Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-02-02

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a, being "shrews by nsndish choice"
even when they have drawn them
selves into the fancy th hey are the
mos, abused wivos Ia tne world.
ia hia dissertation on ~ igging
Womeu,D De- T. isln dwrlls on the
general nature aud iunionce Of the
naxger. then gives several sketches
VI the process aud sums up
ita result. Afer poiating on. that ths
nagglng usually bogins as soon a. the
man comes home from business OF
work, tho dittlr says among other
thing!
! IL Is the pofullariiv OF the naggor 10
/ enormously cKRggoratO ovoi ythlug, oven
/ 30 she docs nos invent hcr grievances.
| Forgo iulnuss on tho part ol a husband u
| annoying, as 10 is in anyone, but 10 NOT
/ "a crime. A continual stream NJ sc1ldlng,
/ lasting hreo or four hours, over the fall
/ uru TO post lo.tor. will cause any man 90
/ consider tho oiar. disproplruunato 10
| the cause. ~ the husband h. healthy, "
] he is not cursed with u highly nervous
/ organization. what hnpponsl Tho iTsi
thing j. that any love he may have over
had Tor ha vile dos, drowned iu tho
Do Il nj words. Having Wandered his love
| tor hor, the vito keeps up sac naggl1gi ho
| speedily begins tp look uu hor ~ bong
! nuisance: from this 90 dislike and th0n io
! positive hatred la not long journey II
| tbUro DO chilifun, tho husband may cou-
! tiuuo 10 1.-Two with hUr for tuuir sake, but
itI.a an awful home in which IN bring up
| chlldron While ho may not lift
hls finger to- hor be will invariably DO.
come brutal. oxcnp la such cases aH /
| shalt hereafter munIiOn. In such r. con.
tost the woman has no chance. lilo may
not be-. he probably IL not able 10 give
tho mpiot.iiko thrust ui sarcasm which
comes 20 easily 90 hor, but DO eau use
tho bludgeou Of abuse and profanity
with terrible effect. Tho nervous COM
dition the woman has created In herself
by hor nagginR, itsoii fondors Nor
powcrloss before this weapon OF
her husband. such hmly -
IA hell ON Oarih. 10 was the
son OF such a household who said M tho
simplest aud most mauorsOi-iacs way
whom ho heard of "a wedding. Another
| life. quarrel commenced What com.
moul on his paronHl
The exceptions OF men who do not
become brutal which DR.. Eison sug'
gssts are those dlcllo husbands who
arc nervous, "highly Il ung, 10 use a
common phrase, aui generally ex'
ocedingly aficctl0natr." OF this olass
the doctor cites instances OF whtro
they become subjects Of melanoholia,
b completely d,nudei Of every ambition,
3 by the oease.c.a irritation Of the wiio's
, tongue; and one case hu cites Of a
. nervous husband being driven 10 an
o asylum by the nagglug Of his wife.
! Turning ir.m his sympathy for the
husband, the inhiollou on children by
. such mother receives attention. II :,
u pointed out that ellen the ohild's
q physical health IL ruined; but the
70 mind Is II jufvd still more. 10 isttatcd
= that, owing 10 the constant cXaggeru-
q ton which IL inseparable from nag.
Z cling, tue child does not get chance Ia
understand Judgment; It's mind grows
. one-sided, "tho constant, unceasing In.
Justice whrps the better nature. Tbs
i dumb anger induced through 10 many
Yeas stimulates the growth OF passion
c Ia the mind Of the child; In time ~
y becomes absolutely unable to DO juslieI
,, 70 others, simply because ~ sense o
10 Justice. naturally strong Ia all children
D Ia destroyed. Just as tyranny
u makes tyranH Of those tyAu
u ulzed over when they In turn
N have power, 40 tue injustice o
y tagging kills tho sense Of Justice
L. Then, TOO, In order 10 shield itself from
ID the intolerable torture, the child nat
Al urally resorts to lies. IL Ia not TO b
10 tlAmui tor this, Tor, NJ the exaggorn
J" ton Of nagging Is almost invariabl
L. nothing but falsahood, the little on
oauno, know any better"
IL Il may be that many will reoogni7
ID M an extreme view that which IN
u New York writer gives Of too prev
" Slenl nabil; yet Ia existence to an
u extent Is but the evil I'm modint
m form. A wife who Ia u chronic iAul
~ tlnder OF soold cannot have the porte
I'd confidence OF even the best Of hu
" bands. And while II Is no justlno
ic ton OF the wrong.dolng Of Que petsr
Go b point out tho faults oi another, y
s' wives can, In fairness to themselye
of make tho assertion that all the moi
Dc ging IL not o. tleir side, The
I'd ate husbands whose chuilishDess ~
~ snappishuess nj home Is A. col
i, slant aud marked AZ Is their anabiliu
Hs aud pollteness Ia society And IA O.
" case OF either ono or both PARENTS beir
1t, addicted 10 the bauuful practice,
NJ effect on children 10 injurious TO q
extreme degree.
To- Dr. Edison ooniosaes that no know
On Of no remedy Tor the evil he 70 sharp
uh Gonounops, unlvas II should be- In "pu
he llo opiuiou," which al best II ve
est Intellectual remedy Tor such disord,
dc Ia that code which iuculcates pa
let morals, honor truth aud lusti
Ter 90 ttue Christianity T., no,
be ever perfect means Tor the era,
cation OF an such uvlls. Tn
Gospel which teaches that ca
should love his neighhor ms he Low
himself, requires that patience, hin
10 uess, love aud forgiveness should 60
Tes troll tn the family relation; that VIII
i'n the wife anu husband mad cause to r