The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1890-08-02

iuiiS ueloIe proposing extra Npenses
or Innovations, but when she Ses not
consider such necessary sheShould
have her own way. Many a mn will
preach "hard timesnand grumb,exhen |
his wife proposes such things. untA she |
gives up all hope Of the needed arscle
or the iabor-sayipg machine she so
much counted, while her lord co,s
down town and forgetting his lecture
Oh economy, treats a party of friends
1T the saloon, purchases a box Of
ciioice cigars OF bets or a horse race
OF an election a sum far exceeding the
demand of his wife which he has re-
fused. "Consistency's jewel"
The father delegates to his wife the
control of their children. tie oversight
OF their physical, moral and intellect
ual well-being to a greater CT less ex-
tent. He is usually willing she should
take the greater responsibility of their
trimming up to q certain point. Does
he ever c0unteract her influence by
teasing or irritating the children, or by
interfering with her authority over
them? Both parents are held respnn-
sible by God for the training of a child,
and unless they work together harmo-
niously for this end, or one resists the
authority of the other, the child must
snfer from injustice or oyer-iudul-
gence.
A worpan in charge Of a large house
hold possessed of ample means to Sc
cure efficient help is apt to overwork
herself. The husband, by providing
| hap with prorar aec;otap4c - f,r N b;s
means permit, and insisting on seasons
OF lest and recreation. may add years
to the life of the woman he has sworn
to protect and cherish.
Since the day when Adam laid the
blame Of the first transgression upon
Eve, men have been prone to cast the
blame of their own failures, mistakes
or mlsfortunes upon their wives. You
don't mean to be cruel or unkiHd, per-
haps, but it is such a reliefto find fault
with somebody when things have ''gone
wrong, and the wife is such a conve-
nlent scapegoat for your sins. She gets
used to it after awhile, and offers but
feeble protest, having learned that
%"sllence is golden" when her lord finds
fault without just cause OF p%rovocation.
He may receive a lesson some day, and
she will be revenged. When the toll
hands are at rest. the tired feet
no longer hasten to do his bidding. the
weary heart feels no more the sting of
unjust accusations he will awake to a
sudden realization of what he might
have been to the woman who loved
him in spite of his faults, and all he
might have done to make her life a
happier one. He is sorry enough, then.
He will cry out for forgiveness, but
dumb lips answe not, deaf ears heed
not his appeal. He will carry the ache
LII his heart, p~erchance, until he leads
another bride to the altar. But he has
not forgotten.
A widower usually will make a kind,
thoughtful, indulgent husband to his
second wife, whatever he may have
been to the first. He knows how to
appreciate his blessing, now. Of
course a man may be i'll the first in
stance just as true and devoted a hus-
band as he is with a second wife, but I
hold to the opinion that the second
wife generally has an easier time than
the first one had.
Dora Copperfield, lovely and win
ming, was the type of the "oak and
IVY" style of woman-the helpless,
loving, dependent creatures who need
support all their lives, and are seldom
strong enough to meet and conquer
disaster, trouble aud afliction. Such
women could not stand alone if they
would. In contrast, we have the hero
inc in "A Brave Lady," who is a DIFF
fe'ent style altogether. She, II noble,
unselfish wife, sensible ofher husbands
weakness and incapacity to support
his family. takes upon her shoulders
his burdens as we'll as her own. and
nights her way as SO many women do,
to the bitter end, brave and undaunted.
1t was the heroism of a woman battling
for the veal of those dearer to her than
life ruling her little kingdom with no
thought of the wider field for influence
in the public life for which so MANY
loudly clamor.
And yet, how dare we condemn our
sisters who with pure motives and I'M
selfish desire to elevate the moral
standard of government demand the
privilege of ballot and the rights of
equality with menf St. Paul admon-
lsled women "to keep silence in the
churches and to .'learn from their
husbands at home," but he says moth
ing ahont silencing the daughters of
Phillr the Evangelist when they pro-
pfiesied III the house where he WIS u
gnest, nor does lie rebuke the holy
women who helped TO propagate chris