Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-01-26

hands jealousy of her harmless firtations
with other uien, knowing his honor
to he safe in her hands. The absnrdity
OF the idea that she could ever
love anybody else as she does hin appeals
10 her sense Of humor. A mans first i'm
pulse on discovering that his lawful part
ner objects TO his admiration OF another
woman is one of fierce impstieDce-a
champing Of the bit. At the second check,
he takes it between his teeth. In proper
ton of interference with his liberty of ac-
ton he Lore respect, if not affection, for
the would-be tyrant. Bearer to him than
wife, child or honor is the acknowledged
right of independent action. 1t ranks
with 'life, liberty aud the pursuit Of hap
plness.S
The young wife's best friend is the n
who counsels her to be slOw-diyinely
slow-in admitting that her husband pre-
fers another woman to herself, and, should
the conviction he forced upon her, to con-
ceal her knowledge of il TO the death
even the death of her own heart and hope.
Tears, eatreaties, invectiye, but weaken
her hold aud strengthen her rivals. No
supplanted wife, from the days Of Deian-
ira until now, ever successfully "dOctortd'
her spouse into a return TO allegiance.
The best thing she can hope for is To re-
tain his respectful regard, a show OF which
may del0de the world into a belief
in his constancy, or, at worst, in her igno-
rance of his inidelity. Then, should the
truant come back OF his " free will, or
because disappointed In lola or Cleopatra,
there are no dJattis of scenes" no gullies
of alienation to entangle his feet.
Another blunderinto which iGeXperience
trips is fOrgetfulness of the simple truth
that the love which is worth winning Is
worth keeping. One 1.-THE of the pains put
forth to enchain and hold a lovers fancy
would, after marriage, idealize the wife
into the angel OF the house. 1t is a sharp
axe laid at the root of copiugal affection
when a man sees himself lowered to the
enjoyment Of the second best ofeVen every
day living.
l once heard a good wife congratulate
herself gravely that, in thirty years OF
welded happiness, she had never appeared
at the breakfast.table with dishevelled
hair or without a collar. The sincere fer
v0r of the boast was i'll evidence OF the
prevalence OF the contrary custom. The
orderly couture and neat neck-rig may
stand as types of the daily endeavOr to re-
main pleasing in eyes to which we were
once fair. Love of the right sort may not
rip or tear under the bristles Of common
placeness and dowdyism, but these do
wear off the nap.
Beyond comparison, the band that holds
together welded hearts until the seam OF
ENGRAVING is knitted into bark and grain,
is the common love Of both for children.
The wife can make no graver mistake
compatible with true love for her husband
than reputation of the duty of child
bearing. The fault passes beyond the line
OF plumbers into the rank of positive sins,
The desire of every man to leave a repre-
sentative of himself upon the earth,
when he lies down to sleep with
his fathers, is grounded in
noble nature. The father labOrs in the
field ofthe world with the strength of as
men as there are hostages to fortune
in the home nest. The hope of maintain
ing children in comfort, bringing them up
in responsibility and honor, and providing
against possible want strangles a~varice,
glorifes ambition. The words wife and
Mother 90 as naturally together as
"HOme and Heaven"
1t argues fatuOus and intOlerablc cOnceit
when q young wife deliberately assumes
that she will be- able in youth, middle and
old age to be so sufficient to her husband
in every phase of his many-sided nature as
To compensate for the loss OF what the lord
of nature has declared is a necessity OF his
being. The pair are agreed not to under
take the care and responsibility of off
spring, we are generally told in Snch
Then the wife should lift to
her shoulders the heavier burden OF
keeping herself eternalIy fair aud
~sprightly; or filling her spouSe's heart and
home with mirth and music; as time goes
on, of supplying the elemen,s of pridetul
love and hone he might have had in grow
ing boys and girls; Of being, III iue, a per-
petual fountain Of youth 10 the man worn
with cares aud years The principle Of re-
]iuvenatian, of growth into beauty and
strength, me CeaScles5 novelty, stir, and
action that defy dizziness and lauguor, and
keen parents hearts fresh under the
shadow of the alnOni-trse only ONE and
abidG ID the home with children Of ones
Cerg OrH
Chldle4sness is an evil. The dread sig
niiicauce OF the aphurism is too often not
suspected until the summer Of advent is
TIE harvest time of education is
rndrd, ana the laTTen stocks stand uu.
comtly and uncared for in a desoiste win.
ter. The making of a true home IL really
our peculiar and inalienahlc right, q right
which no uiaa can take from ns; for a man
can no more make q home than q drone
can make a hive" writes Frances Power
CGbbs.
4 hive, crammed with gOld-aud-silver
honey; = spick-and-span hive, with all the
modern Improvements, with no litter OF
larvp, no tracks of small feet on the waSen
cells, no iocund COming| and golngs; z hive
silent - a tomb save for the shrili hum of
a pair ofsuperlnnuated bees alternating
with 10 hope Of spring-time; are we to
accept this as the model OF 4 Representa-
tive American Home?
MARION HARLASD.
BFLIAIRF.