Middletown transcript., 1896-05-16

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LAsS.EF womanp was
a. Ell wv asked at dinner
.rk3ylyE1gsssSs lIfAt n party. "A man.
HlK WI htkgM said lady who
Tk n FI71WN asmesent with
out hesitation
"A woman!" exclaimed simultaneously
masculine neighbor. Your reasons, heI
demanded the first speaker; ''give your
reasons. -
"A man." answered the lady. taking
the lead by virtue OF her sex, has
really by far tie more dependent as
we'll as the more selfish nature of the
two. Itrsays in Holy Wit that it is
not good for man TO he alone, but it
never says that of a woman. Ma.li-
mony is not absolutely necessary to
her happines s, but to man it is an e3-
sential. An unmarried woman finds
her niche almost invariably, and
creates home Interests fur herself III
other households, where by her unsel-
fish love and helpfulness she becomes
necessity; whereas man is utterly
incapable of such adaptation or of feel
ing vicariols interest in another fam
lily, and unless he has household of
his own he is a wanderder on the face
of the eartll."
81 agree with you in part but not in
all, said her neighbcr; "a woman s
life is in her children, which are more
necessary to her happiness even than
is her husband, and therefore to her a
fam lily life is even more important than
man. Who knows how many heart
aches those brave, unselfish saints
known to the world as maiden aunts
suffer in secret? A man has as duel
life, that of his home and that of his
clubs, business, etc., and it is possible
for him to be absorbed in either;
whereas oman has only the one,
and if that is wanting she loses every
thing worth living for. -
81 consider it is an argument with
out a conclusion" said their hostess,
who had asked the question, land l
suppose, after all, it resolves, itself
into matter of temperament with
both sexes: Some people are best mar
ried and some are bestsingle, both for
themselves and Others"
SPRING DONTS.
Don't soil your temper in cleaning
your house.
Don't shake your dusty carpets in
your neighbours eyes.
Don't lose your temper because you
can't find the tack-hammer.
Don't expect your husband to be as
enthusiastic about the annual clean as
you are.
Don't imagine that dirt is any more
respectable in the kitchen than in the
parlcr. or in the back yard than in the
front yard.
Don't keep your eyes so close to your
cleaning and your new finery that you
cannot see the glorious cleaning up
Mother Nature has made.
Don't forget that the best house
keeper is not necessarily the one who
"cleans" the most. 1t is better TO
keep clean than to clean continually.
A GENTLEMAN OF THE OLD SCHOOL
TELLS HIS SON WHAT is
DUE TO WOMAN.
''In the hour of trouble any woman
has right to claim the assistance
Of any man." said the gentleman of
the old school to his son. 'sShe should
not be backward in doing so. She is
really comforting favor on him when
she seeks his aid; it is piece of deli
cate fattery to the man for the wo-
man to ask his as, stance in any mat
Ter in which she is interested.
SIT is an acknowledgment of his
and of her dependence, and |
.he man who does not like TO be de-
pended on by woman died great |
many years ago. Probably he never
was born.
Precedence is another right that
egitimately belongs 10 woman. Man
nay come second if he chooses, but
With man woman should always be
irst. Therefore, my son, if at any
lime and anywhere you be in the So
;iety, in The expression of ful(illment
If wish she is to have the precedence.
This may Cost you some self -5acri-
ice, but in the end you will beamply re-
,aid by the approval of your conscience.
t will not, hos ever, d. 10 lake this
too literally. In Time of
langer or trouble of any kind, man
hould take precedence; to woman be-
ODgs the joy and peace and safety of
ife.
woman is also entitled to the wild
st charity. Never take woman too
itera1ly. OF a rather hysterical ma
ure, She is apt to lo and say things
hat may appear 10 have sinister
leaning, while they are really as ill.,
ocent as they Can be imagined.
Therefore allow woman the widest
altitude, much wider than what you .
lain yourself, and Wien in doubt al
Ways give the woman the benefit of
le doubt. She may be led into so.le
of statement, but she is
ntitled to have it covered by the wild
st mantle that charity can afford.
"Never condemn her too hastily.
that caarity is her BIRTH
ght."
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