WHY HE MARRIED HER.
An Old Gentleman Tells How his Wife Won his Heart.
‘How did 1 come to fancy my wile ?' repeated an old gentleman, one of the successful men of this age, whose wife was noted rather for her domestic virtues than social qualities. ‘ Why, I saw her sewing, busy mending and repairing the clothes of her little brother. I had been meeting society girls, who sat idle and listless, or who stared hard at me, but I never felt drawn to them. When I saw Lucy bending gracefully over a bit of plain sewing and repairing rents and sewing on buttons, I thought of what she would be in her own home. It made me wish to have her in mine. I knew she would make me a good wife, and she has. 5 Now, girls, remember this. Who knows but you may weave a young man’s heart with your needle? Men like domestic girls, and sewing is the best accomplishment woman can have. Remember, too, that domesticity is not incompatible with social qualities, for some of our best housekeepers and most devoted wives and mothers are queens in society.
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Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 459, 2 April 1890, Page 3
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193WHY HE MARRIED HER. Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 459, 2 April 1890, Page 3
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