WHAT A MAN WANTS OF A WIFE.

Dunstan Times, Issue 729, 7 April 1876, Page 3

WHAT A MAN WANTS OF A WIFE.

The Philadelphia Times says :—‘lt is not to sweep the house, make the bed, dam the socks and cook the meals, chiefly, that a man wants a wife. If this is all he needs, hired help can do it cheaper than a wife. If this is all when a young man calls to see a lady send him into the pantry to taste the bread and cake she has made, send him to inspect the needlework and bed-making, or out a broom into her hand and send him to witness its nse. Such tilings are important, and the wise young man will quickly look after them ; but what a true man wants with a wife is her companionship, sympathy, and love. The way of life has many dreary places in it, and man needs a companion to go with him. A man is sometimes overtaken with misfortune ; ho meets with failure and defeat; trials and temptations beset him, and he needs one to stand by and sympathise. He has some hard battles to fight with poverty, enemies, and with sin ; and he needs a woman that, when ho puts his arms aiound her, he feels that when he has something to fight for she will help him to fight; that she will put her lips to his ear and whisper words of counsel, put her hand to his heart and impart inspiration. All through life, through storms and through sunshine, conflict, and victory, through adversity and through favouring winds, man needs a woman’s love. Tho heart yearns for it. A sister’s or a mother’s love will hardly supply the need. Yet many seek for nothing further than success iu housework Justly enough, half of these get nothing more; the other ha f, surprised beyond measure, have gotten more than they sought. Tie ir wives surprise them by bringing out a noble idea in marriage, and disclosing a treasury of courage, sympathy, and love.