Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-01-16
How to Keep Husbands at Home

home at night. She recommends the
following:
How TO Keep Husbands at Home
This subject. although apparently an
easy one. is engaging the attention. III
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 to give You
my best thoughts on the subject.
\ 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 a true woman, she
will endeayor to supply her husbands
needs IN the best manner possible. IL
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 genera
view of this subject. which is all we
can do in this space.
We find that man possesses a com
plicated nature-a physical, intellect
ual. moral and 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 90 farther than the mere trlckery
OF pleasing dress, etc. These must be
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 tar 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
intel eclual companionship. 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 preference, 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 chan oel OF
thought without his ever suspectlng 1t.
We must be ''wise as serpents and
harmless as doves" She must prove
herself wise and true companion and
confdante.
Thirdly. She must be moral staff
and guide. Men are not as delicate 10
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 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 Christian
character If you possess this Jewel
YOU have power over your husband
almost irresistible. Your exercise OF
patience, kindness, politeness, sweet
ness, cannot fail in Influences After
all, Christian love is the essence OF all
true happiness.
ssLove stoops to earth in service sweet.
And foremost treads the golden street."
The religion of Jesus Christ will
make you lovable, and your husband.
"seeing your good works, will slority
your Father, which is in heaven"
Ibelieve these to be the fundamental
principles which will enable US TO keep
our husbands at home, and if they fall
there is nothing we can do but pray Tor
them and murmur not, knowing that
mt s, NJ. Z. T..