The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-04-23

keep house. Many a woman that 49,
have endured martyrdom as wen az ~
garet, the Scotch girl, has actually -
worn out by house management. Th.-
are . thousand martyrs of the k;t.a
en-. It is very annoying, after the W..
tions of the day around the stove or y.
table, or in the nursery or parlor, to ~
your husband say, "You know noth;,.
about trouble; you ought to be in -
store half an hour" Sympathy of occu,.
ton. II the husbands work cover IL
with the SCOT of the furnace, or the oSr-
of leather or soap factories, let NOT ~.
wife be easily disguised at the bepr;uss
hands or unsavory aroma. Your v,;,.
are one, your interests are one, your ios,,.
are one; lay hold of the work of life vita
both hands. Four hands to fight the b.
ties; four eyes to watch for the DANCE.
four shoulders on which to carry the triale
It is very sad thing when the paint~
has . wife who does not like pictures. 4
is q very sad thing for pianist when =.
has husband who does not like music II 1.
q very sad thing when wife is not suite1
unless her husband has what is called .
"genteel business" So far as / underssa,s
a "genteel business" it is something 8
which q man goes at ten O'Clock in u
morning and from which he comes han
at two or three O'Clock in the afternoeu.
and gets a large amount of money fn
doing nothing. That Is, believe, "gu-
teel business" and there has been many
a wife who has made the mistake Of ~
being satisfied until the husband has give
up the tanning of the hides. or the tuline
of the banisters, or the building Of -
walls, and put himself in circles where =
has nothing to do but smoke cigas
and drink wine, and get himself
into habits that upset him, 20
ing down in the maelstrom, taxing
his wife and children with him. Th9s
are q good many trains running from eartA
to destruction. They start all the hours of
the day and all the hours of the nigh!
There are the freight trains; they go vuy
slowly and very heavily: and there ars
accommodation trains, going on toward
destruction, and they stop very often, al
let man get out when he wants to. hi
genteel idleness is an express train; Satin
is the Stoker and Death is the engines;
and though one NAV come out in front q
it and flying the red dag OF danger" -
the lantern of Gods word, it makes III
one shot into perdition. coming down ~
embankment with shout and wal Al
q shriek-crash. crash. There are two
ella ses Of people sure of destruction-6rk
those who have nothing to do; secondly,
those who have something to do, but ~
too lazy or too proud to do it.
/ have one more word Of advice -
give to those who would have happy
home, and that is, let love preside b
it. When your behavior in the domeaSe
circle becomes . mere matter Of calcor
lation; when the caress you give is merry
the result of deliberate study OF the pses
ton you occupy, happiness lies et.1
dead on the hearth stone. When thohle
bands position as head OF the househa14
ID maintained by loudness OF voice, n
strength Of arm, by fire of temper -
republic of domestic bliss has beeome
q despotism that neither God -
man win abide. On, ye who psems
ised to love each other at the alos
how dare you commit perjury! Ii -
shadow Of suspicion come on yow =
lection. Il is easier to kill that Aew9
than il Is to make it live again. Tbs -
from hell that puts out that light, leuVW
Won in the blackness of darkness fossy9s
Here are man and wife; they agrss e
nothing else, but they agree that they ~
have home. They will have . splsn11
house, and they think that if they havse
house they viii have q home. Architses
make the plan, and the mechanics exoeU
il; the house to cost 100000. It ID d.
The carpets are spread; lights are hoioes
curtains are hung; cards of invitation -
sent out. The horses in gold-plated 49,
ness prance at the gate; guests cor ~;
and take their places; the fute sounds;
dancers go up and down; and with
grand whirl the wealth and the fas1ll
and the mirth OF the great 49,
wheel amidst the pictured walls. Hslon
il happiness. Float it on the smekM
viands; sound it in the music; whirt -
the dance; cast it on the snow Of sc1
ture; sound II up the brilliant ssairweyk
flash It in chandeliers! Happiness, -
deedi Let rs build on the center = -:
parlor floor q throne to happiness; IT
the guests, when they come in. bring -
flowers and pearls and diamonds and thee
them On this pyramid, and let Il = al
throne, and then let happiness, the g.
mount the throne, and we will 49,
around, and, all chalices lifted, we win ~
.sDrink. o queeni i've forever" But
guests depart, the flutes are breathless,
last clash of the impatient hoofs is hsase1
the distance and the twain Of the hoe1
hold como back to see the queen q -.
piness on the throne amidst the pe1M
floor. But, alasl a. they come back
flowers have faded, the sweet odcFs -
become the smell of charnel-h ouDe,
instead Of the queen of happiness
sits there the gaunt form Of anguish,
bitten lip and sunken eye, and ashes u -
hair. The romp Of the dancers who hass
left seems rumbling yet, like jarring To-
ders that quake the floor and rattle 80
glasses of the feast, rim to rim
spilled wine on the floor turns into 49,
The wreathes of plush have become VII
Cling reptiles. Terrors catch tansise
the canopy that overhangs the co..
A strong gust Of wind comes Aroq
the hall and the drawing room