The Scranton chronicle., 1900-09-08

Alta rcccnt gathering In the old puri.
tan town OF Worecstsr Mass. college
bred woman Mrs. Agatha Newlands,
one Of the most brilliant speakers pres.
cnt, who was lecmring on the subject oi
mhtrimpny. In the course Of her re-
marESsle asserted with emphasis that
there was too much said about the
training OF girls to be sweet and ance
tionatc wives and submissive mothers,
that for all time, or at least beyond the
reach OF memory, mothers had trained
their daughters from infancy to woman
hood, by preccpt and example, 10 cover
at the foot oi her lord aud master, and
that her SELF defense must only be flood
OF tears. she further expressed the idea
that fathers, ,sthrough their careless OF
rude manners, commit the greatest Of
all mistakes in not training their boys
to bccoue sweet-tsmpercd husbands,
and that tll,ssnaioriiy OF unhappy mar.
riages are attributable TO this fact
The theory that woman is in need
OF more than ordinary preparation for
the domestic duties that by the ordiua.
tion of custom especially, this belongs
TO hers one for which 10 logical
reason can be given. And this bright
woman in her observations is only
pleading Tor some one 10 take the init.
tiative in training young men to be even
ordinarily decent husbands and KIND
fathers This Ia subject that should
not be lost sight OF until husband s
training annex is attached TO our pub
lie school, with the view of inslfueting
contemplating matrimony. Such a
course would enlighteu them as TO the
grave responsibility they intend to as
sumo. II such branch is added to
our public school, shall apply for the
proiessorship.
The average woman with public
school education is by nlture usually
fitted tohe a good wife and mother,
Can il be said with an equal degree of
assurance, that The average man is fit
ted to be a good husband and fathcrf
When young men leave school they are,
as general thing, ignorant OF tho
duties OF life, having just been released
from the restraint Of parents and teach
crs. they are easily led into thai reck-
less road that leads to their ruin.
Such boy cannot develop the al,
tribuees that make good husbands and
fathers Such a thing us love is totally
unknown to him; yet, he may say as
Mark Twain once said when his wife
asked him il lie loved the baby: No, =
said he. I'll not say that 1--we ii, bat
respect il fof its fathers sake Like
Iancelot, their morals are rooted in
dishonor which keeps them falsely true.
Love Is the very life OF woman She
can no more exist without |, than the
vine eau climb without support,
Pew women have ever abandoned their
husbands without a cause. The man
who is the same after marriage as be-
fofe--who pays his wife the same eourte-
ous attention that he did his sweet
heart-who will make the same sacr;-
flee to serve hcr-shows the same ap.
probation OF her efforts to please him,
need have no fear He is the lord of
that woman's heart and forsaking al
others she will cling to him through
good and through i'll, through veal and
through woe. The man who thinks he
has done his whole duty when he pro-
vides raimeut, food and shelter for his
wife who treats her asii She were
slave, aud thinks she should feel hon
lred in serving him, and who vents his
spite upon her helpless head. would be
wise 10 follow the advice that Iago gave
@ the Moor
Woman IS cunning and subtle aud
vhep She Rnds the hymeneal rites but
"A unreading OF that enchanted spell in
which they have worshipped devils as.
leni-gods. between whose eager lips
lie golden fruit Of fancy has decayed.
hen her love is lost; her iancied Eiv-
iuin of fragrant perfumes and syni-
homes sweeter than music. looms
p before her parched Sahara. hope
hccuuibs ard love dies in her heart.
m this sorrow and pain is the result OF ,
training bows 70 act their
ara III ma,urer wears as husbands and I
they. j. i. HERNDoN