Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-11-20
DR.. Marden's
'Uplift Talks
Nv oRisoN SWEET MARDEN.
o..rnrht by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate


m q recent divorce case the Judge
IN questioning the husband abou,
mia treatment of his wife, asked
~hether he was in the habit of making
~ Christmas or birthday presents, OF
neineing her flowers, confectionery OF
~1her gifts occasionally. NO" the
ashland replied, Il am sorry to say
aver did. / always paid her bills
vfthout question, and thought that
~ ali I should do, but ] see now
- mistaken, that 1t did not take the
,,ece of my buying things and taking
shem home to her myself. 1t was a
nistake::"
Many practical people think that
sentiment is a sign of weakness; that
mch things belong only to silly peo-
,ae It is a sad day in any married
voman's life when she can say: Dear
N. II is not half SO much fun to be
: wife as It was to be q sweetheart.
DO not begin to get the presents,
treats and little attentions / used to"
II n a great pity when q husband
usdually ceases to be attentive in
Ittle things; when he neglects to
bring home flowers or little gifts to
his wife, as he did before marriage
n n q great shock in a wonian's life
when she begins to realize that 70
nance is dying out; that her husband
4 always too tired to 60 anywhere
with her in the evening; too busy to
take her for a little outing; that his
mind 10 always on his business; that
her talks poverty. telling her that he
cannot afford this or cannot afford
hat
Il does not take a great deal to
make the average young woman
happy, II is not SO much a question
q the amount of money spent on her
q the little attentions, the little cour-
tesies. that indicate thoughtfulness and
Affection. II Is the idea that she il in
hsf husbands mind; that he has
hksn pains to express his affection,
b make her happy. that pleases and
ntisnes her.
4 Judge Of large experience says
tAal one Of the chief grievances of
women who come to him for relief
through divorce is that their husbands
nsglect them and their homes, giving
lAeir minds so completely to their
business affairs that even when at
bone they are only surly brutes with
whom the angels themselves could not
hid happy domestic lives.
Men as a rule are so matter Of fact.
hey do not realize what q little
romance and sentiment mean to a
wife. They seem to think that II a
woman has a good home, enough to
ct and good clothes to wear she
ought 10 be satisfied: but these things
10 not feed the most important ele-
ments in wife. The feminine heart
b the most dificult thing to nourish.
II does not feed upon things, however
beautiful. The heart may starve in
the midst Of luxury, and it may thrive
In howell where there IL not q car
pet on the floor or q picture ON the
wall
There are multitudes of wives in
shis country today who do not really
NOV the meaning of the word COM
paniorship. Their husbands pay their
bills. their physical wants are sup
piiec. but their affections are not fed,
and their hearts are starving for COM
n4eships This is often the reason
WY 20 many wives seek elsewhere
ne sympathy which their husbands
dsny them. =
There must be romance In welded
me- constant expression of affection
40 appreciation not only on the hus-
nnd's part, but on the wife's as well,
= me most afiectionate nature will in
uns grow Indifferent and seek other
interests.