Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-02-29

The Ever Tatssfss Qse~a Of GSve's
Os0inisns.
fHousehoId
Household

How dependent upon has wife man
crows "a wears roll on How entirely
he relies upon her fJr everything save,
r,ossibly. the mere cost Of hying-for
co,ppanionsEip. fer comfort in aiilict-
ion. for advice in perplexitles. for all OF
the details of his home hfe-unsil IN
time, he becomes a. dependent AZ An IN
FAINT. He grows selfish, too. In his de
pendence. demanding her constant at
tention. re-tlessly wandering about the
house If she is absent, morDse and pet
ulant. only eontented when assured OF
her presence.
She i, IL who sees that his clothes are
in repair and always ready for use. or
ders his meals and has them prepared
IN attractive forms. keeps his children
neat and clean. makes or oversees the
making Of their apparel, watches over
him and them lovingly. tender!v and
nnuearingly through all their ailments
and sickness. entertains him with pleas
ant converse reads to him, aderns and
beauties his lone, and what IL her re-
turng Food and raimeni. too often
sparingiy or grudgingiy furnished, yet
she is happy If she but receives a casual
caress. or an occasional smile and kind
word.
Few men seem 10 realize the constant
drudpery and the incessapt vexatlons
under which wife untiringly and an
compiainingIy performs her daily house
hold duties. not perhaps from lack of
kind feelings, buf from An unpardona-
BILE want Of sympathy and consideration.
Some men never dream of the hourly
irritations and apnoyances to which
Al - oil shnu "a 20. or =
crossed in the mad struggle for wealth,
so absorbed in their own pleasures that
they lose sight of such minor matters
AZ home affairs that claim all OF WON
ans attention, seeming to think that a
wife should be happy and contented II
her purse be kept moderately well sup
piled. How little such men know OF
true womanhOod, or of their dsties and
obligations to their wives. Yet they
would feel outraged If clasSed with sell
fish, unkind or inconsiderate husbands.
A man who cannot appreciate, and IN
some measure reciprocats, his WIFE
loving sacrifices and unsslfish devotion,
il, in my opinion, no man. He shonid
he more gentle, more loving, more scrn-
pnlously polite to his wife, more ten
DERBY considerate of her, "a such. than
when she was only sweetheart, for a
sweetheart il still her own mistress, and
holds the right to refuse his attentions,
whilst a wife ia, in this regard, wholly
in his power, and true manhood will
recognize that fact and act accordingly.
II wife makes request OF her bus
band, and he cheerfully replies. Ger
tainly. my dear. with pleasure" the
kind words and the gentle manner pen.
citrate her heart and arc treasured
there; but il he harshly answers. 81
suppose must, but you're forever want
ing something" her heart, grieved and
humiliated, shrinks within itself, bear
ing an ugly wound that time will
scarcely heal.
True politeness. ever thoughtful oi
others, never willingly wounds. and ne
one has 80 high claim upon mans
politesess and consideration as his wife
She may have, doubtless has, faults, since
no one ia perfect, but her faults are e'
the head, not of the heart, and wheI
her love, devotion and self sacrifice ART
placed in the scales, how largely they
outweigh these little faults
Kind words and loving attentions ma,
seem small things, but they sink into
woman's heart and rivet her affections
Lave is a woman's life: she grows IA
diant and beautiful upon it. but de
prived of il she withers and dies. He
love once given is for always, unle IS it b
crushed by coarseness and brutality, an,
there are brutes who call themselve
men.