y. "Mace home a home, and make it one in ererj sense of the word," writei a lady correspondent in an American paper. "My husband is a great smoker; he lovet to play cards, dominoes, and chest» he it > * at perfect liberty to smoke is any roonf: in the house, and I am always ready and willing to join him in the different games. . r I end ear our in every way to be not only a helpmeet, but a companion to him, and • *. the result hat been that I hare and epjoy his society; he prefer! spending; his evenings at home with me to seeking— other society. I cannot understand why s ,. women will run the risk of losing their v 1 husbands' society and lore merely for the sake of satisfying an over fastidious taste. If they do not like tobacco, did they object tb hit using it during the days, of ... eourtstifpp And if they objected then .. ■'.; and failed, why did they marry P. If men -. will not gire up such habits at the ioUei« ; tations of their sweethearts, it it not likely ;■■ they will be persuaded out of theov by ■ their wives. Therefore, I think it unwise
for a womHi to rick her happiness by qurrrellinp with herhusband over a rental lault, the exiatenee. and extent of whiek 7 ahe new and perfectly understood before "", she took upoa henelf tht datiei of % wife.'
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Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3390, 3 November 1879, Page 2
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237Untitled Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3390, 3 November 1879, Page 2
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