Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-10-28
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his wife with, but IL he dare net tell
/ her, he is on the road to discontinue.
On the other hand, the husband ought
TO be sympathetic with the wife s occu-
patton. 1t is no easy thing to keep
house. Many a woman who could have
endured martyrdom as we'll as Marga-
ret, the Scotch girl, has actually been
worn out by house management.
There are thousand martyrs Of the
kitchen. 1t is very annoying, after the
vexations of the day around the stove
or the register or the table, OF in the
nursery OF parlor, to have the husband
say: "YoH know nothing about trou-
bic. You ought to be in the store half
an hour" Sympathy Of occupation II
the husbands work cover him with the
SCOT Of the furnace, or the odoTE Ot
leather or soap factories, let not the
wife be easily disgusted at the begrimsd
hands or unsavory aroma. Your gains
are one, your interests are enc, your
losses are one. Lay held Of he work Of
life with both hands. F0uT haEds 70
fight the battles, four eyes to watch for
the danger, four shoulders on which TO
carry the trials. II is very sad thing
when the painter has wife who does
not like pictures II is a very sad thing
for pianist when she has husband
who does not like music, IL is very
sad thing when a wife is not suited I'M
less her husband has what ia called a
"genteel business" So far as | under
stand a-"genteel business, It is some
thing to which man goes ., lC O'clock
in the morning aad ,.lm vnieh b.
comes home at or Q c.OcS II be
afternoon and gets large amount Of
money for dong nothing. That Is, be-
lieye, "genteel business. anC there
has been many wife who has made
the mistake Of not being satisfied until
the husband has given up the tanning
OF the hides or the turning Of the ban.
listers, or the building Of the walls and
put himsCf in circles whore he las
nothing 10 do but smoke cigars and
drink wine and get himself into habits
that upset him, going down IA the
maelstrom. taking his wife and children
with him. There are a good many trains
running from earth to destruction.
They start all hours Of the day and all
bours of the night There are the
freight trains They 90 very slowly and
very heavily, and there are the accom-
mOdation trains going on toward de-
struction, and they stop very often and
let man get out when he wants 70,
hut centeel idleness is an express
train. satan is the stOker and death IS
the engineer, and, though one Ray come
ont in front of it and swing the red flag
os danger or the lantern Of Gods
word, il makes just one shot into perdi-
tiol. ceming down the embanknent
with a shout and a wall and fhriek
crash, crash! There are two classes Of
people sure Of destruction-hrft, those
who have nothing to do; secondly,
those who have something TO, bat who
are too lazy or too proud to ds H.
Let Eros Reign.
[ have one more word of Advies TO
give 20 those who would have . happy
home, and that is let love preside In it.
When yeur behavior IN the domestic
cirde becomes a mere matter of ealcu-
lation, when ehe caress you give is
merely the result Of deliberate study OF
the position you occupy, happiness lies
stark dead on the hearthstone. When
the husbands position as head Of the
household is maintained by loudness OK
voice, by strength Of arm, by FIRE OF
temper. the republic Of domestic bliss
has become a despotism that neither
God nor man will abide Oh, ye whs
promised to love each other at the altar,
how dare you commit perjury Let no
shadow Of suspicion come on your afiec-
ZION. It's easier to kill that flower than
il is to make it live again. The blast
from hell that puts out that light leaves
You in the blackness Of darkness for
ever.
Here are man and wife They agree
in nothing else, but they agree they
will have a home. Thsy will have a
splendid house, and they think thatif
they have a house they will have a
home. Architects make the plan. and
the mechanics execute Il. the house to
cost 500, 900. Ii is d,ne. Ehs carpets
are spread, lights are hoisted. curtains
are hung, cards Of invitation sent out.
The horses in gold plated harness prance
at the gate, guests come in ana take
their places, the flute sounds, the dan
GERS 20 up and down, aud with one grand
whirl the wealth and the fashion and
the mirth Of the great town wheel amid
the pictured walls. Hal this 10 happi-
ness! Float it on ths smoking yiandsl
Sound it in the music Whirl it in the
daAcel Cast il in the snow Of suulpturel
Sound it up the brillimt Stairway
Flash it in chandeliersl Happiness in
deed
Let Us build on the center Of the par
lor floor a throne to happiness; let all
the guests. when come in, bring their
flowers and pearls and diamonds, and
throw them on this pyramid, and lef it
be a throne, and then let happiness, the
queen, moant the thr8ne. and we viii
stand around, and, all chalices lifted,
forever" But the quests depart. tho
flutes are breathless, the last CLASH Of
the impatient hoofs Is heard in the dis
tance, and the twain of ths'househoId
come back to see the queen Of happinsss
on the throne amid the parlor floor.
But, alas, as they come back the dow-
ers have faded, the sweet oiors have
become the smell of a charnel house.
and instead of the queen Of happiness
there sits there the gaunt form Of an
guish, with bitten lip and sunken eye
and ashes in her hair. The ronp Of the
dancers who have left seems rumbliRg
yet, like jarring thunders that quake
the floor and rattle the glasses OF the
feast rim to rim. The spilled wine o.
the floor turns into blood. The wreatss
/ of pllsh have become wrigsling rep
( tiles. Terrors catch tangled Ia the can.
opy that ovsfhangs the coscA. A strong