Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-08-24
IHt cHe ERy WIFE.


pirriatiyc Husband
Men are more easily diSheartened
than women in the always renewed
struggle Of every dag s'rhe husband,
weary with the perplcXities of bust
ness. disappointed where he had antic-
ipated success, and at the end together
of strength and patience, looks for
ward eagerly TO the nightly home
coming.
AS he treads quickly along the famil-
lar street, rms up his own steps, turns
his own latch key 1t is as if he had
been on long journey and were enter
ing port Without separating the diff
ferent component parts of his pleasure,
he feels beforehand the thrill of the
greeting he will receive from wife and
children, The little lad will rush to
meet him, the pretty daughter will
hold up her face for kiss, the baby
will clap hands and coo and pat-a-cake,
and the wife-bless her!--who will pre-
side over the whole scene, is queen and
guardian angel
A CHEEKY wife is not obtrusively and
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husband is gloomy. She beguiles him
from his WEAKNESS and melancholy by
gentle words, tender caresses, a com.
Portable chair, good dinner. She has
something entertaining to relate, for a
variety of delightful incidents make up
the day for her, while the man she
loves is in the toiling, moiling world
down town. Something of visitors, of
the children, of letter she has re-
ceived, OF Il book she has read, is woven
into the brightness of her evening
chat. She is herself a winsoine pic
ture, daintily neat and restful to the
eye. The pride of possession has been
merged in the mans consciousness into
the repose OF entire and blessed conf
dcnce, so that the two little words my
wife" mean on the husbands lip as
much of Heaven as is ever compressed
into phrase of human language.
OF course il is all wrong when this
cheerful disposition, this beautiful al
truism, is wholly the endowment of
the wife. A husband is churlish who
will not reciprocate in kind when his
wife does her utmost to uplift him from
dependency, to fill him with hope
when he Is downcasts to cheat him of
fear and foreboding. She shows him
that she believes In his pluck, hts abil-
ity. his resources, and thus she gives
him faith in himself--an immense re-
enforcement in the battle which is ever
surging around him.
To her, this CHEEKY being, doing an
gels work in the homely sphere of her
consecrated wifehood. the husband
should offer the tribute of his evident
appreciation.
Admiration is her due, and praise and
unstinted love Compliment and corr-
tesy. small surprises Of gift and grace
full acts Of daily consideration, enable
her to keep the sunshine III her own
soul. The CHEEKY wife is the sweeter
and dearer if she is companied on the
journey by her openly devoted hus-
band.
Men would sometimes stare in as.
| constituent if told how much their
wives set store by. to use an expressive
, DTOVlnclnIlSHl uttlt tokens pl dIcctlOi
and respectful attention before others
John" said IA cherry wife one day. sis
always lovely to me when we are
alone. but he snubs me thoughtlessly
. in the presence of his mother. and even
before our grown-up daughters, Il
there Is difference of opinion. he
} ranges himself on their side, not or
] mine, dear fellow lie likes being'in OPP
position in public,
/, In these circumstances it is difficult
for wife To maintain her cquanimity
of spirit aud demeanor. She grow.
! silent and meditative. and ceases to bs
q CHEEKY, and the whole family have theI
d the sense of enduring an unmeriteo
! grievance For the CHEEKY wife is sci
|, dom suffered TO take vacation. 1t il
expected of her that She will carry
light into all life's shadowy places, and
to do her justice, she seldom disap
i points those who believe iii her magi
and dwell under her gracious scepter
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