The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-02-04
MARRIAGE A SUCCESS.
a Defense of Matrimony by an
Observing Woman.
she Considers Married life the Rock ct
Salvation for the World and Froyos
r. Her Opinion TO BE a Correct One
Tho First Courtship.

question Is answered as follows by a
woman writer in the Chicago Tribune:
u means home, and home means the
laughter OF children, tho smiles OF wom-
eA. the fragrance Of flowers, the light on
tho hearth-stone-a light that outshinos
tha stars OF heaven.
Marriage is nickel-plated, eyerlast-
ing success, and can prove it.
knew woman whose husband was
fat black and forty; had stubby hands,
and always wore a paper collar too big
Cor him, and pants" too short, and yet
his wife told me in burst of confidence
dne day that she thought he was real
Stylish" And knew young man who
married girl who was red-headed, slab
sided, as thin as rail, and who over
Swallowed him as a bean-pole does
ctDthes-pin, and yet he actually de-
sribed her to mo before | saw her as
flair and most divinelV tall"
And | was personally acquainted with
a.woman who was just exactly as home
N as they make them, but her leading
abomination was her walk. She seemed
to bo loose all over, and sort OF unjoint-
Land then jointed up again as she me-
aItiered around. Boys ridiculed her,
girls giggled as she passed by and men
stood of and swore about her as she
went down the street, and yet positively
her husband had been heard to say that:
Sarah Jane wasn't much OF beauty,
but she did have nice, easy, careless
gAt."
Can you call any system failure that
nnakes people happy and contented with
Gaeir possessions, that obliterates
tetects and offenses, and reveals
charms, atlraci.OIs and beauties
chat under oth;r circumstances you
couldn't see with telescope? Not
tduchl The world Is chuck full and
running over with people like those de-
6cribed above, and in consideration of
.lat fact Can but say: "ol love! where
IS thy stingP O' divorce! where is thy
victory"
Human nature may DO a failure, | |
1pn't deay that, but marriage is howl
ing success, and has done more for hui |
Han nature, tho bad material IL had to |
wprk with, than any condition or system
that was ever invented. Away back |
Yhen adam was a young man--now | |
Know Adam Is rather ancient subject,
hntyou need not elevate your eyebrows
in contempt for you'll DO ancient your
se1f some day-he found himself in tho
world one day. he did not know how and
L don't know, doyouP And the world was
ypung and beautiful; the first flush and
Gloom was on the mountains and the
valleys, tAo flowers wondered at their
own fragrance, the birds were thrilled
by tho sweetness OF their songs, the
waves brose into little ripples OF delight
az their own liquid beauty, and the stars
OF heaven. and the unfaded blue were
above his head, and yet he wasn't salts
led. One morning no was standing
tdly In tho blushing dawn while the
sparkling dew Of novelty, innocence and
variety lay thick around him, wonder
tng why the days wero so long and why
thDre were so many OF them, whom sud-
denly out from under the swinging
F1nes- and the swaying foliage Eve
capo forth and passed lightlyby. Adam
sSw that her checks wero red and her
eyes were bright, and he too went on;
bptbo d!l not forget her, and no came
early tho next morning and fingered
near the path she had trod, and she
eaJle again. Adam saw that her arms
were White and rounded and her step was
fght, and he whistled soft, low whis-
de. With sort OF 0-won't-you-stay-a.mo-
n1cnt cadence In tho music, and Eve
looked up; aud think right then he
piucked a flower and offered II TO her,
md, OF course. she did not know what it .
~ meant, but she glanced ut the rose q
Apd Then at him, and saw he was tall
md strong and Doautiful-and she be-
gan TO understand; reaching out her :
band sho took the little flower and then
Ior the first time in the world a woman
'nfled and blushed, and | suspect Il
'Sas al that moment that the morning
nars FIRST sang together"
Aftor awhile, in somo primitive way. q
hey woFo married, with love for high
PRIEST and the stars for witnesses, and
made them a home-something that
iSery man and woman strives, plans \
I'D works for, because there Is no place i
n. earth like IT,
Marriage may bea failure in a few In !
lziduh cases, where, for instance, Q
nan swears every thing black and blue
u account OF piece Of beefsteak or q !
tIp OF coffee; or where woman opens
or mouth and In the short space Of yen y
econds makes mans life bowling
i1derness or sandy desert because she
ant have every thing she wants and n
ave 1t right away. But marriage as q
gstem Is a nickel-plated, anti-monop- 81