Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-13

anG BLOCK JOKE with misOgYDlstS, but who
ever heard Of the mane lvring papa?
Yet the astute provider, in forecsstiug
the future, should see more distinctly
than his spouse the approach of the day
when sheltering walls and arms will have
fallen away from the lonely spiDster, leev-
ing her the torlornest being aliVe-alwsys
snd everywhere excepting s confirmed
old bachelor.
In spite Of foresight and worldly pru-
denCe, the fatber OF many daughters and
narrow means frowns and signs at the
suggestion Of relief from The burden that
may come through the marrisge Of his
girls. They may be extravag.nt and IN
dutiful, but they are his, and he grows
savage at the thought Of giving them into
other mems keeping. There is no eff &C.
tation IL his unWiilingness or savagery.
So well established is the anomaly that 1t
is the mother, in most "csses OF the
heart" who suppresses her jeal-
ousy Of the stranger who mas
robbed her Of the first place in
her child's affections, and becomes the
young peoples mediator with her 1rate
lord. From the standpoint of the ordl-
nary observer, the situation is so nearly
phenomenal as to provoke speculation
and questioning. The latter is met with
vsguest evasions. The father "doesu't
want t0 lose his girl. There is time
enough-she IS only baby ye,. He is
willing and glad to take care CT her.
What does she want with better homer"
and dozen ct ceterss that throw no
more light on the true inWsrdness Of the
case.
A little while ago interviewed" the
father o. one daughter, and she passing
fsir, on this yeXed end veXatious poiat.
He is man who understands himself and
know how TO say what he means, so
when mis- open brow darkened st hint
that his girl might not always be his alone,
pushed inquiry. 1t did not satisfy me
to be told that he had loaded revolver
and bulldog resdy for any fellow who
should dare ask for his darling; that the
best thing man could do, and the WORSE
thing woman ever did, was to marry
Sensible citizens, even when fathers and
fond, do not rave causelessly. Presently
he steadied down into calm conference.
tIJ is because we know men-how
coarse in grain many Of them are; how
selishiy incorsiderste are the best of
them; how dull OF sensibility and slow of
apprehension are all Of US when com
pared with Women-that we shudder to
resign our teDderly nurtured girls to
them," he said. teelingly. "Men under
stand what 1 mean! And marriage is SO
tee IDLY irrevocable!"
"But you married."
"Yes, and have been glad of it, on my
own account, ever since. HSd l known |
q wCman's needs and nature then as do |
now, her delicate seneioillties, her Ca
psclty for love and Cor suffering, l could |
never have had the presumption TO offer |
her marriage with myself"
The more refined the mans nature, the |
more strongly does he feel what this true |
husband and nobleman of Gods own |
making expressed. Yet, despite his testi |
mony, the truth abides that the best |
earthly happiness for woman Is found in |
q judiclous marriage; that when her
choice is wisely made there are no pecu-
liar miseries in Wedlock; no thorns on |
which she would not step were she TO re-
msin celibate. It is only through her |
failure TO enter-as the church service |
puts it-"discreetly" upon this ordinance
Of divine appointment that inevitable sor-
row is cident upon it.
The first requisite In a husband is that
be should appreciate the value Of that
which he has won, and, Ringing directly
upon this, that ne should make himself !
worthy to be mated with true, noble
woman. The mother cannot begin too
early to impress upon her BOYS
mind the thought that pur-
lty in thought, mind, word an
person is as truly his duty as 1t his sig
ter's. There are, thank Heaven! men
With hearts and hands as clean IS those
Of the saintliest woman; men who scorn
coarseness es lottily as they do dishones
ty ;.upon whose garmests there is not 30
much as the smell of the fires Of tempta-
ton through which they have passed.
Such mans disdain Ct impurity carries
wi h it more weight than q womsn's nat
ursl aversion to what is common and IN
clean. 1t has the glorious dignity of St.
M!chael's trump over the devil.
81 hate that mani" once said to me
whited and gsrnished sepulchre who
called herself "woman of the world"
''Ae sets himself up in his quiet fashion,
as moral Gibraltar. told him one Of
my best stories at dinner-psrty the
other night story that was decidedly
piqusnt and little ceviere-ish,
you know. Everybody else was
in paroxysms Of laughter. lie set
mis- handsome face like e marble mask
spd wouldn't see the point. Somehow
be always puts NE st such dissdysn-
tsge that I could murder him some
times!"
The wife Of vicious man Cannot DE
happy IL she remain really yirtuous. The
wife of one who is foul in Imagination,
needless and coarse in speech, must sink
to his level or suffer acutely, slow
none the less cruel that it is
dumb and unsupported.
Second to cleanliness of heart and life,
We may rate an equsble, welI-managed
very different quality let us
observe, from amiaoility. A quick, gen