Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-01-14
LYNCH8URG
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MISS ADA TANNER receives fron.
WALLER POCAH0NTAS
Huff & CO.

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 80 Keep Husbands at Home
This subject. although apparently an
ensy one. is engaging the attention OF
some of the brightest minds OF today.
1t is one of the most important SUBJ
iects which can claim the attention OF
any wife. shall endeavor to give you
my best thoughts on the subject.
A wife's duty is not that Of leader,
but minister. She should be the guide,
the adviser, the power behind the
throne" II she is a true woman, she
will sndeayor to supply her husbands
needs in the best manner possible. II
is from hor that he should get love,
sympathy and encouragement in the
great battle of life
While special cases require special
treatment, yet we will take general
view of this subject, which is all we
can do in this space.
We fiud that man possesses COM
plicated 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 90 farther than the mere trickery
Of pleasing dress, etc. These must be
regarded rather as effects than causes.
First, we should minister to our hus-
bands physical necessities. OF 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
intel eclual companiopship, and the
true wife must furnish 1t. She must be
up with the times, and take an interest
in all the 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 bas tact. she will wisely
direct him into the proper chan oel OF
thought without his ever suspecting ii.
We must be wise as serpents and
harmless RS doves" She must prove
herself wise and true companion and
confidante.
Thirdly. She must be moral staff
and guide. Men a:e not as delicate il
their moral perceptions as women, aud
it is here that she can WELD her great
est influence. She must take staud
for the right, come what may. She
must have the courage to die in pow
erty rather than live upon the proceeds
of ilI-gotten gains. She must prune of
all immoral twigs in her husbands
character by her own precepIs and
example.
Fourthly. Mans spiritual nature
needs cultivation. and it is she who
must do it. There is nothing SO at
tractive as a well-rounded Chris,iap
character II you possess this jewel
on have power over your husband
almost Irresistible. Your exercise OF
patience, kindness. politeness, 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 loyable, and your husband
''seeing your good works, will glorify
your Father, which is in heaven"
l believe these TO be the fundamental
principles which will enable us TO keep
our husbands at home, and if they fail
there is nothing we can do but pray for
them and murmur not, knowing that
in "due season we shall reap if we faint
not" III. L. T.
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