The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1890-07-05
A WOMAN'S MISTAKE.
For the SENTINEL.

To-" tnt.r .Admllt,; Il viii Nee,
mary
a shade of repronf WAS in the tones
OF the reply gently but seriously given
DON'T say that, my dear. 1t was the
mistake of my life"
That this woman, universally re-
specfed. n welcome guest ia house
holds of all classes. the good Samari-
tan OF the neighboThood, friend and
counsellor TO old and young, should
"andldly admit that her single bless
edncSs' was u mistake seemed matter
lnr astonlshment to her listener. Miss
BEL was seemingly, such a contented
Old maid that the sphere she occu-
ped appeared to he Just her proper
place, and best suited to her natura,
disposition But her heart knew its
own bitterness and the why and where
tore she had elected to walk alone
me- tilronghtare. That she might
have been happier as wife and mother,
lew sought to inquire, but it may he
she who saw SO much of domestic
joys and miseries in the homes she
visited, had learned to balance them
correctly and concluded that after all.
she would have found in wedlock
the highest and best form of earthly
happiness.
fury" girls are beginning to realize
that many of their sex must, perforce
be their w bread winners, and that
marriage cannot come to all. Even
should the majority of educated. re-
lined young women marry suitably.
there is the possibility Of many of
them being left as widows PERHAPS
with helpless families, dependent up
on their own efforts and labors for a
support. Therefore the gills should
be trained to feel that however well
provided for in respect to this worlds
goods, they may now be. some day
they may be reduced to poverty and
must work to live ; and marriage as
an escape from drudgery or indulgence
Is a delusion, a mistake, and a sin
against a w0man's nature. No God
appointed ordinance can be a failure,
No holier tenderer mortal ties can ex-
list than those of wife and mother.
all best things are won by sacr.-
NtNt E' ~ HolIti must IlOb tAIltcl 10
wear her crown of joy without suffer
ing and self-abnegation to gain it.
Girls who rush into matrimony
bllndly, it may be against wishes and
counsel Of friends and relations, NAV
lore the men they marry, aud
respect them also, but there is another
clause III the contract inserted by
apostle Paul. "Let the wife see that
she reverence her husband" Girls do
You ever think of that, Can You rev.
the man you are going to give
yourself to ''for better, for worse ?"
A woman should analyze the charac-
ter OF the man she is to marry in so
as IT is known to her, and deliber-
considering his faults and short
comings, should decide with her own
soul if she is willing to bear with
these and with others, perhaps I'M
until after marriage. She can
not be always blind to his faults, but
she can be l%enient, and her affection
should be strong enough to endure all
until the point is reached where
''enduranee ceases to be q virtue"
Woman is not worthy to be a wife if
she does not love her husband well
enough to give up all the rest of the
world for his sake, provided she sur
renders no principle or vital point of
morality i'll doing so. In a perfect
union love must grow stronger, purer
more self-sacgiticing as years flow by
TOO many unions portray the re-
suit III the simple verses | trans
Behind the altar and the ring.
Behind the trimming cup love holds,
Her tilnid eyes sought wondering
The futures folds"
afterward he walked to doubt
while she with careworn, matron grace /
shut patience in, and passion ont !
And held her place"
A oma should be proud of the
nan she marries for some moral trait.
some intellectual superiority, some no
)tllty OF soul that commands her adj
niration and her reverence, as a wife.
This involves another question which
vas once asked Il professor who was
giving a series ri private lectures to
women, ''should n woman ever marry
Ter intellectual inferior T. Hi, an
was, ''she may do 80, and under
conditions be very happy" 1t
5 well known that some men OF gigan-
&c minds have chosen wives OF very
mental capacity, but there
nay have been some bond ~ofsympathy
ONE eongeniality between the two to
make what appeared an Incompatible
Inion an c~Iuinently suitable one. The