Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-08

"tFP%@ cheerfuIlv.
~ NJ. The m t b.
- ~ - fs~c making man.
ma Is stale
snd stock joke with misogvnists, but who
ever heard OF the maLe wiring papE?
Yet the sstute proVider, in forecastirg
| 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 spinster, leav
ing her the forlornest being aliye-slWays
and everywhere excepting confirmed
old bachelor.
In spite of foresight and worldly pru-
dence, the father of many daughters spd
narrow mesns frowns and signs at the
suggestion Of relief from the burden that
may come through the marriage of his
girls. They may be extravsgsnt and I'M
dutiful, bu. they are his, aud he grows
savage at the thought Of giving them into
other mems keeping. There is no sf5c-
| tation in his upWillingness or savasery.
So well established is the anomaly that 1t
is the mother, In most ceases OF the
heart" who suppresses her jsal-
ousy of the stranger who has
robbed her of the first place In
her child's aft ctions, and becomes the
young peoples mediator with her rste
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
yaguest eyasions. The father "doesa't
want &c lose his girl. There is time
enough-she is only : baby yet. He is
willing and glad to take care Of her
What does she want viii better homer"
and dozen ct ceteras thst throw nc
more light on the true inWsrdnegs of TIE
| case.
A little while ago interviewed" the
father Of one daughter, and she passing
fair, on this yeIed and vexatious point
He is man who understands himself and
knows how to say what he means, SC
when his open brow darkened at hint
that his girl might not sIways be his alone,
l pushed inquiry. II did not satisfy me
to be told thst he had loaded revolver
and bulldog ready for any fellow who
should dare ask for his darling; that the
best thing man could do, ana the worst
thing c woman ever did, was to marry
Sensible citizens, even when fathers and
fond, do not rave causelessly. Presently
he stesdied down into calm conference.
"It is because we know men-how
iSO1io 90 IL sA13A may Va L4CH alC3 uOn
selfishly iIconsiderate are the best OF
them; now dull of sensibility and slow of
apprehension are all Of US when com
pared with women-that We shudder TO
resign our tepderly nurtured girls to
taem," he said. feelingly. "Men under
stand what l mean! And marriage is so
ter IDLY irreyocGole ~
"But you married!n
ayes, and have been glad Of it, on M
own account, ever since. Hid l known
q woman's needs ind nature then as do
now, her delicate sersioillties, her ca
paclty for love and for suffering, 1 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 noblemnn Of Gods own
msking expressed. Yet, despite his test
mony, the truth abides inst the best
earthly happiness fer woman is found in
o judiclous marriage; that when her
choice is wisely made there are nc peca-
liar miseries in wedlcck; no thorns on
| which she would not step were she to re-
msin Celibate. It is only through her
failure to enter-ss the church service
puts it-"discreetly" upon this ordinance
| Of divine sppointment that inevitable sOr-
row Is cid Mt upon it.
The first requisite in a husband is that
he should appreciate the value Of that
which he has ~op, and, Ringing directly
| upon this, that he should make himself
| worthy to be mated with q true, noble
| woman. The mother cannot begin too
early to impress upon her BOYS
| mind the thought that pur-
Ivy In thought, mind, word an
person Is as truly mis- duty IS 1t his sis
ter's. There are, thank Resveni men
| with hearts and hands as clean as those
| OF the saintliest womsn; men who scorn
coarseness as loftily as they do dishones
| ty;:upon whose garmests there is not 30
| much IS the smell of the fires Of tempta-
ton through which they have passed.
Such mans disdain { f impurity carries
wi 1t more weight than 8 womsn's nat
! ursl aversion to what Is common and IN
clean. It has the glorious dignity Of ST..
MIchaers trump over the devil.
NJ hate ihat mani" once said to me
whited and gsrnished sepulchrs who
| called herself "woman Of the world"
Gle sets himself up in his quiet fashion,
as moral Gibraltar. told him one of
my best stores st q dinner-psrty the
other night story that was decidedly
pquant and little ceviare-ish,
you know. Everybody else wss
In paroxysms of laughter. lie set
! mis- handsome fsce like a marble mask
and wouldn't see the point. Somehow
ne always puts me 8. such 8 dissdvsn-
tsge that / could murder him some-s
times!"
The wife of 8 vicious msn cannot be
happy IL she remain really virtuous. The
wife Of one VINO is foul in Imagination,
needless and coarse in speech, must sink
to his level or suffer acutely, slow
martyrdom none the less cruel that 1t is
dumb and unsupported.
Second to cleanliness of heart and life,
we msy rate an equsble, well-msrsged
tempsr-S very different oualifv let us