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They are unfavourable to the domestic virtues . They make no man a better husband or father , a better son or brother . If some have mixed in them without being contaminated , this is more than can be said of all . They have inspired many a man with a disrelish for his home ; have made many a young wife water her couch with tears ; and kept many a widowed mother walking her parlours in lonely anguish till after midnight , awaiting the return of her wayward son from the card-table . Does it become a community , who would guard their homes as they do their altars , because they know their altars will not long be worth guarding if their homes are desecrated to encourage CLUBS ? The following should be read by every woman in the country , married or unmarried -- yes , it should be committed to memory and repeated three times a day , for it contains more truth than many volumes that have been written on the subject : -- ` How often we hear a man say , I am going to California , Australia , or somewhere else . You ask him the reason of his going away , and the answer is , in nine cases out of ten , I am not happy at home .