St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-03-08
STEPHENS WIFE.
God Hn.lseLseninn-

Good Housekeeping.
The discord reigning in many homes
% which sons have brought their wives
II owing mainly in most cases to the
'ilct that the mother having invested
Ter son with attributes belonging only
Id perfection expects to see in the per-
Dn of his wife also a perfect being
But not being, as in the case of her
on, blinded by love, the human i'm
Reflections of her daughterinlaw are
mite perceptible and very sternly she
Is in judgment upon them, deeming
lser son very unfortunate in his choice,
lld herself an injured unhappy mother
indeed. And it is a pitiable fact that
line trouble of which | speak is also in
u degree attributable to jealous mother
pve. that cannot bear that any other
object should enter into her sons
heart to claim share of its love and
enderness, such large share too as
Die wife usually gets.
But am glad to be able to state
hat Aunt Charity Bennett is not of the
bOve designated sort.
"Stephen is married." she cheerfully
snnounced to her friend Mrs. Prior,
no came to visit her. "Stepben is
Iharried, had you heard of it 2"
"Ah yes, yOu poor soul ] came
lOwn on purpose to sympathize with
ou.n
.EIf that is all you came for you
might as well go home," replied Aunt
charity, rather bluntly. 81 don't need
ympathy."
''YOu don't mean to say that you're
lad of it, OF even recOnciled to hav-
liz young thing in here to rule over
spu ~
"Why that is not the state of things
a all Mrs. Prior. l get along with
3tephen's wife very well indeed. She
sas not tried to rule over me-"
81 thought they always did," said the
isappointed friend, ''but Pm glad to
ear that you are comfortable. She
Doesn't snub you nor try to put you
own, nOr-anything ?"
"NO. | let her see at the very first
hat accepted her as n daughter. |
81 O not attempt to dictate to her in any
tling. If she asks me for information
i give it, but DO not iDtrude it, so she
lsals no opportunity to snub me even if
Die had the disposition"
"And isn't she wasteful and extrava-
ant and-and tony ?"
mo" CT shouldn't tell you if she
Mere So thought Aunt Charity.) "Of
eourse she has not had much expert
ence, but that is nothing for which she
is to blame. let her go on and make
her little mistakes so she will know
better what to do next time, and l
never allow her to see that | blame
her when she meets with failure"
GAS to her being tony" continued
81 Aunt Charity, ~ don't think she is.
She is proud enough to be particular
about her dress and other things about
the house, and | am glad of it."
''But don't she make changes that
s You had rather not have made 2 Don't
she have new tangled notions and
laugh at yours because they are old
fashioned p
~ expected, when Stephen married,
that his wife would he Young and have
new ideas, new notions, and want to
fix things zip according to them, and |
found that | was right and | do not
mind. She never NEEDLES with my
own personal belongings or disturbs
any thing that she knows | wish par
ticularly to he left alone. 1t must be
4 an unladylike unkind person indeed
y who would do so and Stephens wife is
neither"
"Well Pm glad you are satisfied.
& Stephen is good boy and | am very
glad to learn that he has done SO WELL"
"0h yes she is good enough for
8 Stephen, though he is good boy us
q you say. Stephen is not perfect, how
a ever, and his wife will not find life
Il with him to be always smooth, but
they are both sensible young people
and will get on all right together, |
a think, if do not interfere with them
(which do not mean to do
Exit Mrs. Prior with disappointed
air.