The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1899-05-12

by some soldiers. lh"N proposed TO
make m al Of him. My husband is
very lean" pleaded the wife; "hc will
hr scarcely m"utlful. am tieShy
and of dark complexion, and they say
tha, the flesh of such persons is excel
| mt eating" Her crargnment prevailed,
and the soldiers ate her. and spared
her husband.
Wiiely discipline WAS SO street. at
least at the time this book was written,
that a woman wis not allowed tn SneeZe
or cough in the presence of her parents,
or parents-in-la law. nor stretch. vawn,
nor lull about when tired. The wife
Of certain distinguished official is
very much praised because ''for three
years after her marriage nobody had
ever seen her smile" If this should
be said Of a modern bride in this part
OF the world. it would probably be safe
to affirm that her matrimonial venture
had not turned cut as well as she had
aItici ipatcd.
The Arabian mother, Just before her
daughter gets married, gives her the
following advice for securing her future
happiness: ~ on are leaving your nest
to live with man with whose ways
and habits YOU are unfamiliar. | adj
wise vou to be his slave if YOU wish to
become the absolute mistress of your
husband Be satisfied with little, en-
deavor to feed him well, and watch
over his sleep, for hunger begcts anger.
and sleeplessness makes 4 man cross
grained. Be dumb as to his secrets;
do not appear gloomy when he Is
merry, nor merry when he is sad: and
Allah shall bless you.
OF course coniugal affection has
changed and developed since ancient
times. when it was probably little more
than mere superficial attachment
growing out of the habit of living to-
gether for some time; the husband
being attached to his wife on account
of the domestic comforts and ease she
provided for him, and the wife to the
husband very much rs dog to his
master, who, though cruel. yet takes
care of and feeds him. 1t was mod
ern genius, Il poet, who, after many
years OF single living in lodging houses,
finally married \ friend, meeting him
some months after the event, asked
him how he enjoyed the matrimonial
state. at is a noble state" he quickly
replied; IL wake up in the morning.
and smell things cooking"
In the days of Thucydides the women
most highly esteemed was the one who
was least talked about. Plutarch, who
was married happily and had several
children, said that tenderness of heart
in a woman was indicated by pleas
inc countenancc, by sweetness Of
speech, and an attrctionate grace, and
by high degree of scns.tiveness.
Old Burton. in his "Anatomy of
Melancholy" advises a man to take
heed of a woman who is noted as 4
''reveller, cadder, singer, pranker, or
dancer" His idea of Il model wife was
that she should be modest, affabie,
good-naturcd, frugal, sober, thrifty,
circumspect, ''hut, above all, silent and
domestic" 4 fondncss for home and
a discrcte exercise of that noble organ,
the tongue, are said 10y the ancient
writer to be the most important excel
lenccs of the general character. No-
men, it has been held, should be like
echoes: they should speak only when
they are spoken to.
But not like echoes (most absurdb,
Ever to have the final word.
Good wives, like city clocks, should rhyme,
Be regular, and keep in time
But not like city clocks aloud
Be heard by all the vulgar crowd.
Women, according to the philoso-
piers, should shun the crowd. One
philosopher, probably more thoughtful
than the rest. insists that no woman
should 90 abroad more than three
times in her life; first, to be baptized,
then to be married, and, lastly, to be
entombcd.
That the ideal wife is highly apprc-
ciatcd is shown by the tributes that
have always been freely offered by
| famous writer's to noble womanhoou.
Emerson asserts that society really be-
| Gins and life becomes delicious when 4
man meets his accurate mate. He
would change the old adagc, lie lives
| twice who lives WELL, to read, ''IIe
lives twice who loves well, and wisely"
In the ordinary walks of life there are
those "accuratc mates, though we
rarely hear of them, because they are
out OF the public gaze. In n humble
chnrchyard in England may be found
this beautiful inscription, dated 1913:
| To WOO us unto heaven her life was lent,
! To WOO lis from this earth her death was
sent.
In one OF the old English comedies
one of the characters speaks OF his CON
jugal happiness in this way, proving
that he AMI his wife were pattern of
unity. "lIer wants. he says, were
still prevented by my supplies; my own
heart whispered me her desires, cause
she herself was there; II, contention
ever rose but the dear strife Of who
should most obligc; no noise about au-