New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-27
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characterization as" are calculated 10 PaNc 'i'
,eodry IN Il state of hca!thless marVeillhg ~ -
idle saws this critic. to plead that MIS- N.si,S
80 TOO like her husband, that she irrtated h!ln
.;tl doo,estic details; that she was Over-JcaioaS
oonr;c,ous. historical, petty. They uhdefS'ah"
'oitber tIe human heart nor the English language
H. ovu II is not question OF OPINION, out "a
foct The records of her life dlsproNe the ch'i -
She WAS strong discerning. positive, ehective' a'
III 40 roet,c and affectonate In her head was
tboucht' in her eyes sight, i'll her mino was
;dy,nent from her lips flashed wit. All her ways
were winsome She was beauty ana pelle'
Was it not of her that Leigh HINT wrote 81
"Jenny kissed me when we met,
Time You tlief who love to get
sweets into your list, put that H.
S' Cav Il that ' health and wealth have missed me;
Say I'm lonely dull. but add
Jenny kissed me-.
apoets do not write such verses of mere
drudge. Tenayson would not come from aiar 10
have long quiet chat with dull woman
Gail Hamilton has elsewhere hit the oioI VI 'i,'
,,ost cad marriage Mrs Carlyle was Il lady, we'll
horn and bred in delicate refnementS accoi"Pi''"
ments sensitive and loving Carlyle was pe"S'i''
Nth n clarified intellect and the coarse peasant
stoi, was ALWAYS 10 the fore. If his wife TAXED
ond wrote of domesticities, it was he VINO framed
her in them who snarled to her by the hour Oh ser
wants and food and all manner OF minute houSehoiu
arrangements that should make for his comfort AS
con and brother, Gail Hamilton declares Carlyle
was perfect. ,
;, of affection or consideration patience or help
nr svmpathy was wanting 70 the SIMPLE ana hohor-
able family VINO loved him so Loyalty. ,Ilactlous,
speerng unjust To the rest or the world ne SaM saw
ond mognifed all the good III his own lalhiIS ana
excnsed all the defect with pen ana purse Win VIII.
advice and consolation Win ,UHeS
when present with unstnted praise for Ihcir vel
doing and the gentest Gliding and tehdeleSt hioW :
.hersIipg his kin. Indeed. the heaviest proof
against him in his day OF Judgment Is ms lllI I
Righteousness, his divine patience ' incd Who
M d,n so clear an instinct regarding the family
in which he was born, so stupid oIu''lS W 'i''
Ia WoSst of ali out of his own mouth lie is con
1emned He cannot plead ignorance or olhi9-
Ness He saw clearly and spoke wisely ne
espoused truth with loud yolco qua c ,sided
heaven and earth to witness II DC had pf E
his own preceptS his wife wouu n i III o' ii
pest of women: his home th" Ilght % tme Motiol,
H. nrcachc an unalterable conviction that JuSLe9
and truth form the only base on which successful
conduct either private or pubic, can ne N.It
rcstedEand immediately based his whole married
life ON Injustice and torsworn promise ne 'G GU
his friend that literature Was lnI VIII VIII az" ti "' Id
a"i",Ynrnts were Indispensable to It's symmetrical
development. How could TINS dehca'el{ te"e"
Girl foresee that lac would toss them all aside
could she dream that his way of teaching her
would he sury to forbid her to correct iei lIie'1
rronf because you do not know had grammar
TS Won s., any better than She does and if yol
had any faculty yOu might hd orltc' chPHS me-.
for IL y that lis mode of Guiding her woqld be to
force her fo degrade two days the refining OF
his beastly WORKOUT lnal s-huntSj tial ne "ouiu
make her happy by calling out log her pc, d"s: Wuo
was far more solace to her IMAM HIS h'S'c'' las
that Nennn come home yet . ....
