Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-03-19
Gadies' Column.
Stephens Wife.

StSpnon,S wife.
This discord reigning in many
homes to which sons have brought
their young wives is owing mainly tC
the fact that the mother having in.
vested her son with attributes belong.
ing only to perfection, expects to see
in the person of his wife a perfect
being also. But not being, as in the
case of her son, blinded by love, the
human imperfections of her daughter.
in-law are quite perceptible and very
sternly she sits in judgment upon
them, deeming her son most unfor-
tunate in his choice and herself an
injured unhappy mother indeed. And
it is pitiable fact that the trouble of
which L speak is also in degree at
tributable to jealous mother-love.
that cannot bear that any other object
should enter into her sons heart to
claim a share of its love and tender
ness, such large share too as the
wife usually gets.
But | am glad to be able to state
that Aunt Charity Bennett is not of
the above designated sort.
"Stephen is married." she cheer
fin +A e.;
Prior, who came to visit her. s'Steph-
en- is married, had you heard of ?''
"Ah yes, you poor soul! came
down on purpose to sympathize with
you"
eff that is all you came for you
might as well go home, replied Aunt
Charity, rather bluntly. 81 don't
need sympathy"
"You don't mean to say that you're
glad of it, or even reconciled to hav-
ing young thing in here to rule over
your
"Why that is not the state of
things at all, Mrs. Prior. | get
along with Stephens wife very we'll
indeed. She has not tried to rule
over me-"
II thought they always did," said
the disappointed friend, "but I'm
glad to hear that you are comfortable.
She doesn't snub you nor try to put
you down -anything?"
"No. | let her see at the very
first that | accepted her as a daught-
er. | do not attempt to dictate to
her in anything. If she asks me for
information | give it, but do not
intrude it, so she has no opportunity
to snub me even if she had the dis
position"
"And isn't she wasteful and extrav-
agant, and-and tony!"
"No." (I shouldn't tell you if she
were So thought Aunt Charity.)
"Of course she has not had much ex-
perience, but that is nothing for which
she is to blame. | let her 90 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 whenever she meets with a
failure"
GAS to her being tony" continued
Aunt Charity, II don't think she is.
She is proud enough to be particular
about her dress and other things
about the house, and l am glad of
it,"
"But don't she make changes that
you had rather not have made? Don't
she have new tangled notions and
laugh at yours because they are old
fashioned ?"
II expected, when Stephen mar
ried that his wife would be young and
have new ideas, new notions, and
want to fix things up according to
them, and | found that | was right |
and do not mind. She never NEEDLES
with my own personal belongings or
anything that she knows l
wish particularly to be left alone. 1t
must be an unladylike, unkind person
who would do so, and Stephens wife
S neither
"Well, I'm glad you are satisfied.
Stephen is a good boy and l am very
glad to learn that he has done so
WE'LL"
"Oh yes; she is good enough for
stephen, though he is good boy as
you say. Stephen is not perfect,
however, and his wife will not find |
ife with him to be always smooth,
out they are both sensible young
people and will get on all right to-
gether, | think, if | do not interfere |
with them which [ do not mean to
To-"
Exit Mrs. Prior with a disappoint-
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