The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-09-13
Suilshiny Husbands.
By Mrs. .Muryarct T.. :Sunqslc,..

~ mrs -Ndrgarcf f.. Sdnysicr.
We read 30 much about the obligation
laid upon the ,Gifs 10 ks s,erpetusi sun-
beam in the house that word to hus.
bands on the same topic may not be
amiss.
a cheerful atmosphere is important to
happy home life. 1t is very hard for
children to be good, when they are ex-
posed to an inccssant hailstorm of fault
finding from their parents. 1t is very
difficult for wife to maintain calm
and charmiDgly sweet demeanor when
her husband is critical, cynical, or sullen,
and takes all her tender efforts with in.
different appreciation.
know full well the air of nolite
amazement, or amiable increduIity, with
which men receive the statement of a
woman's opinion, that, in the home
partnership, wife and not husband pulls
tho laborng oar. Still it is true that,
let mans business be ever so engross.
ing, ever 30 wcarlsome, ever 80 laborious,
the nero fact that lie goes to it in the
morning, and returns from 1t Mt night,
sets him above his wife in case and com.
fort. For him, the slavery of routine
has its intervals and its breake. lie
gets :: breath of the world outside; he
has change of scene daily he sees peo-
pie aud heara them talk, and his home is
distinctly his refuge and shelter
Let wife and mother love her home
and her children with the most absolute,
unswerving devotion and serve them
with the most unsefsh fidelity, there are
nevertheless times when she is very
weary.
She knows, better than any one else,
the steps and the stitches, the same things
done over and over, and the pettiness Of
the trials that come to nursery and
kitchen. They are 80 insignificant the.
she is ashamed to talk about them, and
! fear she sometimes forgets to tell her
Saviour how hard they press her; and so
bearing her cross all alone, its weight
becomes crushing.
A sunshiny husband makes a merry,
beautiful home, worth having, worth
working in and for. II the man is
breezy, CHEEKY, considerate, and sympa-
thetic, bis wife sings in her heart over
her pnddings and her mending- basket,
counts the hours till he returns at night,
and renews her youth In the security she
feels Of his appreciation and admiration.
You may think it weak or childish, If
you please; but it is the admired wife,
the wife who hears words Of praise and
receives smiles of conmendation, who is
capable, discreet, and executive. I have
seen timid, meek, self. f.distrusting little
body fairly bloom into strong, self:reli.
ant womanhood, under the tonic and the
cordial Of companionship with hus-
band who really went out of his way to
find occasions for showing her how fully
he trusted her judgment, and how ten.
derby he deferred to her opinion.
In home life there should be no Jar,
no striving for place, no insisting on
| prerogatives, or division Of interests.
The husband and the wife are each the
complement of the other. And /: is just
as much his duty 10 be cheerful. as It is
hers to be patient; his right to bring joy
into the door as it is hers to sweep and
garnish the pleasant interior. A family
where the daily walk of the father makes
life festival is filled with something
like heavenly benediction.-: Congrega.
tionaiist.