Middletown transcript., 1896-08-22

| ANY 0DSorvant Dacnel0r, says
writer in London Woman, "could re-
call numbers of instances of WON en-
who, from mere want of tact and in
telligence. are almost driving their
husbands mad by getting on their ner-
yes. They forget that busy men re-
quire absolute brain rest, change of
scene, change of subject. They for
| get that, however worrying the little
affairs of household may be, the anx-
ieties of great business upon which
the whole family's present and future
depends are far greater. A friend
of mine. who is nearly millionaire,
told me in confidence that while he was
sitting one nigh over his smoking
ro ON fire wondering whether he could
next day possibly survive a terrible
crisis which was hanging over his head
and might lead 10 disastrous bankrupt
cy, with debts to tEetxtentof 100000
so, his wife Came whining into the
room 10 say the hatcher must lie paid
the next day and III, am)unt Of the
butchers bill was under $50!
SIT is ca sIcl oselsiol, I'll at ma
wants helpful wife-one who will tell
him about or read aloud the last good
novel, who will say, Come, let us 60
to the threatre. Tonight; you need
change Of scene, and above all. one
who knows just when her husband re-
quires nothing more than to be left
alone. 1t is women who get on their
husbands nerves that drives them
to take bachelor holidays when they
ought to he getting more enjoyment
from the Wife's companionship.
s'Of course there are men who are
always out of sorts, spoilt dyspeptic
bears W with sore heads, who require
strong minds to manage them, but
there are very many others who only
W ant judicious, sy mpathetic treatment
to be the best husbands in the world.
Avoid being silly, avoid saying silly
things or trying to make conversation
orcommenting on some remark your
husband has made. Read and think
in order to cultivate intelligence and
resourcefulness, with the obj cot in
view of being his counselor and his
friend, and above all 'chum'-that word
means much."
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A LIBRARY ABOUT WOMEN.
Colonel Thomas Wentworth Higgin-
son was the possessor of the most fa-
mas library extant about women, and
he has just given it to the Radcliffe
Library. The collection was started
in 1S46, and two continents were ran
sacked in the making of it. 1t con-
tains fine account of the famous wo-
men scholars and professors in the Ital-
ian universities in the middle ages, and
ofmany now forgotten women who con-
tributed to literature in Italy, Spain.
Portugal, France, Austria, Germany
and Great Britain before this century
1t has complete records of arother
strange field. The women who have
distinguished themselves in European
warfare are still there. The list, which |
is an unknown one to-day, includes |
women of title and of the bourgeoise |
who wore armor. led traops and fought |
battles. The largest number of these
heroines is found in the north of |
France, in Brittany and Normandy, |
where the fierce blood of the Morse
men had made itself felt. Another
section of the library is devoted to wo-
men who have made names in abstract |
sciences, philosophy and profess ions;
women who excelled in commerce and
manufactures, and those who attained
fame as rul ers are also in the list.
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WHAT THEIR DUTIES ARE.
Such thing couldn't happen to-day, |
nor five. ten, fifteen nor even twenty |
years ago 1t did, however, happen
about twenty-five years back. and it
was told at luncheon this spring by |
gray-haired malron. Il was then a