New-York tribune., 1903-02-25
The Decay of Home Life in Ereland
ny MARIE CORELLI.

and supremacy of country Corrup, Women
make noble Godfearins people 1t IS nJt Of
much to say that the prosperity or wamen' au they
the mothers of the men-they make anu nntre OF
their nnenrs Shoud % be- as nature intended
to be, the home. Home is the pivot Iou tnunsnsbip
should revoIvEthe preservation of home, its IN IN.
terests, It's duties and principles. shouio De 'D
But with the retrogression of social morality,
of that backward action and movement, has Is gone
the gradual decay of home life and a .gn g1o~5 and
indifference home centre of attractoen g emV
influence together with the undermining OF d 1afg con
ties and affections which rightly 4seH bujWark S to
national strength The love Of hometne TO- t poorer
eIssses so aEe noWadays than in the Wealthy even
the moderately rich of the general gen raj fonRer pre-
eminent as rulers Of the home but are to be seen cen
daily and nightly as NOISY b ane greaf lady is seldom
or Pyta never to be found 'at home on her own own
tom Prnces ce or the % Berkeley con sundays The
Old World chatelaine of great o house o ~I ali her
retainers displayed active s moefbsr berseIf
beautiful flowers and home dehcates OF i mel yUeii
nigh pf Obsolete 1T is such bore being at home,
is quite an ordinary & phrase @ n" idea of the value
of rest aid to beauty or OF the gd we'll
cultivated mind. and who has made hefselL b her
is sometimes casually termed a SignI apS her
General rushing about in order to get anywhere
away from the detested nome, centres to seem
as young as her daughters and among .bn bne Grace
hog of od ase NabodS Of SGSety IS od may
sixty wed girls of sxteenaWomeint OF my The
real old lady. the real old gentleman vii
sOecrnens Of the race The mother who was not
married at sixteen viii ere long % Pf never ex-
plains that he made an unfortunate IN, as a
when quite 60y will We rank have 9eSio only to
the pages of those periodicals which cater dread
of ace 1ervades all classes OF pleasure Ioyians
society The innumerable nostrurhS s ao oromniexion
the coverngs for bald heads the transf9re
of anbnrn which are cunningly contrived for gray
or to use the polite WORD, lSue,- geo,,rs and
heaI7tv eneriaIists' who the most clever ~
manage to make comforta bic 1nconre2 e1,aiIs among
general panic which apparently PpeHab1I PpeabIe march
their patrons at the infeXible. roofs Of
fb fe onnstant DESPERATE light kept by large
and foolish majority against the laws "a
OF Nor Gs'uf the category confined to rsad
of admittedly weak intellect as 1be sapient
ny os sndreM feng has cqnyiestsGd s%G saTa 9f
hfmS so are the names Of men emil eminent en- ba m
scholarship and politics down tho on muscle mprover
the nail polisher the wrinkle remover anu w trv
embeiiisher which facts. though apParer} apP1r in the
a aPH go samKna manK nrie 1T n' E but but Is
snen kR9 of gain 3dd F5Tinas nsmet It may
be-let hope that such IT Is, dread of 'Iook-
ing od'' arises from the fact that i4 is fTe,
nna1IY made The butt of ignorant and vulgar
ridicule One exception alone Is T,hn SIM
Do9ts her age with such ease and seareey e5 9dLIr
ished eeauey0 @ 0,,n Glhorn it would seem that age
cannot wither'-sarah Bernhardt, Tor sm her
Feminine conpeers and many leading oeautie1 ht &c
who never scored success IN tnelI lIo7s hearts in
Pi fores Neysrtheless the boorish sections OF
the press b and Of soeef{y Of aee fse subject
jesting whereas. if rightly XeTea baTng ta of that
chTrsss which contains the ever young anu mt ~
mortal soul Forced asundgr DIST Dy tT break; and its
| breaking should not cause regret but Joy and I'd
course if faifR E in s9eht 9e to Consider brief life
as our sole beginning and end can qnls qod ah mnnn
Win dislike and fear-though scarcely with f Tloi-
eule But for the happy ees wsaker the soul grows
stronger who feel that behind this mere pa paSS1ge @
has no drawbacks and forebodings Of eVf Tine
prevailing dread of it and the and Whog ma
teTiaiistic mental attitude. +, oon,,,ex,or cures
| oo1bined me with the deplorable lack OF common
sense which shows itself in the cons home and
fgmy f1n w duties are completely neglected or forgotten
the less sda h ySounfarily srayng back the dark
ages when people believed In Wltches nre au 10 see
fSs faces Of their future husbands In the village
we'll Happy the man who at ah9 ririnr maiden
Te Uas sure to be accepted the value OF ms Own
mir merits To this day in Dey9nshi!re
many young women believe IN me Iie GaaIe retired
| life on the moors, and who is supp9sea i5 70 De be
able 10 do something TO t5 real meaning of this
somewhat vague phrase but the noomIie WI ecrrnst
r works out in this way: If you know somebody
who who is ia pnR9asaRe R Qe 81 shlings and he will
tbing-never mind what 1t may De iI sdiGiy pto+n +
sf -, involved in mystery. Now, however SHY
this superstition on the Pab Pb,f more so than the
hbaTinr Jt nc of the so-called cultured woman OF
fashion who sPendS Gear Bondst on the fraud
uent rascal a 'palmist or crysId ra+I.6 -o
noyy ~ her past and her future 1t Is wonder that
the women who patronize theSe 1 n epter such dens
where fhe crime of obtaining money on fase pre-
f tb 1av Bi1t ali the mischief starts from the
same source-neglect of home i1diner9nGG 70 i6 RoS
duties "a aPe be the M principal delight and aim of
who amply supplied WIN 5drifed S9e fort1ne or
fbroIeh marriage with wealthy partner and who
consider df worf fG1 Yet these truly the
very ones whose duty it IS TO ye ~0re even ere from him
Cor herr shall much be required No woman VINO
!n9a rronerIv she will find leisure for gossip
ing scandal mongering, moping, grumolIng. TAD
If She manages her household merely through a
pstabIishment at all The housekeeper is the real
aufbority that the who employs and pays
her scarcely dares give an order without her her
crealinp on thc subject few days ago win a dlS-
.p1iieIIed and mild tempered man, who has long
cnased to expect any comfort or pleasure in the
n1+c,ni7cent house his wealth pays for, but which
under its present government might as well be a
bntnI where he is sometimes allowed to take the
hod " tho table he said me. with air of
nI1fet resignation: Women have so many more IN
ttaTeete nowadays than in my fathers time Ihey
40 CO many things 1t is really bewilderinS! MY
wife for examp'e is always out She has so many
go gaynenfs she has scarcely five minutes TO her
SELF and is often quite knocked up with fatigue
I'D excitement She has no time to attend 10
bnusekeeping and, of course the children are al
most entirely with their nurse and governess'
1I-.;' Jaecrjnfiou aDplies households of