Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-01-02
LYNCHBURG
"Takes the Cake
MISS ADA TANNER receives from
WALLER POCAH0NTAS
HUFF & CO,

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CHEAPEST COAL AND LUMBER
DEALERS, $1,000 in gold for the
best receipt for keeping husbands at
home at night. She recommends the
following
How TO Keep n Husband at Home.
This subject. although apparently an
easy one. is engaging the attention OF
some of the brightest minds OF today
1t is one of the most important sub
isct. which can claim the attention OF
any wife. I shall sndeavor to give W"
my best thoughts on the subject,
A wife's duty is not that OF leader
but minister. She should be the suld"
the adviser, the power benin! III
throne" Ii she is true woman sh'
will endeayor to supply her husbands
needs in the best manner possible. Il
is from her that ne should get love.
sympathy and encouragement IN the
great battle of life
While special cases require special
treatment, yet we will take a genera
view of this subject, which is ell we
can do in this space.
We find that man possesses CON-
plicatsd nature-a physical, intellect
ual, moral and religious nature. In
the very nature of the case he will be
comparatively happy If these wants
are supplied.
We FIRST, then, must base our con-
illusions on these first principles. We
must so farther than the mere trickery
of pleasing dress, etc. These must DO
regarded rather as effects than causes.
First, we should minister to our hus-
bands physical necessities. or course
this includes everything which relates
to his temporal well being. He must
have a cheerful, happy home. No
reasonable request should be denied
Comfort, ard even luxuries, as far as
possible. should he supplied. Books.
music, flowers, pictures, with happy
wife and children, are great powers 10
the home.
But this is not all He must have
intellectual companiopship. and the
true wife must furnish 1t. She must be
up with the times, and take an interest
in all tho things he likes. She must
study his tastes and preferences, and
she must take an active interest in his
business affairs and help him plan and
devise. If she has tact, she will wisely
direct him into the proper chanael OF
thought without his ever suspectlng 1t.
We must be 'wise as serpents and
harmless as doves" She must prove
herself wise aud true companion and
confdante.
Thirdly. She must be moral staff
and guide. Men a-e not as delicate IN
their moral perceptions as women, aud
it is here that she can WELD her great
est influence. She must take a stand
for the right, come what may. She
must have the courage to die in pow
erty rather than live upon the proceeds
of ill-gotten gains. She must prune on
all immoral twigs in her husbands
character by her own precepls and
example.
Fourthly. Mans spiritual nature
needs cultivation. and it is she VIII"
must do it. There is nothing so at
tractive as a well-roundsd Christian
character. If you possess this jewel
YOU have power over your husband
almost irresistible. Your exercise OF
patience, kindness, politeuess, sweet
ness, cannot fail in influence. After
all. Christian love is the essence OF all
true happiness.
Love stoops to earth in service sweet
And foremost treads the golden street.
The religion of Jesus Christ will
make you lovable, and your husband
.'sesing your good works, will glority
your Father, which is in heaven"
Ibelieve these to be the fundamental
principles which will enable US 10 keep
our husbands at home, and if they fail
there is nothing We can do but pray for
| them and murmur not, knowing that
il "dua season we shall reap if we faint
NOT ,, NJ. L. T.