Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-08-01
HER LOVE CHARMS.
The Wife and the ideals Her Husband
Cherished.

When man marries a gentle. clinc,p,
little creature and takes her to her nag
home, il tx safe to say there Is mo oths
time in his whole life when the good th.
! is within him is SO strong ana his ~
pulses so near to heaven, says Graz
| Boylan.
! Who has not seen careless. blpfr ana
! irreligious young man become gentle and
mutely prayerful under the influences NJ
a young love, and stirred to a reyeIencs
for all women because one Slip Of spi,1
has suddenly revealed her dependence IN
mis- strength ana her confidence IN M
goodness. She may not realize that a.
has in her power for this brief time
to leave lasting impressions on his low
soft, heart, and to either sweeten or en-
bitter his character.
/ do not mean that the influences of q
sweet girl bride are going to make n panS
man out of a rascal. Bat there is no 6tbrr
time when such a transformation is as
nearly possible as when the n.t-isd
home sheltered little child-woman he haS
won goes to him in her faith and innn.
cence and gives her life into his cars
There are few men so worid-hardaral
that they do not feel this and who ID rot
have strong yearnings toward all that d
best and truest for her sake. A woman
knows the depths of this same emotion
But it comes to her at a later time; when
little cropping. helpless hands. nutter
across her bosom and her soul cries en-
to God &c make her worthy of the conf
dence that lights her baby's eyes
1t is said a Wife ) influence lasts only AZ
long as the Illusion which he has cast
about her can be preserved.
Is ii not a strange thing. knowing this
that women allow the beautiful intangi-
bic vel which renders them sacred In
their husbands eyes 90 be torn aWavp III
one wore her Ideally all through those
first honeymoon days. why could she not
wear il through vile and motherhood?
Perhaps there is too much familiaritv
in domestic life. The right to solitude Is
not justly considered in the contract be.
tween the partners. And the dignity Of
the individual is lost sight of in main
tanning the rights of the firm.
The woman who keeps a mans love
must keep his interest and curiosity
alive concerning her He must not know
that she is going to be in certain place
in a familiar gown and with an unfailing
smile every day ut one fixed and unalter-
able time. He must not be sure Of any
thing in the world about her but her
truth and goodness, and he will treat her
at their golden wedding festival with the
same courtesy that he showed her as a
bride.
A little more knocking at the doors in
the house of life; little more reserve
between married people, would preserve
to the end the charm and delicacy of the
courtship.
America is fun of happy homes, and it
is said by famous jurist that the per-
centage of divorces is small But ii Will
be smaller by and by when those about to
wed become familiar with the rights and
limitations of the estate. Love is the one
and only excuse for marriage. And love
is not eternal; it is the rarest and most
delicate gift of God, and He sets il in the
hearts OF men and women as a florist
may plant his choicest rose--not proms-
ing that it will live. but sivinS 1t the right
and chance 10 do so.
4 woman cannot put forth too many
efforts to make q home a paradise. Ii is
indeed her province, the object Of her
thought ard care, ana she must establish
her claim that it is the heart and centre
of the world. For marriage was origina-
ted and is maintained by woman. 1t is
for her protection and honor. And Will
nan would fain be free as a butterfly In
garden of honeysuckles or a bee in
tic Ia of clover, he accepts the institution
for her sake. And as he makes the best
Of 1t, she should make it for the best