Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-02-27
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The Round Of Life of the Commonplace
Married Woman.


The Round Of Life Of the Commonplace
Married woman.
1t is possible that before the COM
monplace woman became a wife, she
was entirely conscious of her tasks and
desires, and given to holiday making
and social pleasures on her own ac-
count; but at the altar she drops her
individual existence and becomes at
once noun Of multitude. Hence
forth her life is collective. Her very
language is in the plural number
such as we, ours, and us. She re-
spects the rights Of paternity so much
as never 10 permit herself to talk OF
her children as peculiarly her own.
Her individuality being merged in
her husband and their offspring. she
has no private thoughts, no wish
es, no hopes, no fears but for
to- concern. All this is all the bet
ter for her tranquility; for although
part OF her husband, she docs not
I quite fancy that he is a part of her.
She leaves at least the business to
his management, and il she does ad-
wise and suggest on occasions, she
thinks that somehow things will
come out well. Having full faith in
his wisdom. she troubles herself little
concerning the matters within his
province, and .hus preserves an I'M
troubled mind and a cheerful face
good TO look upon. At home, she
makes this husband supremacy conn
Portable. A widower tas very lit c
comfort, and hachelp. none at all;
a married provided his wife be
an everyday married lady-enjoys il
in perfection. But he enjoys it IN
+ consciously, and therefore migrate.
fully; it is thing Of course-a ne
cessity, a right, OF the want Of which
he complains without being distinct.
/ ly sensible OF its presence. Even
when it acquires sufficient intensity
/ TO arrest his attention. when his
heart and his features soften, and he
looks round with half smile on his
face, and says; This is comfort" it
never occurs to him to inquire where
it all comes from. His everyday wife
is sitting quietly In the corner; she
makes a point OF being at leisure
while he is by; and he hardly realizes
that the comfort which enriches the
atmospher> which broods in the
shadowy parts Of the room, which
CLOVIS in his own full heart, cmanates
from her, and encircles her like an
aureola. The corner In which she
sits with her sewing or crocheting,
thinking her simple thoughts, or r.
spending with cheerful interest to
her husbands desultory talk, is the
home center TO her children. The
boys adore their mother and make
her their chief contldant As the
daughters grow up their affection for
her is almost surprising, Not that
the sentiment is steady and uniform
in its expression, for sometime ono
might suppose mamma TO be forgot
ten, or at least considered only as 4
| daily necessity not requiring any spc-
| cial notice. But wait till a grief
/ comes, and mark TO what bosom the
painting girl flies for refuge and com
| fort; see with what abandon she
! tuIoNS lltl al MS dlUiluu lltl ildttl-
nal neck, and with what passionate
burst the hitherto repressed tears
/ gush forth. She ia sure of loving
sympathy here, and words which com
/ fort however deep they hurt. BE-
and by this simple lady flies, and the
objects of her love and care lament
as those who will not be comforted.
I Even common acquaintance look
round them when they enter The
house. with uneasiness and anxiety,
missing her cheerful face and cordial
greeting. And so she passes away,
this everyday woman, who was never
known to do or say anything particu-
larry clever, who lived solely for 9th.
ers, content to serve as a background,
/ aud who yet leaves memorials Of her
commonplace existence everywhere
through the circle in which she
/ moved and had her beiuo
! William Hanks Of 10 Oro,, N vs. Mexico.