The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-08-08

soon loses her influence over her hus
band who nerYously and foolishly
looks upon an evening absence as an
assault on domesticlty How are the
great enterprises Of reform and art
and literature and benehcence and
public veal 70 be carried on II every
man is to have bis world bounded on
one side BY bis front doorstep and on
the other side by bis back window.
knowing nothing higher than bis own
attic or lower than his own cellar7
That wife who becomes Jealous OF her
husbands attention 10 art or literature
or religion or charity is breaking her
own scepter Of conjugal power.
know an instance where a wife
thought that her husband was giving
too many nights 10 Christian service,
70 charitable service, to prayer meet
ings and 70 religious conyocation She
Systematically deeoyed him away until
now be attends no church. waits upon
no charitable Institution and is on a
rapid way to destruction. his morals
gone, bis money gone and. fear. his
soul gone
Let any Christian wife rejoice when
her husband consecrates evenings 70
the service Of humanity and OF God
Or anything eleyating. but let no man
sacrifice home life 10 secret society
iife. as many do ! can point out to you
a great many names Of men who are
guilty Of this sacrilege They are as
genial as angels al The society room
and as ugly as sin At home They are
generous on en- subjects Of wine sup
I pera, yachts and fast horses. but thoy
are stingy about the wives dresses
and the children's shoes. That man
has made that which might be q
healthful influence q usurper 81 his af-
feetion and be has married #. and he
is guilty Of moral bigamy. Under this
process bic wife. whatever her fea-
lures. becomes uninteresting and |
homely. He becomes critical OF her.
does not like the dress. does not like /
the way she arranges her hair. Is
amazed that he ever was so unroman-
tic as 10 offer her hand and heart.
There are secret societies wnere men,
bership always Involves domestic ship
wreck Tell me that a man has Joined
q certain kind and tell me nothing
more about him for ten years. and
win write his history II he be still
alive. The man is a wine guzzler, his
wife broken hearted or prematurely
old bis fortune gone and bis home a
mere name in the directory.
Evils Of Bad Associations
The doctor coming IN will at a
glance see It is not only present dis
ease he must fight, but years Of fast
living The clergyman. Tor the sake
OF the feelings o. the family on the
funeral day will only talk 10 religious
generalities The men who got bis
yacht IN tho eternal rapids viii not be
at the obsequies. They have pressing
engagements that day They viii send
flowers 10 the coffin. win send their
wives 70 utter words OF sympathy. but
they viii have engagements else
where They never come Bring me
mallet and chlsel. and viii cut that
mans epltaph. Blessed are the dead
Who die IN the Lord7H NO you say
that would not be appropriate let
me die the death OF the righteous, and
lel my last end be like his7" NO" you
say. that would not Be appropriate
Then give me the mallet and the chisel
and / win cut au honest epitaph. Here
lies the victim Of dlsslpating associa.
iionsi"
Another test BY which you can hnd
whether your secret society is right Or
wrong is the effect Il has on your secu-
lar occupation. I can understand how
through such an Institution a man can
reach commercial success know
some men have formed their best husi-
ness relations through such a channel
II the secret society has advantaged
you n an honorable calling.lt is good
one. but has your credit failed7 Are
bargain makers now more anxious
how they trust you with a bale Of
goods2 Have the men whose names
were down IN the commercial agency
Al before fhey entered the society
been going down since IN commercial /
standing' Then look out You and
every day know OF commercial estab- /
lishments going 10 ruin through the (
social excesses of one or two members. Z
their fortune beaten to death with 4
BAH players bat or cut amidships with !
the front prov Of the regatta or going 4
down under The swift hoofs Of the fast :
horses or drowned In the large pota- G
tiona Of oognac or Monongahela. That :
secret society was the Loeb Earn 1
Their business was che VILE Dc iiavre {
They struck. and the Vile de Havrs I
went underl 4
10 the Last Hours
Which would you rather have 10 !
your hand when you come 70 die. G
pack Of catis o. Bloie7 which would 9
you rather hevn nrnaroA fn vour Inns z