Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-04-19
WISE WORDS FOR WIVES.
HOW TO KEEP A HUSBAND IN
TRIM AND HOW TO HOLD HIM.

HOW TO KEEP A HUSBAND IN
TRIM AND HOW TO HOLD HIM.
Never marry but for love, but see that
thou lowest what is lovely-Orid.
If the man who loves her won't
admire her she'll find some one
who will. Perhaps she INIT beau.
tiful; but the woman never lived
who was not gratifed 10y a com
pliment to her person rendered by
graceful word or implied 10y hon.
age in a glance. Men too often
pooh pooh as silly weakness or
vanity what is really par. of the
strong contrast 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 her beautiful and
harmonious in color. | have known
women 30 exquisItely attuned that
to simply look at pansy or a rose
was to thrill their whole being as
with the chords OF q harp. a wo.
man thrives on admiration. With
out 1t the springs in her nature
nourish fretfulness and trowns /;
the homely woman becomes home
ler through neglect TO water the
flower III her heart.
Why should rot the husband be
always the loveri May it not be
traced to lack Of proper study OF
the relationship | believe women
fail TO hold their husbands de-
votion by too complete surrender.
Their very excess OF love and self
sacrifice defeats their aim. a wO.
man should study the opposite
sex. A woman is governed
through her emotions to great ex-
tent, man through his SENSE
Her affections are deeper, quieter
and more constant. His are
turbulent, less deepseated and more
easily influenced by passion. y
woman's influence over a man is
measured by her personal mag
netism. If 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 Ia moro magnetic power in
the graceful turn OF ribbon about
a woman's throat than in a well
lroned shirt bosom or a well-darned
pair of socks, although the latter
are not to be neglected. a pretty
ankle on the street will catch the
admiring gaze of many a benedict
who daily sees "a prettlcr one at
home. The novelty and charm
suggested by a stranger spices ms
senses, appeals to his imagination
A vile has a rival in every other
woman. If she be a fool she be-
comes jealous and shows it. If she
be a sensible woman she besieges
the fort with the same weapons
the legitimate arts of her sex.
Wives make themselves too
CHI cap. What men command as a
right or come to regard as a mat
ter Of course they soon learn to
place a low estimate upon. Wo-
man rules over the heart and de
sire of man by divine right. She
! is the queen of civilization, before
whom all mankind bend the knee
in hOmage-when compelled. TC
grant as favor what she really
desires to give is an art which
once attained makes woman ms
tress of the field. The subllety Of
the sex exerted on these lines
makes every wife la gely The
fashioner of her own domestic
paradise or hell, just as she may
wisely or unwisely use the knowl
edge. True marriage is yet a fan
of ideal. Few grasp it's hidden
meaning and fewer still have will
and courage 20 develop all thai
may be gained in human happiness
by striving to approximate the
true ldeal.-MiltOn Allen, IN Clere
land Union.