Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-10-12
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The politics Of matrilnony Is n science
Unborn In French women. Her constant
aim Is to he interesting TO her husband.
She multplies herGcl' In turn She Is his
friend. his confldantc. his partner In
business, his chun, and. II | may usB
the word In It's best aud most refined
sense his mistress She IL fores or chnEg-
ing her appearance. For instance. you
viii seldom see u French married wo-
man wear her hair in the same way
longer than three or four weeks. She
knows that love foc1s on trlflcs ON IL
ldsion, ON suggestion. She knows that
when a man loves his wife. rose in her
hair, Il new frock, n hOnuet differently
trimmed, Will revive IN him the worry ono
ton that he felt when he hell her in
his arms for the first time. She also
knows that the very beat dishes may
sometimes become insipid II always
served with the same sauce.
She understands TO Il supreme degree
tho poetry OF matrimony. ! have heard
men say that matrlmony Kills poetry.
Tho foolsl There Is no poetry outside
OF 1t. And tho poetry has all the more
chance TO live long IN Frech matri-
MOI ial life because our wedding ceremony
ia not, MS In England, the end Of court
slip. but only the beginning OF It. In
France. when YOU have married your
wife, you have to win her and the pro-
cess Is very pleasant. have often told
ry English friends that II IN their eoun-
try there were not so many kisses in
dulEed in before the wedding ceremony,
there would be n great many NOR, nj.
mlnistered nfter II. Why II the French
woman OF forty so Attractive? Because
every feature Of her face shows that she
has boon petted and loved
But, some Enyllshmen have said to me,
in France couples marry without know
Ing anything Of each other That IL true.
In England I have known couples who
had boon engaged ten years and who
were still hoping to know something Of
each other. Poor couplesi They might
be engaged fifty years without attaining
that end Life, during an engagement,
consists OF sentimental walks, the repct-
ton OF the Same story. The sky "a SERENE
tho sea Is smooth. How do they know
thew are good sailors until thew have
been In the came boat in a good big
Storm
All lot msforiuncs Gene. 10 say rothinC
OF the price Of butter and the length OF
the butchers bill when they are engaged
and they leave their respective homes to
meet, they look ut themselves IN the
glass TO sec there Is nothing nmlss about
their toilet, They are on their best be-
hnvlor: they put bride on their
tongues, But, put thcm married. OF IN
evening, one each side OF the fireplace he
sullling over n book with his slippers on
(hls slippers on, what an utter want OF
respect TO womanD and she with her
curl papers True love may get over the
CUR papers, but It must he very, very
true. Aud why curl papers7 Let us
talk about 81. Why, you VIII say. 10 h.
beautiful. to be surc' Oh, hut whom?
Only tomorrow, That IL too late. \ French
woman is never visible befoic noon, not
even to her husband hecatse all the
morning she hns her curl pnpers on. so
rs to he beautiful tho same evening. DO
you sec tho difference? Do you under
stand how practical this tot
Through French lie. the married wo-
man goes on the princlnle laid DOWN by
Balzac. that n man who ponetrates into
his wifo'R drcsslnEronrl Is either
fool or PHILOSOPHER She does not want
him to he PHILOSOPHER, and Fbo takes
Max o'Rell