Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-05-11
ADVICE TO WIVES.
How They May Put Their husbands In
Trim and Continue to Hold Them.

How Iney May tut lnelr liusDanus Ill
Trim and Continue to Hold Them.
Never marry but for love, but see that thou
lowest what is lovely.-Ovid.
II the man who loves her won't ad-
mire her she'll find some one who will.
Perhaps she isn't beautiful, but the
woman never lived who was not graft
fed by a compliment to her person
rendered by graceful word or implied
by homage in a glance. Men too often
pooh-pooh as silly weakness or vanity
what is really part of the strong con
trast in mental character which links
the sexes in magnetic affinity. Her
love of dress is but one phase of her
higher nature in appreciation OF the
beautiful and harmonious in color. |
have known women so exquisitely at
tunedth to simply look at IA pansy or
rose was to thrill their whole being as
with the chords of Il harp. A woman
thrives on admiration. Without it
the springs in her nature nourish fret
fitness and frowns; the homely woman
becomes homelier through neglect to
water the flower in the heart.
Why should not the husband be
always the lover? May it not be traced
to lack OF proper study of the relation
ship? ] believe women fail to hold
their husbands devotion by too COM
plete surrender. Their very excess Of
love and self-sacrifice defeats their
aim. A woman should study the OPP
posite sex, A woman is governed
through her emotions to a great ex-
tent, a mar through his sense Her
affections are deeper, quieter and
more constant. His are turbulent, less
deep-seated and more easily influenced
by passion. Awoman's influence over
a nan is measured by her personal
magnetism. II she fails to hold her
husbands loyal love she has either
yielded herself too entirely or failed
in other ways to charm his senses,
either physical or spiritual, or both.
There is more magnetic power In
the graceful turn Of a ribbon about 0
wOman's throat than in u well-ironed
shirt bosom OF a ~well-darned pair oil
socks, although the latter are not tc
be neglected. A pretty ankle on the
street will catch the admiring gaze o.
many a benedict who daily sees .
pretticr one at home. The novelt,
and charm suggested by u stranger
spices his senses, appeals TO hi:
Imagination. A wife has a rival il
every other woman. II she be a foo
she becomes jealous and shows 1t. /
she be a sensible woman she besiege.
the fort with the same kind OF weapon,
the legitimate arts Of her sex.
Wives make themselves too cheap
What men command as fright or com,
to regard as a matter OF course the
soon learn to place a low estimat
upon. Woman rules over the hear
and desire OF MN by divine right
She is the queen OF civilization, befor
whom all mankind bend the knee Il
homage-when compelled. To gran
as a favor what she really desires b
give is an art which once attaine'
makes woman mistress OF the field
The subtlety OF the sex exertcd o
these lines makes every wife largel,
tho fashioner OF her own domesti
paradise or hell, just as she ma
wisely use the knowledge. Tru
marri, &c Is yet n far-of ideal. Fe,
grasp its hidden meaning and fewc
still have will anil courage TO dcvelo
all that may be gained in buma
happiness by striving to npproximat
the true idea. Million Allen, In Clevs
land Union.