The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-03-27
Must Have Firmness of Purpose,
Based Upon Sound Judgment.

Editor of the COLUMBIA hERALDi
All men who avoid female society
have dull perceptions, and are stu
pid, have gross tastes, and revolt
against the pure, the good, the beau
tiful.
Poetry is uninspiring to numb
skull beauty has no charms for blind
man, and the sweetest strains OF
music fall useless and empty on the
ear of the deaf. But when we find a
mind in strict similarity to the great
Master-builder, we see one who is
capable of enjoying all that is bright
and beautiful, one who appreciates,
and rightly uses, the blessings con-
ferred by an Advise being. Such
minds rise above the petty foibles
that mar the pathway of human ma
ture, and will strive to hide the rough
places by a cheerful smile or a gentle
word; one that will make the mile
stones on life's journey signs OF honor
and happiness, rather than mere up
rights, that point only to a dreary
waste, a lonely road before us, offer
ing naught but blind submission to
unavoidable fate. "In the beginning
God created man in his own image"
and among the first gifts conferred
upon him was a wife, making him
not only Lord-or ruler-Of all crea-
ted things, but giving him the hon
Orable title of husband; being then
the first companion, the guide and
protector for the fair being, given to
share all his enjoyment of the then
blissful Eden, and so long as he acted
in the capacity of head-or ruler-ot
this domestic kingdom, peace, har-
mony and all that was pleasant
reigned supreme. But the new made
wheel of time rolled on, and a change
came DER the spirit of this bright
dream of welded bliss. Sorrow
care, aud death g tered the threshold
of this quiet home, and all through
the ages past, down to the present, a
discOrdant note has been sounding
it's unharmoniOus tones to veX the
ear of humanity, and to arouse the
curiosity of all to search for a model
husband"
Now am called upon to give my
views on this "mOdel husband" and
Judging from the busy pens of the
present day, that are discussing the
various themes, such as these, us
marriage a failure ?"-"Woman'
rights, land "WomaR's wrongs re-
dressed II must confess that mine
NAV be considered difficult task; as
the commodity known as "Model
husbands" seem to be scarce on the
market.
1 do not claim to be one of the mum
who search long and deeply for this
wonderful "curiOs."
The cause OF our first domestic
trouble was not mans unkindness tC
fair woman, nor his unwillingness tC
share with her his wealth and power
but from weakness in yielding to her
persuasive arguments, some have
said it was "due to his gallantry.'
Be that as it may the result has been
the same, and many very grievous
errors since that time owe theil
origin to the same fruitful cause
| The syFen voice OF woman has beer
more effective, in the formation o.
mans character, than many suppose
| leading him to the pinnacle of fame
or down the rugged path OF ruin. In
| asserting this | mushauot be misun
derstood, nor would L lessen the
dignity, or dim the sphere of true
wOmanhOod.
The "model husband" is not thu
one who is most yielding in his dis
position; he must have frDlRess o
! DurDOse based upon sound judgment
He is affectionate, kind and for
bearing. He loves truly the wife wh'
helps to bear the burdens of life.
He is courteous and polite, carry
| ing the many little attentions o
cOurtship into his married life, anC
never forgets that his wife needs as
! sistauce, in climbing a stairway wheI
she is fifty years old as much a
when she as jolly girl of sixteen
He Is industrious and economical
not drawing the purse strings so clos
they cannot be Embossed; nor doe