Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-01-07

DEALERS, $1,000 in gold for the
best receipt for keeping husbands at
home at night. She recommends the
following
How 10 Keep Husbands 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.
iects which can claim the attention OF
any wife. l shall endeavor 10 give YOU
nv 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 If she is true woman, she
will eudeayor to supply her husbands
needs in the best manner possible. Ii
is from her that he should get love,
sympathy and encouragement in the
great battle of life
While special cases require special
treatment, yet we will take o general
view of this subject, which is all we
can do in this space.
We fud that man possesses COM
plicated nature-a physical, intellect
ual. moral aud religious nature. In
the very nature of the case he will be
comparatively happy il these wants
are supplied.
We first, then, must base our con-
illusions on these first principles. We
must 60 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. Ofcourse.
this includes everything which relates
to his temporal we'll being. He must
have cheerful, happy home. No
reasonable request should be denied.
Comfort, ard even !uxnries, as far as
possible, should he supplied. Books.
music, flowers, pictures, with a happy
wife and children, are great powers IN
the home.
But this is not all He must have
intellectual compsuionship, aud 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 bis
business affairs aud help him plan and
devise. If she has tact, she will wisely
direct him into the proper chanael of
thought without his ever suspecting 1t.
We must be ''wse as serpents and
harmless as doves She must prove
herself a wise and tras companion, and
coniidante. - q Q ST.
Thirdly. She must be moral staff
and guide. Men a-e not as delicate ip
their moral perceptions. as women, aud
it is here that she can WELD her great
est influence. She must take q 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 off
all immoral twigs in her husbands
character by her own, precep's and
example.
Fourthly. Mans spiritual nature
needs cultivation, and it is she who
must do it. There is nothing so at
tractiye as q well-feundeda Christian
character. Encompasses this jewel
you have power over your husband
almost irresistible. Your exercise of
patience, kindness, politeness, sweet
ness, cannot fail III in'fluehce. After
all, Christian: lowe sgthE essence of all
true happiness! Il & diii;
Glove stoops to earth in service sweet,
And foremost treFqls the gollfdegnlstreet,"
The religion Of Jesus Christ will
make you lovable, and your husband,
.'seeing youes good works, will glorify
your Father. which is in heaven"
Ibulioye 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 thurmur not, knowing that
in "dns season we shall reap if we faint
not. 4s.. 80, M. L. t..
Lancaster Bros,
CIVIL AND MINING ENGINEERS