Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-03-27

every knife its fork, and that Opposites a ;
tract, so, too, with the genus home, like
birds they must mate, and it is not good for
man to be alone. The great event OF man:
| life is to seek and secure sweetheart and
then have a wedding day. Now, TO choose
proper companion is the puzzle of puzzles
in every mans experience. Some choose fol
beauty, others for accomplishments and
Establishments, soIue for wit and manners,
| and the average young man for money and
family, but after all love, supported by pru-
| dence and discretion, other things being
equal, should act as the all-inspiring motive
Happiness follows love, and wealth cannot
istence, but happiness 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 hinging upon it, the future
prOcreatiOn of our species, the perpetuatien
of the human family; therefore no man
wants to become the father of race of pig
mics or defOrmed dwarfs-physical oripples
to the disgrace of himself, his wife and
his progeny. God forbid! Let man con-
slider this well.
First of all, then, see that the prospective
wife be thoroughly healthy girl and fine
animal. Ii is safe for us to say that nova
days far too many mothers are culpable for
encouraging matrimony when they know In
their hearts that their daughters are subject
to organic diseases. This is to be severely
deprecated and frowned down wherever and
whenever seen. On the other hand, the pre-
sumptiye swain who contemplates Hymon's
knot and himself shattered wreck, is moth
ing short of acriminal. Marriage is, indeed,
serious question.
Next, the salt of common sense is an im-
portant necessity. Since marriage resolves
by God, to be broken only by death, aud not
like loose pair of shoes that can be put on
in the morning and removed at night it is an
issue that should occupy the mental, the
moral, the spiritual, the practical and the
consequential deductions of all thinking peO-
pie to the sObereSt degree. The civil law
may separate, but II cannot sever. A di-
vorce is blot on the page OF history, and
about it there Is always a bad shell. Any
one who espouses the conf jugal yoke with the
prospect of divorce ahead weds an ignls
fatuus. Hence 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 tlne, glossy
surface, but for qualities that wear well. A
woman is either the fortune or bankruptcy
OF mans future.
All tailors cut the coat 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
L to wed glrl OF Influence and wealth, foster
| ed in the lap OF luxury by kind and loving
| parents, when the same conditions cannot
be extended to her in the future; but then II
| Is wrong of her to encourage SUCH young
man unless she is willing to share his strug
giles and misfOrtunes as an equal yoke.tel
| low and companion. The word wife
| means weaver, i. e., wife should weav,
along with her husband the weO OF life.
There are too many young girls brought
| up under the present regime of society, 5,
called, whe, by indulgent mothers, becom,
imbued with false notions and tritter away
| their time in learning useless trihes, unit
| their muscles atrOphy and leave them mer,
| autOmatODs to pose for the entertainment o
a glass case. They lace, powder, affect fri
vols, study how to make conquests, etc, II
short, to assume all the evils of prevailing
| fashion. These creatures die young OF tight
lacer's liver OF ennui. Young man, beware
| There is no object 50 fascinating as pret
| ty-faced, intelligent woman, but then wO
( man, to commend herself as an eligible can
dIdate for matrimOny, should be useful a
well as ornamental. A model wife is al
economist, bread-saver, whiie her husband
/ in the bread-winner.
| A little domestic drudgery is homely an
tidote against disease, and often makes
fine wife and mother out of mere hothOus
plant 1 advise a thorough knowledge o
kitchen economy (''DOdy's DOmesticity')
for Tar too many girls nowadays enter maj
rage long before they have even learned :
| spank a pepper box.
| ANY one who follows this council will nc
go asiray. Philadelphia News.