Milford chronicle., 1904-06-10
Power Behind the Tbron.

Sc family. 1t IS the husband who rs
Il lawyer, wins fees in the courtroom. q
lie physician. gains money from D,
d tientS; as soldier fights his country
n battles; as a legislator. enacts law,
/ which the male executive enforces. h
Y is the merchantmen, who sells III
$ goods; he is the foundryman, VIII
manufactures the steel rails Man
man, everywhere is man the bread
! | winner. We find that man tills III,
$ fields. and man rules the money mar
tkets. and man sits upon the judicia
! bench and the professional chairs" Is
that fact, my brother? 'Tis true
? man is the visible breadwinner. But
when You are looking for the driving
| force which produces results in society
do not make the mistake of supposinc
that there is no power but what YOU
see.
The power behind the throne is some
times greater than the throne itself
If this be not true, how can you ac-
| count for the wonderful results which
come into many mems lives at the
\ marriage altar and end with the deaths
Of or the separations from their female
| silent partners. Who was Napoleon
Bonaparte? The greatest military
strateg1st of the ages? Yes. But aft
cr all you can find his wonderful sue
cess tianked by two medicines in his
life. They started with his marriage
to Josephine. They ended with his
divorce. Had Josephine's partnership
nothing to do with Napoleon's success?
Who was William T. Gladstone? That
statesman whose energy and com
manding genius We're the wonder of
his countrymen. acknowledged that
the reverence and trust of his devoted
wife had been source of inspiration
and stimulus 20 him all through his
long career, and that to have her sit
ting b. him on the political rostrum or {
looking down at him from the gallery
of the house of commons quickened
all his powers. Who was John Bright
the great cOmmOner: lie also was the
husband Of - woman his equal in per !
sOnality. ON the day of their mar Y
riage she turned and said to him.
John. attend TO thy business and thy S
public affairs, and will provide for 7
The home and relieve thee from all r
ares ut home" And SO great is the f
-alue Of true wife in relation to her Il
husbands success that nearly all great q
ncn are ready to testify TO this fact &
md declare that they can never repay h
he obligations which their wives have is
'lNced upon them. II
l was taught the obligation which cl
rue husband owes tO a true wife some d'
ears ago by an eastern minister whom Is
consider one of the greatest pulpit III
eniuses Of his age. ! was about to be- pI
larried, and was talking with him. er
hen he gave to me this characteristic &C
iyice: Always love your wife But W
lore than that. always learn 10 respect 60
nd follow her Judgment, because she de
IN be your best adviser. When | was Sc
young man l started out with some De
lccess. l knew I could speak, and We
'uld also write And often when l wa
Ould write something l thought very OF
le l would take it down to my wife |
ID read it. Sometimes she would look my
from her sewing and say. John. raj
mt say that With that l would ag'
row down my manuscript and stalk sui
and down the room in disgust. {
by do you say thatT / would ask. 100
0 you know how to preach? Are you ruT
better judge of preaching than my wa
f? Haven't l spent four years in one
lege and three vears in the semi bro
ryf What business have you to tell oar
what to doE You are nothing but SEW
man anyway But after a long ex- pay
1ence | found that my wife's judC- you
mt could always be depended upon. hou
len l followed her Judgment l al dea
Us came out right, and when / fol
ed my own against hers l always CT
ne out wrong. And. though am sob,
' an old man and one of much OK wor
Ience. yet whenever l am in doubtl
ut anything ! have ever written I
ays so to her. And when she saws
IN, don't say that / take nv pen
scratch out the whole page. Nv
'ess is due in a great measure tOi
wife's Judgment and not to nv
l."
Susan TalmnEe's Influence.
NN"N thdt tue WOrlu nOnOrS nv
er's memory. But personally
" T. De Witt Talmage's success
due TO a great extent to Susan In
mage. who was his wife and nv love
ler. What most of US can say in hear
'ence to our fathers successes we The
say in reference to our own. It is er tn
e good advice. the loving intuition thanl
ound judgment Of the wife. whom learn
lave taken as partner. that we thrOu
in great measure all that we have love
d in life the II
n, husbands, friends. how are we poisoi
10 repay our wives for all the fathe
ices they have made for usf tie Ill
some husband says, Il do nv moth'
iuty to my wife. l provide for vitup'
good home. I give her all the band.
y she needs" You do? Oh. tbatl fatal
~ kind. AS far as 1 can make called
~ give your wife nothing but her key h
property. She earns her sunnor.+ ! den S