The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-11-04
From an Anderson woman's View

point.
In. view of Anderson's unusually
fine fall crop OF brides 1t would seem
that TO Anderson young manhood
hard times" Is spur rather than
detriment OF matrimony. And right
they are too, provided that they have
made the wise choice. though II takes
calculation beyond the powers OF an
Archimedes to prove that a wife is.
economically as well as ethlcally
speaking, an asset and not liability.
In our thrifty grandmothe g day
obtaining his wife was the enamored
youths only anxiety, nowadays main
tanning her Is his chief concern; and
in every state except our own peer
less Carolina retaining her has become
his paramount problem. The ancient
chroniclers tell lis that In the shadow
of the Garden wall, while Adam del
we'd, Eve span" and while he "by the
sweat Of his face" provided bread. she
perspir ed happily over its preparation
for the family menu. According to the
artificial fabric OF high society today
convention dictates that man shall be
the producer. and woman tho consum-
er. While the husband bends all his
energies to the pulling up of the fam
lily hoard, the wife Is expected to
bend all her energies to its disburse-
mcnt, and right nobly. y.she fuifills her
responsibility. ~
But Anderson is not yet hopelessly
Joined to the idol "Senseless Fashion"
The canker of idleness among women
which = eating the heart from the
home life Of most of our large cities
fInts small encouragement In the 30
cial atmosphere OF our wholesome
city. asP Ne ssssst
These Anderson brides aren't go
ing ~ be dead weights. They are =
as they should be--just brimming over
with au exurberaHce OF life and gaiety
and enthusiasm that we staid matrons
and stern fathers sometimes shake
our heads over and deplore as "fri:
olity. and hightiness, but just watch
1t soften into the CHEEKY Contentment,
the calm poise. and mature sweetness
of demeanor that characterize the hap
by house wife. 81 @
And let us be watching these proud
benedictB "in our midst" too. Surely
this becoming new dignity. this depth
of Fkindliness and breadth OF smile
are too good to outlast the honeymoon
A woman's love and q woman's un-
faiering trust In giving her life un-
reseryedly into q mans keeping have
always been the most powerful fac
tors In the development Of manhood
to SITS fullest capacity. sf
< When mother love has done all in
It's power to direct q sons impulses,
encourage or discourage his inclin-
ations, instili right principles, traip
!. bis thought habits, and steady his
Judgment. there Is at BEST only q prom
isihg fledgling ready to be pushed
from the home nest. 1t Is the wife of
his choice whose influence arouses
mum . nIgnunt nuIuItiuu, tiutetnuiur5
\ his achievements, raatures his char
tcter, impelH his career. and even of
ten decides his final destiny. Small
wnnder that wa parents quake, pnd
cdyise. and meddle, and conniye-- all
to no purpose when we see our ec.ts'
and daughters dancing and dallying
ana pIayfully tossing this dangerous
piaything called love.
According to King Solomon, "the
way OF q man with O maid" Is one OF
the few CD inscrutable Thugs of
creation, and the reason is that 1t fol-
lows q law OF Devine ordination, for
4 lisst!.o.. CO c.Ssss.ss==ea. saS!sty.
The time for parental tampering-
and then it is not tampering, but CO.
operation in Gods eternal .plaI-- IL
ffdfp babyhood, by example. by. pre-
cept, and by unremitting vigilance to
endow your boy with clean mind. n
cffyairous soul. sturdy body, and a
reverence for womanho0d and woman
kind that all the foflfes. and slams
4 and gildcd immitations of w0manhood
In the world cannot shake nor invei-
gle into mischief.
a late Anderson bachelor used to