Kimball enterprise. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1883, 1883-07-27

niiouie, Iuc CoIlS needing tlgntenlng;
snuffy feather-bed--not aired often
enough; cane-seat chairs; splint-bot-
toned rocker; looking-gglass on wall;
herited bureau; wash-bowl and pitcher
possibly but not certainly: brass can
dlestick, tallow candle, snuffers. Moth
ing else in the roo II. Not bathroom
in the house; and no visitor kelly to
to come along who has ever seen one
That was the residence of the principal
citizen, all the way from the suburbs of
New Orleans to the edge of st. Louis.
FLIRTING MARltIED WOMEN.
Their rollies Painted in Proper Col
San Francisco argonaut.
No class of women of the beau monde
do more harm than do those married
women who amuse themselves by carry
ing on harmless f1irtation"-a desig-
nation which is misnomer, for no fir
tation can be harmless where one cf the
parties to it is married woman. There
may be nothing essentially wrong in the
affair; no harm may accrue either to her
or to the man upon whom she exercises
her powers of attraction; but her hus-
band is made unhappy, and she becomes
the subject of unpleasant comment. 1t
is frequently said that pretty young mar
ri> women are much more attractive to
gentlemen than it is possible for young
ladies to be. The reason assigned for
that is that men can talk to them with
less restraint, can adopt toward them g
free-and-easy tone. which renders them
agreeable companions. The truth of
the matter is that men NAV
with impunity lavish upon married
women attentions which. if offered to
single women, would be decidedly
committal; and as society men are not
often burdened with money, and are
not prepared to set up establishments
of their own, they avoid the society of
young girls, and joining the train of
some gay young matron, are contented
with such grains Of comfort as she sees
fit to bestow upon him. 1t is almost
incomprehensible that any man of sense
should be willing to become one of this
lady's shwal, or hold her fan, in return
for assiduous devotion; but they are
tlattered by such distinction-it makes
them fashionable. No unmarried man
should be blamed for carrying on a
Irritation with married woman, when
she takes the initiative, but woman
should be censured who. having voun-
tarily exchanged the freedom of girlhood
for the responsibilities of wife, disre-
CARDS her husbands claims upon her
time and attention, and fritters them
away in a silly Irritation with some
ran who, while protesting ardent
alteration, secretly condemns her,
and perhaps ridicules her at
his club. If q woman
feels that she is unwilling to relinquish
the attention, which, as girl, was hers
by right; that the devotion of one man
cannot compensate her for that which
she gives up in marrying him, she should
remain unmarried; but being married,
let her content herself with the admira-
ton Of her .sband, and cease to desire
that of other men. | do not mean to
imply that because woman is married
she should be isolated, and in society
rlele,gated to the companionship. of her
husband. There is q certain kind of at
tention to which married women are en-
titled, and which they may receive with
out provoking comment Talented, at
tractive women may draw around them
men OF intellect. welcome them to their
homes, and make themselves the center
OF cultivated circle; may show that
they take pleasure in their society, and
may accept their chivairous attentions
IN pleasant, frank, manner, without
being at all f1irtatious But when mar
RED women permit men to pay them
iulsom compliments, to make loyelike
speeches of them, and to show them
marked attention, they depart from that
maironly dignity which is one of their
greatest charms. 1t is alleged by those
who seek to excuse the Irritation of mar
ried women that it is very hard for
woman who had once been belle to do
without admiration; and another excuse
that perhaps the husband is lacking in
devotion, is uninteresting, and so she
she seeks the companionship of men
who are interesting. Although gradu.
al dlminution of affectionate attention on
the part Of a husband is great grief to
wife, it does not warrant her in enga-
glng in Irritation as cure for ennui.
There are other more efficacious meth
DDS dealing with recaicitrant husbands,
and while loving wife who is neglected
always ellcits sympathy, sympathy gives
p'ace to censure IT she becomes flirt in
order to ayenge her wrongs. No woman
whose love for her husband is true and
deep will care for the attention of other
men; she may like to look we'll and en-
deavor to be bright and attractive in So
ciety, but neither by word or look will she
encourage any approach to filtration
Women who do encourage such ad-
vances have much to answer for; they
not only wreck their own happiness,
but they exert pernicious influence
over those with whom they come in
contact, and lower all women in the
opinion of men. If young man sees
that his wife's friend prefers his society
to that of her husband, he reflects that
were he to become .Benedict'' in his
turn, very probably his wife would pre-
fer other men to hun, and he conclud IS
that he is much happier as bachelor,
spending his evenings in the society Of
the wives of his friends, since he is so
cordially welcomed. Married women
who are t1irts are often unscrupulous
and instead of being the advisers and
coadiutors of young girls in society, they
become their NEST dangerous enemies
if they think that their preserves are
being trespassed upon. Married WON.
en- should be power in society, they
should take precedence of young girls
by reason of their knowledge 0! the
world, their sayeii faire, their super
ior wisdom; but when they exchange
the title Of "mademoiseile" for that Of
madame" they should make thei,
tutelary divinity Pallas-Athene instead
of Aphrodite.