The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1886-05-14
HQME-MAKiNG.
The Greatest and Sweetest Privilege OF
Every Loving Wife and Mother.

The Greatest and Sweetest Privilege of
Every Loving Wife and Mother.
Mrs. Beecher, in her sensible talks in
the Bfo6bty's Magazine, calls attention
to the prevalent discomfort Of women
with their home duties, and assures
them that home-making is the most
honorable duty that they can perform,
since the lack of true homes is the main
cause of the strife and sin that curses
the world. ''Home," she says, sis the
true kingdom of woman, where her
rights can never be dethroned, that all
pure love, all right thoughts, all re-
Iigions, all, governments, if we would
have them live and flourish, must have
their roots beneath its altar. This con-
viction impels me to say to every
woman who has home: Let home
stand first before all other things! No |
matter how high your ambition may |
transcend its duties, no matter how far
your talents or your influence may |
reach beyond its doors. before every
thing else build up true home! Be
not its slave; be its minister! Let it not
be enough that it is swept and gar
nished, that its silver is brilliant, that
its food is delicious, but feed the love in
it, feed the truth in it, feed thought and
aspiration, feed all charity and gentle
ness in it. Then from its walls shall
come forth the true woman and
| the true man, who shallI to-
gether rule and bless the land"
Is this is an overwrought pict-
urep We think not. What honor
can be greater than to found such a
homep What dignity higher than to
reign its undisputed, honored mistress?
What is the ability to speak from apub-
lie platform to large, Intelligent audi
ences, or the wisdom that may COM
mand seat on the judges bench, COM
pared to chat which can insure and pre-
side over true home, that husband,
and children ssrise up and call her
blessedP" To be the guiding star, the
ruling spirit in such a position is higher
honor than to rule an empire.
No doubt man often abuses his power,
or usurps that which is not his, bring
ing sorrow and woe upon her who,
trusting and loving him, should be the
mistress of his heart, an equal partner
in all his possessions, sharing alike his
ioys and his sorrows. But are there no
cases on record where 1.-THE woman Thou
gavest mel has abused the power with
which the marriage vow endowed her,
destroying the peace and making ship
wreck of all that her husband holds
most sacred and preciousp
The law does not yet secure to the
wife such independence as will guard
her against injustice and meanness from
the hands of her husband, but have they
J provided any defense against the bitter
/ sorrows that bad wives can
bring down upon their husbands
Has any one ever clearly estimated the
averageP 1t is well, no doubt, that this
matter has been so widely agitated, as
it tends, we hope, to establish the
rights of both man and woman on 8
firm foundation. All, if husbands an6
wives would always remember thai
with them, as in all associations, 'tuni0r
, is strength" that ''united they stand
! divided they fall" that together the,
!. should walk through life, together shar'
|. the ioys, together bear the crosses ant
. burdens until separated by death, wha
!. happy world this would be!
q If home is united kingdom the wifi
3 accepts the rough as well as the smoot
! parts of household rule as her part Q
a the administration. If able to goverl
a without a "kitchen cabinet a happ
. woman is she: But if not she also take
4 the trials that usually come with al
r cabinets, the disagreeable details whic
r mustform part of her administration, a
q hindrance to the perfection for whic
4 she aims, as ''lions in the way" whic
q she must overcome, OF subjugate AIN
Z bring into accord with her efforts t
v securing the perfection toward which sh
!, aims. By ruling her kingdom in
a sweet but firm spirit, she will overcom
!. and forfeit all petty trials in the Joy an
a peace that is set before her, and to whic
= all may surely attain, if woman fol
!. gets not her high calling in a poor an
"a bition.
!. Meanwhile the good husband, IL
: household king, accepts his part in ru
"a ing this united kingdom. Are his car,
r. any less than those his wife assumes
N Look at them. Are the dust and to
T. and strife, the battling with the gre
o. world outside to provide, in whatev
e sphere his talents and duties call hir
the necessities, luxuries, or honors
far as his talents will permit, for Il
family sheltered in his home, an ca
taskp
ly We think the joys and sorrows, Il
tie crosses and the crowns in married Ii
no. are about evenly divided and balance
in Nothing will right all the wrongs, bril
=. order out of the confusion of all t
ms ms vexed questions that are continually d
ILY turbing. and harassing the world,
1e 1e surely as the shelter and safeguard of
20 true home, ruled by the true wife a
OF mother. How can the most ambitio
Gu Gu strive for any portion higher, holier
,oe ,re happierp- Chicago Inter Ocean.