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CONFIDE MORE IN YOUR WIFE.
It is a custom too common with men
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ignorance of the situation of their business.
The wife knows nothing, has not even an
idea of the amount of her husband’s for
tune, whether it is to be counted by thous
ands or tens of thousands. What can a
woman kept in such ignorance learn ? She
depends, as a matter of course, on him,
spends all he gives her, with the full confi
dence that when that is gone, and she asks
for it, he will give her more. If an un
married woman works, she may go with a
bold unblushing face and demand her
wages; but a good wife naturally feels a
delicacy about having her expenditures go
beyond her husband’s means, but how is she
to avoid this, and at the same time indulge
in those comforts which she and her family
ought to be entitled to, unless her husband
gives her some idea of his circumstances?
There are generous men, who are too in
dulgent, too fearful of letting a wife know
the exact state of their finances. This is
all wrong. Husband and wife should have
a mutual interest; every wife should know
something of her husband’s finances, under
stand his plans, and aid him, if possible,
with her counsels, and then these terrible
catastrophes would not so often happen.
Many a wife who is plunging her hus
band deeper and deeper into debt from
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pathy and generosity, help him to reinstate
his falling fortunes.
Out of suffering comes the serious mind ;
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MOTHERS’ BOYS.
There is a moment in a woman’s life
when, however carefully she may have
been taught that “pride is sinful,” she can
not help feeling proud. This is, when
some one alluding to her first off-spring,
remarks that it is ‘ an exceedingly fine
boy.” A boy ! For the next six months
she feels such mingled pity for the moth
ers of girls that she can scarcely restrain
her feelings. And yet, in nine cases out of
ten, she sets to work from the very first to
make that boy of hers as like a girl as pos
sible—not in appearance, but in character.
She puts his body into masculine toggery
even before he is fit for it, but she desires
to keep his soul in petticoats for the rest of
her natural life.
Women who become widows early, who
have plenty of money and but one pet boy,
often contrive to make him a most useless
and effeminate creature—the sort of young
man who, at twenty-one, will stand before
a pretty girl with his head on one side, his
hands dangling like rabbits’ paws, and his
mouth all a simper, and tell her that he
will “ask ma if he may see her home,” and
who, having “ asked,” will return to say
that “ma thinks I’d better not.” The fact
is. boys are never bettered by being made
pets of. They should be considered and
loved, but it is the ruin of anything mas
culine to be laid away in lavender and
sheltered from the East winds. The ordi
nary woman cannot comprehend this. The
boy is so dear to her—so precious, she is
continually in fear that harm will come to
his mind, his body or his soul. Left to
herself, she makes a milk-sop of her son.
It is a cruel fact, for she does not mean to
do it; she only wishes him to be perfec
tion. She does not realize that it is her
little boy’s fate to be a man, and that the
best she can do for him is to make him one
—aye, every inch. She must make up her
mind that he will win his way in the
world, meet men on even ground, fight
life’s battle, aye, and love, without consult
ing her. M. D.
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shower; and, on the contrary, when the
fluid is passing off or diffusing itself, then
a large cloud will be seen breaking into
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OTHER PEOPLE’S AFFAIRS.
For my part I care very little about
other people’s private affairs. I never
want to turn their hearts inside out, know
the amount ot their bank account, or peep
into their store closets. If they are nice
to know, pleasant to talk with, and alto
gether friendly and warm-hearted, that
pleases me. There are plenty of abstract
subjects on which to converse, and it
would never occur to me to inquire what
their butcher’s bill might be, or if the
butcher ever called twice for his little
account.
I fancy, however, that some people must
go about asking such questions as these, for
in no other way could they provide them
selves with such an amount of statistics as
they collect in regard to other people’s
affairs and housekeeping. I remember
that a lady (?) once called on me. burdened
with news as a homeward flying bee is
burdened with stolen sweets for honey
making. She shut the door, drew down
the shades, and begged me not to mention
it, for only to me would she confide so ter
rible a secret. She was no gossip—not
she; she pitied them from her soul; but
Senator Bobolink’s family had all their
underclothing made of unbleached mus
lin, without so much as a row of rick-rack
braid upon it. It was such a frightful dis
closure that I could do nothing but stare
at her and gasp, “Oh!” Andi did not
think it worth while to mention the fact
that the clothing was all of raw silk in its
natural yellow-tint. Mrs. Senator Bobo
link having confided to me the fact that
she had a bale from China and meant to
make that use of it.
Another lady—a venerable one —tod-
dled several miles one day to see our fam
ily, that she might impart the news that
the Tomkins’ were so poor they could not
afford carpets!
The Tomkins’ were among the first who
had their floors polished and large rugs
laid in the center of the room; but we
shook our heads and hoped they would
soon recover their lost good fortune, and
were equally sympathetic when the visiting
spinster of a far-away country place, con
fided to us the fact that “them Smiths from
New York never had no regular dinner,”
for she went and stayed one day and found
out.
Their dinner hour was at six. The local
hour was at twelve, and they always had a
light lunch at noon. Apart from these
funny mistakes, however, there are so
many bits of gossip afloat that I often won
der if there is not a Gossip Syndicate where
people find out things. It is wonderful
what petty stories certain people spend
their time in gathering and dispensing.
And the pity is that those who listen with
suppressed contempt have not the courage
to express it. Open the door and bow the
gossip out. Nine times out of ten she de
serves it, because she is telling a falsehood
as well as tattling. M. K. D.
EVENINGS AT HOME.
It is well for the women of the house
hold to remember that the pleasant even
ings at home are strong antidotes to the
practice of looking for enjoyment abroad,
and seeking for pleasure in forbidden
places; for relaxation and recreation will
be indulged in some how by most men, and
happy are they who find in the home circle
the diversion they need.
A lively game, an interesting book read
aloud, or, in musical families, a new song
to be practiced, will furnish pastime that
will make an evening pass pleasantly.
A little forethought during the day, a
little pulling of wires that need not appear,
will make the whole thing easy; and dif
ferent ways and means may be pro
vided for making the evening hours pass
pleasantly, and a time to be looked forward
to with pleasant anticipations.
It is a happy thing for us that this is
really all we have to concern ourselves
about—what to do next.