The Duty of Husbands.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 19, 20 December 1884, Page 1 (Supplement)

The Duty of Husbands.

Tm; firtt duty of husbands is to sympathi/.' 1 with t hair wives m till their cares and labors. Men aro »pt to forgot, m their perplexities and >unioya:iccs n£ business, that home cares are annoying, and try th.3 strength and patience, of their wives. They come home expecting sympathy and nitration, but art) too apt to havo none to givo. A single kind word or look, that tells his thoughts of liar and her troubles, would lift a weight of care from her heart. Secondly— Husbands should make confidants of ihcir wives, consulting them on their plans and prospects, and especially on thoir troubles and cm- j biirrassmcnts. A woman's intuition is of tmi better than all his Bhrowdnoss and wisdom ; and all her : roady sympathy and intcrnst is a powerful aid to Ins efforts for their mutual welfare. Thirdly — Men should show their love for wives m constant attention, m their manner of treating them, and m tho thousand and ono trifling oflV.es of affection which may bo hardly noticeable, but which make all the diffwonco between a life of sad and undignified longing and cheery, happy cxistonce. Above all, men should bevroro of treating their wives with rudeness and incivility, as if they worn the only persons not entitled to their consideration and respect. They should think of their tender feelings, and their "need of sympathy, and never lot tin) fire of lovo j?o out, or ceaso to show that tho flame is burning with unabated fervor.