important and striving with faithful and InsepaTa-
NJ Iaa,ts after what is we cannot rise above the
miserable distractions that beset US mo regions OF
serene dignity living as becomes US III te SiI IC
God and all reasonable men, happier IMAM iiiil f
of our bret lren and each acknowledging with fer-
vent gratitude that TO the other lie ana she o"eu
Conld girl of four-and-twenty happy summers
blooming in the sunshine of parental love, ny any
possibility foresee that TINS man VINO pIfo,Vo l ~
lead her inward into regions OF serene dignity DN
striving only for what was important Wouia MAKE
snch caterwauling over his food that every dinnei
threw her into panic, though, after ms grliinhle
had torlnented her to death, he conld declare, loI
grace, salubrity, and Ingenuity nave heNff seen
what was important this lofty intellect would whip
ont his pocket- handkerchief ana n>teiaf"l>IE aust
the furniture though i'll the light OF the eternity
which had snatchcd her from HIM. he was forced TO
declare that such house as hers for beautiful
thrift quiet. spontaneous, nay as 10 were, uhc"h-
sciuls minimum of money recOnclled 10 human com
fort and human dIgnity-la'e anywhere iooheu
upon" 81 - .;.
only for what was important. grew ever more and
more difficult to feed, and more and more impatient
of the nperfections of human cooks and house
a change" Of hOuSemaids. 1t is not much that he
speaks Of them as that horse" that cow" that
nloon-cafn which, as Mrs. Carlyle protested. WAS
often an Injustice to them Ii wrong that each
newcomer had to be taught how TO cook hlr. C's
things, 'Mr: ssort OF soup MrC; sort pnddhgo
outlets etc" This any wife should he glad to do iOI
any tolerahle husband who did not even pretend IL
compass her serenity. What is unPardonable !;
that the cater of Mr.. C's soup should have forced
fhesteacher of Mr. Cs sOupiaker to 90 down three
pairs of stairs into the kitchen man who is ahl,
10 own three pairs of stairs can never be pardoned
Cor then
every time she speaks to her cook while himself ali
serbs the convenient floors between.
"Need remind your warm and generous heart that tn
love which will make sacrifices to its object - M
proper love Alas without deep sacrifices Oh both sides
the possibilities OF our union Is an empty ,n,m 10 h,
confess the union with such spirit ~ yonis might IL
is worth all price but the sacrifice OF hoSe very pihci
pies which would enable one to deserve ana enoy IT,
How could she infer that through a long life Car
lyle would steadfastly refuse TO sacrifice anything
to her' Whenever he was nrt ne ho% OWED Jus
between himself and the hard knuckleS OF late
The blows fell on her with unremittng severity an'
he never WINGED Indeed, the hardest Of them were
dealt bv himself He who found language too poo
to portray the virtues Of his mother crticiSe'
her mother with u brutal frankneSs to v'hiGh NJ
mentioned trait of her IN all these volumes lend
necessity. As she appears even through his captloui
lens she was graceful, ViYacous, tender, Wise
worthy mother OF her daughter.
Not content with maigning her to her daughter
he allowed his insenslbillty TO beCoud ms yeracny
and implicated her relations with her dead husband
whom I've never knew, and of which he had not The
shadow of a right to speak.
IL has been Caryle's great pretense and grea
praise that he hated shams, but no regater shan
than he ever resOunded through the world Ii,
only palliation is that he was sham to himself
He thought he content with his peasant birth
and in reality his lowy origin was ever before INN
lie was "a noble snOb, but he was "A snOD OF SnObs
He honored his father and mother, but with a yer
bal anc voluble honor which told how deep an(
abiding was his sense of their lOwliness. Again ano
again he declared that if he could have his choice
OF mother out of the whole world, he would
CHI hiS ought
ing. He would not echange his for any tel
mothers. Who wOudi He would not exchange
his father for any king known To HIM PrO0ff H'
proclaimed himself content to be unmOneyed, un
tI,n runrllLa hrca Ia q