into piece of fine
art, than an architects plans, or series of ana
tOmical drawings, should be. During the late
war in Egypt one of our illustrated papers took
MIR. HamertOns hint, and gave us one or two
rough outlines OF the scenes in the streets of
;n' about which we were all demand
ing exact information. But the experiment
did not seem to be appreciated by the public.
ana 1t was not repeated. An amusing and in
structve instance of the right and the wrong
way IN which a contemporary event can be
treated in Illustration. and Of the danger of
effect and composition in such cases. is worth
quoting: 1.-The Cape mail steamer, the Ameri-
can, foundered in mid-0cean in April. 1880, from
the rupture of the screw shaft. The weather was
calm, and the interesting point of the whole
story is that the captain and other people were
as calm as the weather, and that there was no
CONFUSION IN their proceedings. They first
Dreakfasted quietly, and then quilted the ship
In the boats, which started in good order with
| sufficient sailing breeze and all sails set.
These interesting facts were illustrated in the
Graphic In plain. truthful wood cuts from
sketches by the chief officer of the vessel.
French illustrated newspaper treated the wreck
In the grand, imaginative STYLE In the French
artists vigorous sketch the American was
tossed In such a terrific sea as only occurs in
the most furious Atlantic gales She was dis
masted and in such a condition of wild and
helpless disorder that It would have been i'm
possible to launch even llfe-boat. The artist
had appealed powerfully to the feelings, and his
sketch proved very considerable rough ability
In its way; but observe how, by missing the
facts of the real incident he at the same time
missed its peculiar and exceptional interest and
eonfounded remarkable and unique occurrence
with the crowd Of ordinary shipwrecks result
ing from mere bad weather."