West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-05-18
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to sympathiZe with clay,
as the husband is, the wife is; thou
art mated to clown,
And the grossness of his nature will
have weight to drag thee down. .
-IennySon.
"a wife should be her husbands S
dearest and nearest friend, therefore
his equal in the qualities of heart
and mind; as capable of advising
as of consoling him; Il true woman,
to be his helpmatc and companion,
not goddess to be set on pedestal
and adored with PROSTATE homage,
or doll to be tricked out with the
gauds of ostentations and degrading
partiality. In the close intercourse
Of domestic life Tie wife and the
husband must necessarily act and
react upon each other.-DacenpOrt
AdamS.
/ DO not write for the rich, who
complicate their lives at will with a
thousand tiresome and dangerous
iuutilities, who live in the continual
presence of their servants (for ser
wants" read enemies who eat,
sleep. and love beneath those ma
leyolent and scolIing eyes. They
have no intimacy, no privacy, no
home.
And unfortunately / cannot write
for those who have no time to them
selves, no liberty; who are crushed.
and overpowered by the fatalities Of
circumstances, those whose lnccs-
SAINT labor controls and pushes for
ward the hours. What advice can
we give to people who are not free to
follow il ? | write for those who
are at liberty to regulate their own
lives, for the poor but not INDECENT
man who works at home, and for
those who are voluntarily poor
that is to say for people of fortune
who are sensible enough to live
plainly, without servants, and to
! have something which can really be
called q home.
The saying thatA'a third person
spoils company" is essentially true
OF the married stats.
\ quiet country girl (written in
Paris however, for the 'hired
help" does not break up the tete-d-
iete. If you are so fortunate as to
have little house by yourselves,
she will have her kitchen and laun-
dry on the ground floor, and seldom
come up stairs.
The girl is not entirely alone; her
mistress goes down to see her. es-
pecially during your absence, and
gives her good advice, such as she
can readily understand. She will
teach her to read, and train her in
good habits.
She has also the garden to her
self, rs well as the cat, the dog, and
the chickens, with which she holds
daily talks, as when she was on her
own place.
This honest creature, however
honest she may be, is not the less n
woman, and consequently curious.
Hence, in going up to her bedroom,
at the top of the house, she will not
fail to put her eye to the keyhole,
and listen to what is said.
A double door and a little ante
chamber should be between your
apartment and the staircase up
which she passes, goes and comes,
listens and observes.
"But how" asks my lady, will
this gawly country girl take the
place of my Julie, my femme de
chambre, who is so clever, and
knows how to do everything 2
Clever? Why, vou are as clever
rs she. Come, my lazy beauty, you
do yourself injustice. In making a
tasteful toilet, have full confidence
in your delicate hands. Woman, in
this particular, has an inexhausti-
BILE fund of dexterity and invention.
Let us have secret for secret, con-
fession for confession. You must
know then that the busiest Of men
has abundance of time, super6uity
even. so soon as his real pleasure is
concerned. The great men of our
day find time 20 exercise their brisk
loquacity four hours day at the
Bourse, the Palias de Justice, at the
cafes. and six hours of the night at
the play Ito which they never lis
ten). No. decidedly it is not time
that is wanting.
1t is not wanting for the useless
and foolish questions of the day,
from which we always come away
yawning. no wiser than before. II
only wanting when cur happiness is
concerned.
ALIAS !" she says to herself, for
she would never dare to whisper it
to other ears, "how can be always
adored And is it not the natural
result of such a close intimacy that,
never being able for moment to es-
cape ihe attention Of the one who
lovas of his tender uneasjness. YOU