The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1884-01-25
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Two: Addressed TO Married
Women.


New York Mail aud Express.
DO remember that you are mar
ried to a man aud not to a god ; DO |
tor imperiections.
DO anticipate tue discovery by |
your husband that yor ara 'sonly a
woman; = IL yon were not he would
not care about you.
DO bear In mind that a popular
preacher often has wife have
some regard for her feelings.
DO, ouce in "A way, let your hus-
band have the last word; II will
crafty him and be no particular
loss to you.
DO let the sun iuto your home
a man detes.s dark rooms, aud his
taste is OF more Importance than
yoar carpets curtains or CON-
ptexions.
DO be reasonable; il Is q great
deal 10 ask under some circum.
stances, but do try; reasonable
women are rare-be rare.
Do resist your neighbours en-.
crouchmeuts.
Do refuse to tell your home
worries TO your closest friend they
are nobody's business but your
own.
DO he disuited keep your place
and make your associates aud de.
pendents keep theirs.
DO remember that servants are
made ot the same material as YOU
are u coarser grained perhaps, but
the same iu essentials: 'one touch
OF nature makes the whole world
kiu.n
Do respect their feelings aud at.
tachments; let tho lovely parlor
maid have her lover openly; she
will have bin anyway, and ii you
have her coniieuce you may save
lifelong misery.
do forget your clothes as much
as possible.
DO try and forget yourself; as
for your husband, forget that you
married him aud remember that he
has married you; he will then
probably do the reverse.
Do, ii IA friend drops in accident.
ally, leave things just rs they are;
if the tidy is off the chair back,
what does it niatteri A news
paper OH the floor, even, is no alb
solute disgrace.
Do let your husband smoke il he
wants to; you can easily accustom
yourself to the smoke of his cigar,
and it will keep bin ont of mischief
and-quiet; il your curtains smell
after ii, let the air blow through
the room. Wares Al
DO le. him read the newspaper
at the breakfast table; it is unso.
ciable, but then it is ouly a triHe,
affer all, and he likes it.
DO let him know more than you
do once in awhile; it keeps up his
self-respect, aud you will be mona
the worse for admitting that you
are not actually iniallible.
Do pay your servants regularly.
Do keep accounts; do live within
your allowance /; do, tor the sake
OF everybody, yourself included,
know exactly how much you have
to spend and save something out
Of it ifyou can.
Do date your letters.
DO have an open fire If you can
manage 1t, and do have the hearth
swept up every time Goals are put
on.
Do be courageous; do be self.
respecting; do be a sensible woman,
aud not mere inane creature,
pretty to look at and of no further
use.
DO wear real jewelry or none
at all.
DO read somctli e better than
novels and cook books.
Do remember that the interest OF
life is not centered in your home
circle; do falniliarize yourself in
outside events.
Do read something in the papers
besides fashion notes and society
columns; have some knowledge
of what is going on in foreign
countries. u
DO be a companion to yonr hus.
band, if he Is u wise man; and If
he is not, try to make him become
your companion; raise his stand
ard I; do not let him lower yours.
Do respect your husbands preju.
dices; do respect his relations, es.
pecialIy his mother; she is is not
Tue less his mother because she is
your mother-in law; she loved him
before you did. a 8I