The Jersey City news., 1899-10-23
MODEL HUSBAND
The Rev. John Z. Scudder
Tells Men How to Treat
Their Wives.
4 WOMAN NEEDS SYMPATHY
She Should Be Given an Al
lowance and Should Be
Courted All Her Life.

not hold all the people who came 20 near
the Rev John i. Scudder deliver his f1frn
sermon on Marriage Bells. He said IN
part
Every man is supposed to love his wife.
but many husbands love themselves more
than they do their wives, and this is the
fertile cause of matrimonial infei1c1ties-
SeIfishness is the rock upon which domes-
tic bliss generally goes to pieces True
marriage IS not tandem with husband
perpetually In front and wife running pe-
hind him taking his dust; 1t is yoke
Fellowship in which the two travel side py
side equally dividing the burdens OF life-
A model husband never plays the tyrant.
He treats his wife as an equal. not
=, borainate. or slave. After winning his
fair lady, he does not commence TO crush
her spirit and teach her to know her
place.
Some women are married 70 Dears'
some are Gagged birds, too sad 70 slng'
others have that word obey eternaiiy
thrown ait them. Some men are SO mean
and small that when they cannot ma
any one else to tyrannize over tney 90
home and maltreat their wives o1ten
wish such bully had married. a woman
twice his size and capable Of giving MIN
occasional chastisement. know a man
who told me With benevolent aspect OF
f,os,nfenauce that he had a jewel OF
wife and that ne never allowed her. to
work longer than from five o'clock IN tne
morning to half-past ten at ngnt-a
period OF seventeen and one-half hours-
II some husbands with heavy life insnr-
ance could die, the world IN general, ana
their wives In particular. would be mucn
better off Said gentleman TO one ol
these sad-eyed women: How do you get
along with your husband neWadayss
Very well, thank you,' she replied, ne IS
dead
GAS bad as this despotIc in the home is
the drunkard or unfaithful husband
Either can turn home into he'll, and
the soon the wronged wife can separate
from the first and be divorced from the
saaans the better If I were wife and
NV husband systematically abused me, ne
would live in one side of the house ana
would live in the other, and my side wouio
be the outside. would break away ana
run a boarding house. II could 90 notn-
ing else And to every woman conteH-
plating matrimony say. II you nave any
money of your own always keep II IN your
own name Money is power, and man mas
power enough without your adding TO T.
r nftv the woman without means, VINO Is
married to an Incorporate or lecherons
husband. For the sake Of the children
she c,inps to a man who brings her no
sne eiliiss -
comfort.
.sAgain. a model husband will give his
s,,1a snare of his time and
d., docs moi spend all his even
L. a,,,t, believe the clubhouse
80 =. .s,aea q,ut Il should never over
- ,,s,,,,a WHICH ought to be the
si'e''1 eartbs These women
stsss'i - who, arc obliged to re-
i,e' s.,,r,,+ rvi.t, the front door un-
.ire ..,.es.a steal in at all
l's'i' = - ,,,,rh+ and morning. Such
houis ~ 1sr1srass lxeenfy: some
women ie'si -. sa,,,,,,,ss, te. death.
of them are almost eiuoo 1s,- q
wonder how the husbands would Ike -
- .,.1.,- s,.,d tc,ssfav home every night and
= ',Aes 80 -s+ ss5snr till midnight
Their wlyss s Ms'ss -s,,sesvaa 9 and talking di-
. .,.+anter when a woman marrles
soieo ~,cra tban a house
she wants soile''i'ils s.,a ean call
- cba wants sympathy and COM
Aer o~i-
panloiisliip. =, .....o ,is xr;fe a
"a good husband will g1ve BIS "ne
...a i, s,,,,, for snending money, regular
70 20 es---t Iii t,ars oxun IF she Is
allowance she can can iie. ...,ss i, 4
good housekeeper sns = s,,s,5 : ne nome
io1 siie q = .o,,,,z bring certain
are valuapie' ana "ou'u ,,,eas ..
sum in the market II man eAsa Asssas -.
no x,1,,s a,sr wages. if he
board and looglns' paus .ssa.s o,d