Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-10-21

SOMETHING ABOUT WHICH EVERYBODY
Is CURIOUS.
Mrs. Howgate remarked to friend
since her husbands arrest: why did
they ferret this thing out after all
these years? Nothing is likely 70 be
gained for anybody, and none will sur
fer as we shall. Our whole life, since
he went away, is now thrown under a
search light, and we have no privacy,
not even TO indulge our sorrow" II Is
a question where legitimate interest Ia
a criminal case ceases TO be pertinent,
and becomes i'm pertlnent curiosity. As
one newspaper man expressed himself
about IL recently, II just would like to
know the real story Of that man IL
fasciDates me like a romance OF Eugene
Sue.
That is the pitiful part Of these un-
fathomable SORROWS. Everybodyswants
% know about them. The whole COM
munity and sometimes other communi-
ties become intensely interested in their
development, aud IL assumes the pro-
portions Of thu Breckenridge scandal,
becomes a psychological and social
istic study, utterly regardless OF the
bIighted lives and bleeding hearts OF
the near kindred, who suffer because Of
this misdoing.
WHAT THE WORLD EXPECTS OF THE
WIFE OF A CRIMINAL.
In such cases the world seems 10 ex-
psct women TO be faithful TO the sinner,
although the probabilities, founded
upon numerous experimental cases, are
that, when the excitement is over, the
ingratitude and baseness OF the man
will continue 10 plague them In some
other form OF misbehaVior.
But this very same world expects
nothing OF the sort from the man whose
wife goes astray, commits crime, or
proves unworthy. So much do both
law and custom sympalhize with him In
such a case as confirmed insanity, for
instance, which is considered good
grounds for a divorce, and an excuse for
him 10 take unto himself a new wife.
For q woman 20 make Insanity of her
husband, or even crime, a plea for d.
vorce, is very rare indeed, so much so
the writer remembers no instance Of
either, but several instances where
faithfulnes-uutil worse than death
have met with the basest ilgratitude
afterward.
And yet, I would not have women any
less womanly, tender or constant il l
could Would you?
In an occasional rare instance such
eonstsncy has Oeeu rewarded; and every
woman when tried has duty to her
self 70 decide for herself, what she shall
DO, unprejudiCed by other peoples
opinions.
There are times when even a sugges-
ti0n as 70 q Woman's duty 10 her nus
band Is 40 impertnence.
She knows, or ought TO he able TO d.
vine how much she is capable OF endur-
ing for the sake Of love and family.
Many a woman shuts her eyes to in
consistency, 10 even crime itself,
through loyalty TO the father of her
children, 10 shield him from their con-
tempt, and even wrath, later on.
Wise or unwlse, that feeling is at the
bottom Of the apparent indifference Of
many wives 20 the sins OF omission and
commission of the men who are their
husbands.
Other women say, 'if my husband is
uniaithful TO me, do not want to know
10. and woe betide the friend who pre-
sumes to enlighten ne! Where ignO-
rance is bliss It's folly to be wise.
THE DAWN OF A NEW DAY.
There seems 10 be the dawn Of a new
day purpling the morning sky,
Thoughtful women, women enlightened
by education, have begun to question
some OF the old ways OF our social life,
and TO fix new standards, breast high,
for both men and women TO come up to,
and TO exact Of the sterner sex some OF
that strength they are credited with,
that ii be applied to morals, aud that a
mans moral stature and a woman's
shall be of equal hight. Also that the
penalties for broken faith, under the
law and gospel, too, shall be the same
for both alike.
Women are growing very tired or SUI
ferlug vicariously for the sins Of men,
whose education, position and ability fit
them fer the highest places, but whose
weakness and practices drag them down
into the slime Of the lowest
THAT OLD PLEA ''BUsINEss" WILL
NOT DO.
Business-to a woman OF sense-will
scarcely account for the absence OF my
lord for seven nights in the week.
a family man, although a member OF
many clubs, societies and lodges, should
reserve, and be expected TO reserve, a
little time TO get acquainted with those
at home And the right kind Of wo-
man will be likely TO expect IL, and
make such an attractive home the right
kind OF man cannot help making his
plans 10 do so; tor, as l said in the be-
ginning, there is more Of good than evil
10 life, aud, will add, some women
ind men generally doing what they ex-
pect Of them.
Ii is women who fix the standard OF
social life, and who have It in their
power TO also FIX the standard OF morals
between the sexes. II they begin with
the boys. and educate men into the
newer and higher ideals OF what is man
ly, then we may begin TO hope the sJo-
ries Of such misapplied lives as How.
gates will not be so common as in this
generation.
Oh, yes! IL will take generation or
two to bring il all about. But IL is
bound to come just as soon as women
generally realize the power they have
within themselves 20 do these things.
AUNT EMILY.
$500, =. ~V.-- n.n,DHar