The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-03-13
WHAT TO DO.
lIsinx p0iatcrs for women Who Want
70 Live Long aud Prosper.

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Iising poiatcrs for Women Who Want
10 Live Long aud Prosper.
Do remember that you are married 10 a
mar and no! to a god; DO prepared for i'm
PROJECTIONS.
Do anticipate the discovery by your hus-
band that you are ''only a woman; II you
wero not no would not care about you.
Do you bear in mind that d popular
preacher often has u wife; have some re.
gard for her feelings.
Do, once in way, let your husband have
the last word; It will crafty him and be no
particular loes to you. tr
Do let the sun into your room; a man de.
tests dark rooms, and bis taste Ia OF more
importance than your carpets, curtains, or
complexion. Ilf
DO DO reasonable; 1t Is a great deal to
ask under some circumstances, but do try;
reasonable women are rare-bo rare.
D, resist your neighbours encroachments.
Do reiuso to tell your home worries to
your closest friend; they arc nobody's bust.
ness but your own.
Do be dienided; keep your place and
make your associates aud dependents keep
theirs. .794 ialH q 7IEI. t54E @
Do remember that servants are made Of
the same material as you are; q little coarser
grained, perhaps, but the same in essen.
,ials. 'One touch Of nature makes the
whole world kin" "a 75l
Do respect their feelings and attach.
ments. let the lovely parlor maid hive her
lover openly; abe will have him any way,
and II you have her confidence you may
eaye her lifelong misery, @
Do forget your clothes as much aa posi-.
Bile. p
Do Try and forget yourself; as for your
husband forget that you married him and
remember that he married you; he will
then probably do the reverse.
Do, il a friend drops in Unexpectedly,
leave things just rs they are; il the tidy is
of the chair back, what does 1t matter1 A
newspaper on the floor, even is no absolute
disgrace.
Do lie. your husband smoke if he wants
to; you can easily accustom yourself to the
smoke Of his cigar. and it will Keep him
out OF mischief and-quiel; If your curtains
smell after it let the air blow through the
room.
Do let him read the Newspaper at break.
fast.table; It Is unsociable, but then it's
only a ttIils after all, aud he likes it.
Do let him know more than you do once
in u Wills; it keeps up his self.resppct, and
you will be none the worse for admitting
that you are not actually infallible.
Do you pay your servants regularly.
Do keep accounts; do live within your
allowance; do, for the sake OF everybody,
yourself inclined, know exactly how much
you have to spend, and save something out
Of it if you can.
Do date your letters.
Do have an open ere il you can manage
It, and do have the hearth swept up every
time Goals are put Or.
Do be courageous; do be ~sclt-respecting;
do be q sensible woman, and not q mere
inane creature, pretty to look at and Of no
further use.
Do wear real jewelry or none at all.
Do read something better than novels OF
cook-books.
Do remember that the interest oil life is
not centered in your home circle; do fami.
llarize yourself in outside events.
DO read something in the papers bcsides
taehlon notes aud society columns; have
some knowledge OF what is going on in
foreign countries.
Do DO q companion. to your husband, il
he IS a wise man; and il he is not, try to
make him become your companion; raise
his standard; do not let him lower yours.
Do respect your husbands prejudices;
do respect his relations, especially his
mother; abe is not the less his mother be.
III she is your mother.in.law; she loved
him before you did.