St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-07
HOW TO MARRY.
a Treatise That should be Read by
Those Seeking Syyeethearts.


Those Seeking SweethearGs.
The following is Philadelphia physi-
clans advice 10 a young man prospecting
for a wife:
When the adult age is reached-what?
As truly as every positive requires a mega
tive, every knife its fork and that opposites
attract, so, too. with the genus homo, like
birds they must mate. and il is not good
for man to be alone. The great event of a
mans life Is 10 seek and secure q sweet
heart and then have wedding day. Now,
to choose proper wife and companion is
the puzzle OF puzzles in every mans expert
ence. Some choose for beauty, others for
accomplishments and Establishments, some
for wit and manners and the average
young man for money and family, but after
all love, supported by prudence and discre-
ton. other things being equal. should act as
the all-iDspiring motive. Happiness follows
love and wealth cannot buy happiness; IL
may contribute to its existence. but happi-
ness is an attribute beyond purchase.
As physical adviser. no marriage should
occur unless both contracting parties are
healthy subjects; to be good animal is the
highest gift in nature.
A marriage has vast responsibility, hing
ing upon it the future procreation of our
species. the perpetuation OF the human
family; therefore no mau wants to become
the father OF race Of pigmies or defOrmed
dwarfs-physlcal cripples 10 the disgrace
OF himself, his wife and his progeny-GOd
forbid! Let Dian consider this well
First OF all, then see that the prospective
wife be thoroughly healthy girl and fine
animal.
1t is safe for us to say that NOWADAYS
far too many mothers are culpable for en-
couraging matrimony when they know in
their heart of hearts that their daughters
are subject to organic disease: this Is TO be
severely deprecated and frowned down
upon wherever and whenever seen. On
the other hand. the. prcsumptive swain who
contempiates Hymen's knot and himself a
shattered wreck is nothing short of a Grim
lnal. Marriage Is indeed serious question.
A divorce IS blot on the page of history,
and about il there is always a bad smell.
Any one who espouses the conjugal yoke
with the prospect of divorce ahead weds an
ignis fatuus- Hence q man should choose
his wife as did the sainted Primrose of
Vicar OF Wakefield memory. who chose his
as she chose her wedding gown, not for
hne. glossy surface, but for qualities that
would wear well. a woman is either the
fortune or bankruptcy of a mans future
All tailors cut the cloth according to the
CLOTH which suggests how young folks
should consider the circumstances Of each
other. Ii is wrong for struggling young
man. without money or influence in the
world. to wed girl OF afluence and wealth
fostered in the lap Of luxury by kind and
loving parents, when the same conditions
cannot be extended her in the future; but
then 1t is wrong for her 10 encourage such a
young man unless she Is willing 10 share
his struggles ard misfortunes as an equal
yoke-fellow and companion. The word
wife means weaver. l. E., a wife should
weave along with her husband the web OF
life.
There are too many young girls brought
up unoer the present regime of society, so
called. who. by indulgent mothers, become
lmoued with false notions and frftter away
their time in learning useless trihes, until
their muscles atrophy and leave them mere
automatons to pose for the entertainment OF
visitors like oyerdressed parlor dolls under
glass case. They lace, powder, affect
frlvolities. study how to make c0nquests, ct
cetera; IN short, assume all the evils of pre-
valling fashion. These creatures die young
OF tight lacers liver or ennui. Young man,
Dewarei
There Is no object so fascinating as a
pretty faced, intelligent woman. but then q
woman to commend herself as an eligible
candidate for matrimony should be useful
as well as ornamental. A model wife is an
economist head saver, while her husband
is the bread winner.
a little domestic drudgery Is homely
antldote against disease and often makes q
nne wife and mother out Of a mere hot
mouse plant l advise thorough knowl-
edge OF kitchen economy (Dody's Domes-
uclty,) for far too many girls nowadays
enter marriage long before they have even
learned to spank a pepper-box-
any one who follows this counsel viii
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