Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-02-01

or moral ruin. There may be some things
which he does not wish 70 trouble bis
wife with, but II he dare not tell her, he
Il on the road 10 discontinue. On the
! other hand, the husband ought to be sym
pathetic with tho wife's occupation It Is
no easy thing 10 keep house. Many q
woman that could haye endured martyr.
dom a. well ar Margaret, the Scotch girl,
has actuaIiy been worn out By house man
Augment. There are a thousand MARTYRS
Of The kitchen. Il Il very annoying, after
the yexations Of the day around the stove
or the table, or IN the nursery or parlOr,
70 have your husband say, "lou know
nothing about trouble you ought 70 Dc IN
the store half an hour"
sympathy Of occupation. II the hus-
bands work cover him with the SCOT Of
The furnace, or the odOrs OF leather or
soap factories, let not the wife be easily
disgusted at the begfimed hands or un-
sayory aroma. Your gains are one, your
Interests are one, your losses are one; lay
hold Of the WORK 81 lie with both hands.
\ fonr hands 70 iight the battles; four eyes
I 70 watch for the danger; four shoulders
I on which to carry the trials IL is very
sad thing when tie painter las q wife who
I does not ike pictures Itisa very sad
thing for pianist when she has hus-
band who does not like music. II slavery
sad thing when a wife s. not suited unless
7 her husband has what Is called a 'genicel
( business so far as understand
q 'gentecl business Is Is something to
which a man goes at 10 O'Clock "a The
morning, and from which he comes home
az or 2 O'Clock IN the afternoon. and
gcts q large amount II money for doing
I nothing. That Is, J believe, .'gcntecl
business aRd there has bren many q
WIFE who has made the mistake OF not be-
iug satisfied until the husband has given
up the tanning Of the hides or the turu-
ing VI The banisters, or the building VI
The walls, and put himself IN circles
where he has nothing TO do but smoke
cigars and drink wine, aud get himself
INTO habits that upset him, going down In
the maelstr0m, taking his wife and chill.
drcn with him. There are d good many
trains running from earth 10 destruction.
They start al the hour Of the day. and
all the hours Of the night. There are the
freight tralnsi they go very slowly and
very heavily and there are the accommo-
dalton trains going on toward destruc.
ton, aud they stop very often, and let
man get out when he wants to. But
gcuteel idloness ID an express train;
Satan is the stoker, aud death n the en-
glneer; and though one may come out IN
front Of Il, and swing the red hag Of
danger OF the lantern Of Gods Word,
IL makes Just one shot into perdllion,
coming down the embankment with u
shout aud wall and q shriek-crash,
crash There are two classes OF people
sue Of destruction first, those who have
nothing TO doi secondly, those who have
something 10 do, but are too lazy or too
proud to do II.
have one more word Of advice to give
20 those who would have happy home,
and that is, let love preside In Ii. When
your behavior In the domestic circle be-
comes mere matter OF calculation; when
the caress you give IS merely the result
occupy, happiness lies stark dead
on the hearth.sione. when the
husbands position as head Of the house.
hold Is maintained by loudness OF voice,
by strength of arm, by Arc of temper,
the republic OF domestic bliss has become
despotism that neither man nor God
viii abide. Oh, We who promised to love
each other at the altar how dare you
commit perjury Let no shadow Of suS-
pici0p come on your affection. II r.
easier 70 Kill that Hover than ii is to
make 1t live again. The blast from hell
that puts ont that light leaves You IN the
Olackness OF darkness forever
Horc urc man and wife; they agree
In nothing else, but they agree thev win
have a home. They will have splendid
house. and they think that II they have n |
house they VIII have home. Architects
make the plan and the mechanics execute
IL, the house to cost 100000 Il Is done. /
The carpets are spread; lights are hoist. 1
cd; curtains are hung; cards Of invita-
tatlOn are sent out tho horses In gold. |
plated harness prance at the gate; guests |
come In aud take their places; the flute
sounds; the dancers 90 up and down, and
with one grand whirl the wealth and the
fashion aud the mirth of the great town
wheel amidst the pictured walls. Ha! |
this Is happiness, Float 1t on the smoking
viandsi sound IL In the music; whirl il !
IN the dances cast IL on the snow OF /
sculptures sound II up the brilliant stair. |
way; Hash II In chandelieral happiness, /
indeed Let us build on the center of 1
the parlor floor a throne TO happiness,
let all the guests, when come In, bring .
their flowers and pearls and diamonds and (
throw them ON this pyramid, and let IL
DC throne; and then let Happiness, the
queen, mount the throne, aud we will
stand around, and, all challces lifted, we
VIII say "Drlnk, o queen live forever!m
But the guests depart, the flutes are
breathless, the last clash OF the impatient
boots is heard Ia the distance. and
the twain of the household
come back 60 see the queen
OF happiness on the throne amidst the
parlor door, But, alas as they come
back the flowers have faded, the sweet
Odors have become the smell of charnel.
house, aud Instead OF the queen af happl-
ness there sits there the gaunt form of /
anguish, with bitten lip and sunkan owe.
and ashes In her hair. The romp Of The
dancers who have left seems rumbling
vet, like iarring thuuders that quake The
floor aud rattle the glasses OF the feast,
rim 20 rim. The spilled wine on the floor
turns Into blood. The wreaths of Plush
have become wrigglng reptiles. Terrorg
catch tangled 10 the canopy that over
hangs the couch, strong gust OF wind
comes through the hall and the drawing.
room aud the hed-chamber, In which all
the lights 20 out. And from the lips of