Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-04-12
The Power off Woman,s Love.

From his cradle to his grave, says an article in tue New Orleans limos Demo crat, man relies for his happiness upon the love of woman. His light, his joy, his very life, depend bhndly aud trust Ingly upon the mother-love that nurses his infant years, tends his childhood, trains hls youth, and rejoIces in his manhood. Infinitely holy, utterly self sacrificing, pure, noble and beautiful is the maternal instinct knowing the heights of it, proving its strength, seeing its abnegRtioD of self, men call lt divine-and so realize the love of God unto all humanity. Yet, even from this fount of exquisite tenderness they turn their steps to a love more alluring, more entrancing, more absorbing; they leave .Il and cling to their wives. possessing in them everything. Wonderful peculiar is this great mingling of human hearts, of organisms irreslstibly attracted, Of ,ouls that feel with and for each other, of two brains forming one mind, of two lives and loves from which spring other lives and yet another lOve--paternRl
 affection.
 This is true marriage, and in this state woman is most lovely. Standing
 on an equality with her husband, she IS ! adviser and sssistant-the sharer of hls happiness and troubles, his helpmate,
 bis comfort, his joy.
 That there are marriages far different | from this IS true, most unhappliy; out even here woman shows her power-for evil if she chooses to curse; for good If
 she desires to bless and snnoble the life thus brought beneath her personal iIltiu- euce. A great poet says that
 As the husband is the wife Is; thou art mated 1 with n clown, ~
 | And the gTossness cf his nature UiL nave "eitns | to drag thee down.
 This is entirely fallaciOus; 1t will al
 ways be the strongest that leads, whether their strength be of an lntelleetual or
 moral force; and woman of mind, oi refinement, of honorable nature oi lideality, could not fail to modify and even correct the materiality that may exist in her husbands thoughts, feelings or actions, as his very coarse1ess would serve to lessen hls power. A wlfe oeeu not sink to the level of the "clowI to
 whom she is mated" she chn raise hun,
 perhaps slowly, but still surely, to her
 own standard. Let her first ;ouct hl5
 heart through pity, through shame, or
 even through his mere passions; 6ni once possess power pHci tIae- "iN h
 will not be dificult to influence the
 brain; if the soul can be made to re- spond to beautiful and refining sgencles the battle is won. It may take {. life, time, but woman can afford to spend even lifetime in such ennoblIrg en' desvor.
 A man finds his warmest, his most ten der. his most unselfish friend n th'
 woman. Possessing no interests tha , clash with his, she believes in hin. thor
 oughly snd hopefully. ard her grea faith in his powers encourages h1m tC 2 act up to the standard of belief. Sh' 3 makes him feel that she truly likes hlm
 her affection is frank and free, and h' 3 appreciates her sympathetic interest, he - cheerful looks, her many little wonanl. f ways that make all her surroundings Il l harmony with herself. If weary, he b sensible. quiet talk rests hun; if discour e aged. she finds a thousand ways to chee - him; if too elate, her sound commo s sense gives him the needed balane' "a The lamp of friendship burns. clear an d bright between man and worlan-lit b e an emotional spTingirg from the best ID W pdlses of hdmRn nature.
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