West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-05-04

the only labor that is essential that
she should perform. It was that
she should reserve herself entirely
for this, that nature made her 90 in
capable of performing the rader
sorts of earthly toll.
Should the beloved be rich or
poor? &
She should be gentle, trusting,
willing to be guided, and above all,
fresh in heart. oa et
All the rest is of trifling consider
alton.
ITO commence with that which
most affects people now a-days, mon
ey, / must say that L have never
seen q rich bride who was in any
way tractable. 1t is not long before
she begins to displ.y inordinate
pretensions, and claim the right Of
spending her marriage portion, and
even more. So that the man who
thought his fortune made soon finds
himself reduced to poverty, and
obliged to plunge into the quick
sands of speculation.
|, Twelve years ago, / set up this
axiom, which every day acquires
additional verification. "If,y you wish
to ruin yourself, marry a rich wife"
There is even greater danger
than of losing your fortune, it is
that of losing your former self, Of
changing the habits which have
given you all your force and origi-
nality. In what is called a good
marriage, you become something
like hanger-on to a woman, q sort
of prince -cOnsort, or queens hus-
band, as it were. eda
A beautiful, a very beautiful Wild
ow, all amiability and goodness,
said to some one: "Sir, have fifty
thousand livres year, and quiet
and unworldly habits. | love you
and will obey you 49,. You are
are my old friend; tell me if ! have
a fault" "You have but one, mad
anne; you are rich"
is it then q crime to be richw :
No. All that is here meant to be
conveyed is, that the woman who
marries a man poorer than herselfis
rarely willing to be guided by him.
She will not adopt his ideas, his
ways of living. and his habits; she
will impose her own upon him. If
she does not succeed in turning the
man into woman, disputes will
arise. The sweet and imperceptibie
blending of two lives into one will
not take place. The grating Of the
wife upon the husband will be i'm
possible; there will be no marriage,
in fact. On the contrary, when the
wife is the poorer of the two, she is
rich in amiability. She loves and
trusts; and these are not trihes. But
are these all? No; third some
thing is wanted, and this she can
not always give. She must under-
stand the man whom she loves.
When there is too great distance
between the two, of position and
education, when there are many So
cial barriers to be surmounted to
bring couple together, the danger
is imminent. In such case much
more time, tact, and patience will be
required than business man has
always at his disposal. barrie
Mans business it is to earn mon
ey, hers to spend it; that is TO say,
to regulate the household expendi-
lures, better than man would.
This renders him indifferent to
all enjoyment that is bought, and
makes il seem to him insipid. Why
should he 60 elsewhere in quest of
pleasure? What pleasure is there
apart from the woman whom he
loves. H reu
1t is well said in Eastern law,
that "the wife is the household"
And better still said the Eastern
poet: "a wife is fortune"
Our Western experience enables
us to add: Especially when she
is poor"
Then, though she has nothing,she
brings you everything.