Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-03-06

til she goes out, or looks like a fright
until somebody calls. That a man
married to one Of these creatures stays
at home as little as possible is no won
der. 1t is a wonder that such a man
does not GO on u whaling voyage OF
three years and in a leaky ship. Costly
wardrobe is not required; but, . wo-
man, if you are not willing. by all that
ingenuity of refinement a effect, to
make yourself attractive to your hus-
band, you ought not to complain it he
seeks in other society those pleasant
surroundings which you deny him.
Again, | charge you, never talk to
others about the frailities of your hus-
band. Some people have a way, in
banter, of deliberately describing to
others tho shortcomings or unhappy
eccentricities OF a husband or wife.
All, the world will find out soon enough
all the defects of your companion. No
need Of your advertising them. Better
initiate those m who, having
made mistake in alliance, always have
a veil to hide i~mperfections and a~llevis-
tons of conduct 10 mention. Further,
| charge you let there be no outside
interference with the coniugal rela.
ton. Neither neighbor nor contiden-
tial friend, nor brother nor sister, nov
father nor mother, have a right to
come in here. The married gossip
will come around and by the hour tell
you how she
MANAGES L HUSBAND.
You tell her plainly thst if she will
you will attend TO yours. | charge
you also, make yourself the intelligent
companion OF your husband. What
with these floods of newspapers and
books, there is no excuse for the wlfe's
ignorance, either about the present or
the past. II you have no more than .
half hour every day to yourself. you
may fiji your mind with entertaining
and useful knowledge. | charge you,
my sister, in every way TO make your
home attractive. | have not enough
of practical knowledge about house
adornment to know just what makes
the difference, but here is an Opu!ent
house, containing all wealth OF bric-a.
brac, and of musical instruments, and
OF painting, and of upholstery, ana vet
there is in It u chill like Nova Iemh'".
Another home, with one-twentie:h t
of the outlay, and small supply of art,
and cheapest piano purchasable, and
yet, SO you enter it, there m upon
body, mind and soul u glow Of well
come and satisfied and happy domes-
iicity. The holy at of making the
most comfort and brightness Of the
means afforded, every wife should
study. DO not, my sister, be dazzled
and disturbed by the talk of those who
think the homo circle too insignificant
to a woman's career, and who wan to
get you out on platforms and in con-
spicuons enterprises. There are
women who have
SPECIAL OUTSIDE MISSION.
and do not dare 70 interpret me IS de-
risive Of their important mission. But
my opinion is that the woman who can
reinforce her husband in the work of
life and rear her children for positions
Of usefulness, is doing more for God
and the race and her own happiness,
than if she spoke on every great plat
form and headed a hundred great on
terprises. My mother never made a
missionary speech in her life, and at n
missionary meeting | doubt whether
she could have got enough courage to
vote aye or no, but she raised her son
John, who has been preaching the
gospel and translating religious liter
ature in Annoy, China, for about forty
years. Was not that q better thing to
do? Compare such an n with M Of
these die-away, attitudinizing, frivol-
Gus, married coquettes of the modern
drawing-room, her heaven an opera
box on the night of Meyerbeer's
Robert le Diable," the ten command
ments an inconvenience, taking arsenic
to improve the complexion, and her
appearance n confused result of BELLA
donna, bleached hair, anthony and
mineral acids, until one is compelled
to discuss her character and wonder
whether the line between a decent and
indecent life is, like the equator. an
imaginary line. What the world wants
now Is about fifty old-fashioned
mothers, women who shall reali re that
the
HIGHEST, GRANDEST, MIGHTlEST
institution on earth is the home. 1t is
not necessary that they should have
the same old.timo of the
country farm. house, or wear the old
fashioned cap and spectacles and
apron that her Mortified ancestry wore;
but / mean the old spirit which began
with the Hannahs and the Mother Lois
and the Abigails of scripture days, and
was demonstrated on the homestead
where some of US were reared, though
the old house long ago was pulled
down and its occupants scattered
never to meet until in the higher home
that awaits the families of the right
eous. While there are moro good and
faithful wives and mothers now than
there ever were, society has got Il
wrong twist on this subject.
and there are influences abroad
that would make women be-
believe that their chief sphere is out
side instead Of inside the home. Hence
in many households children instead OF
a blessing are a nuisance. IL is card
case versus child's primer, carriage
versus cradle, social popularity versus
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