The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-03-10

cultural life 10 home pressure.
Again, charge you, never talk to othsss
about the frailties Of your husband. Some
people have . way, in banter, Of slabo-
rately describing to others the shortcom.
ings or unhappy eccentricities Of Q hus.
band or wife. All, the world will find out
soon enough all the defects of your com.
panion. No need Of your advertising them.
Better initiate those women who, having
made mistakes In Alliance, always have .
veil to hide imperfections and alleviations
Of conduct to mention. We must admit
that there are rare cases where wife can
not live longer with her husband, and his
cruelties and outrsges are the precursor Of
enforcement or separation. But until that
day comes keep the awful secret to your.
self. Keep II from every being in the uni
verse, except the God to whom you do well
to tell your trouble. Trouble only few
years at most, and then you can 60 up on
the other side Of the grave and say: 20,
Lord, kept the marital secret. Thou
knowest how well kept 1t, and thank
thee that the release has come at last.
Give me some place where can sit down
and ress awhile from the horrors Of an
embruted earthly alliance, before l begin
the full raptures of Heaven" And orders
will be sent out to the usher angels, say.
ing: "Take this Abigail right up to the
softest seat in the best room Of the palace,
and let twenty Of the brightest angels wait
on her for the next thousand years"
charge you, also, make yourself the In.
telligent companion of your husband.
What with these foods Of newspapers and
books, there is no excuse for the wife's ig-
norance either about the present or the
past. II you have no more than half
hour every day to yourself you may fill
your mind with entertaining and useful
knowledge. Let the merchants wife
read up on all mercantile questions, and
the mechanics wife on all that pertains
to his style of work, and the professional
mans wife ON all the legal or medical or
theological or political discussions Of the
day. It is very stupid for a man,
after having been amid active minds all
day, to find his wife without informa-
ton or opinions on anything. If the
wife knows nothing about what is going
on in the world, after the tea hour has
passed, and the husband has read his
newspaper, he will have an engagement,
and must go and see man. In nine cases
out Of ten, when man does not stay at
home in the evening, unless positive duty
calls him away, it Is because there is
nothing to stay for. He would rather
talk with his wife than any one else il she
could tax as well.
charge you, my sister, in every way to
make your home attractive. I have not
enough of practical knowledge about
house adornment to know just what
makes the difference; but here is an
opulent house, containing all wealth
of bric-a- brac, and of musical in
strument, and Of painting, and Of
upholstery, and yet there is in 1t chill
like Nova Zembla. Another home, with
one. twentieth part of the outlay, and
small supply of art, and cheapest piano
purchasable, and yet, as you enter it,
there comes upon body, mind and soul,
glow of welcome and satisfied and happy
domesticity. The holy art Of making the
most comfort and brightness out Of the
means afforded every wife should study.
At the siege Of Argos, Pyrrhus was
killed by the tile Of . roof thrown by Q
woman, and Abimelech was slain by Q
stone that woman threw from the tower
of Thebez, and Earl Montfort was de.
stroyed by rock discharged ct him by .
woman from the walls Of Toulouse. But
-;khouk anu ,va MN I. M that ~ hor NUN
cold, cheerless household arrange ment,
any wife may slay all the attractions Of .
home circle. A wife and mother in pros.
pered circumstances and greatly admired
was giving her chief time 10 social life.
The husband spent his evenings away. The
son, fifteen years Of age, got the same habit,
and there was . prospect that the other chill.
dren - they got old enough would take the
same turn. One day the wife aroused
TO the consideration that she had better
save her husband and her boy. Interest.
ing and stirring games were introduced
into the house. The mother studied up In
teresting things to tell her children. One
morning the son said: "Father, you ought
to have been home last night. We had .
grand time. Such jolly games and such
interesting stories. This. went ON from
night to night, and after awhile the hus-
band staid in to see what was going ON,
and he finally got attracted and added
something Of his own to the evening en-.
tertainments; and the result was that the
wife and mother saved her husband and
saved her boy and saved herself. Was
not that an enterprise worth the attention
Of the greatest woman that ever lived since
Abigail at the foot Of the rock arrested
the four hundred armed warriors!
Do not, my sister, be dizzied and dis .
home circle too Insignificant for . WON.
ans career, and who want to get you out on
platforms and In conspicuous enterprises.
There are women who have special ont
side mission, and do not dare to interpret
me as derisive Of their important mis- .
sion. But my opinion is that the
woman who can reinforce her hus.
band in the work of life and rear her chill.
dren for positions of usefulness, Is doing
more for God and the race and her own
happiness than II she spoke ON every great
platform and headed hundred great On.
terprisss. Ny mother never made mis-.
sionary speech In her life, and at mis-.
sionary meeting doubt whether she could
have got enough courage to voice aye OF
no, but she raised her SOD John, who has
been preaching the gospel and translating
religious literature in Annoy, China, for
about forty years. Was not that . better
thing to dor
Compare such . one with one Of these
die-away, attudinizing, frivolous, married
coquettes Of the modern drawing room,
her heaven an opera.box on the night Of
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