A Common Mistake

ïelkigaps Here is a picture whioli saaie huebaiid could siudy with probable advon - Wc fiinl il in Li f al Hvku, by Dr. Aikmtu) oí' Now Yrk : Sfiinj n tiran seems to regard these FwusofeolÖ datios ut' tho wife hs net to Be oompared for a moment with tbuee whioh engros his a'tcntion. He cxpecis, if business has pe:plexed or ïiiad-t hini anxious, to have lus uile's synipathy wheu he comes lioiu-e at oight, bu: liever imagine that during the duy ïythinu Tiviid havo accuired to troubie tktol wil'c. lid returns fiom lis workshop or couotiog-room soured, purhaps, by .-ome bed bargaiü, annsyed by a atapid vvorkman or umenaonab'e einplojer, moróle írom some ili-fokeu wotd, and expo ts lo be reoeived with snaile; it maitars aot how sur?y may bo Iiis looka, his wifo ïust be in drets, in countenanoe, in word, all sweetness nnd amiabihty. He inay have no-pleaaaut wonl, muy taku 1i:h place uioodily at tho tabb, bat his wife'e words must bo uffectionnte, :itd íííí-vmíüV look fu!l ouly of pladness. - AVhat, he thioká, has she to trouble lier? And this wiion the poor wifa has throuyli a 'orifr and weary day been to:l ing with fatiiily tronk and vexatioui care till her hcad is achina and f:iot and hand aadheart ai e svc uith the worry. 'l'lio tea 3 dispatchtid siltínlly, ery lo!y with sombre onmplaiots over the tiiuls he has lud duriug the duy, or the bad nessofthe times;, mul thén tbeereoiug paper is taken in hand pored over until the verv adveitisenieuts aro ilevoured, or the reader'g face is bowed u[on the crumpled puge in sleep. Ür, if lie be not 7casy eunuch for tlmt, he seize his bat and rushes for the readinu; room, or aiore probably for tlio lo.inging place wnero such as he do congrégale ; there, witha fragrnect of eogar ia h;s hand, desultory talk from hia lips, lio lingere till the noiso of the cloaiug shutters him to leavo He goea at last home againr because Ie caii go nowhere else. Meanwhile, the wiíe has with Boavy heart and tired step got the li tle ones ioto bed, aud, as beat tho oould, bos worn away the long hours of the evening in eilenceand loneliness. Should a thought of his selQshness or ij .stioe ros the miud oL the huebond, lie recpouds with ready self-complacrcucy, "I rehuiré relaxntiou oud must íco my irieuds." The night is w:tness of t!u samo or greatcr lack of synipaihy. Perliaps the babo is not wellaüd is restlesï". Bot that is Dot his busiiinps. It matter Dot thai iho poor wifo tías h id tte ohild in her anus through the lng day - B day's work with a sick babe, oi;e of the weariest of mortal toils - he mus' not be disturbed. I have known such husband. proifide a distant Bleepino ap.irtaisnt that he might not be aitarbeii, and lic moring iu leaden unconeciousuess while a frail wife, with swollerl eyes, and limb- that alraost refuscd to obey an iron will, was walkiug to aud fio with his cbild.