The Van Buren press., 1896-03-21
THE RIGHT MAN TO MARRY.
A Course In Boarding House Has Excel
lent Results.

lent Results.
1t is to the girl who is fortunate
enough to be utterly unbiased and able
to picl, and choose her lifemate that
we give words of advice.
There is but little doubt thai he au-
thor of the infallible proverb: IF pigs
had wings they might be able to fly,
but they would be very unlikely birds,
was the same one who said:
"a reformed rake makes the best of
husbands
If such thing were possible, doubt
less he would, but does anyone really
believe in reformed ralIe?"
Certainly no one of a worldly mind,
and very few of sensible one.
AS to ralxes, or any other notorious
characters, there is not a word to be
said in regard to their matrimonial
qualities; they should and will be en-
tirely omitted from the discussion.
If you want your husband to be one
of the "stay-at-home-nights" kind,
choose a man with a hobby, a good,
Woodworking hobby, that requires
manual labor or personal supervision.
The man with an unquenchable de-
sire TO hammer in nails, to dip up the
soil, to freseo the barn door or to pho
tograph the family in natural" posi-
tions, will materially assist in the
homemaking process.
What matter if the pictures do oeca-
sionally fall on ones head and the chairs
usually tip the guest of honor to the
floor?
The masters little foibles go far
toward making life amusing and con-
sequently happy.
The husband who merely eats and
sleeps at home, or who only sheds the
light of his countenance upon you at
rare intervals, is not at all desir-
able acquisition.
If you are wise you will choose q
man who has been through thorough
boarding house course and graduated
with bonors for not expecting too much
for his money, and this difficulty will
be entirely obviated.
This individual has probably re-
ceived but little comfort in his pro-
tracted experience in boarding, and
will be very thankful for small ia
vors.
He does not object to the perfume of
onions and has kindly regard for
cold meat.
He may be relied upon to run the
small errands, to mend his own clothes,
and, in fact, to render himself generally
untroublesome and unobtrusive.
The bookworm should be placed high
upon the list of good husbands, in that,
provided that he has a warm room.
"a comfortable armchair, and his favor
ite authors, there you have him sell
tied.
His worst fault is that he is inclined
to seem a triAe unsympathetic, but he
finds amusement at his own fireside,
and is, though he will not show ii
thoroughly fond of the wife of his
bosom.
On this same principle, don't pass by
a man who smokes pipe.
If you dislike the odor of tobacco,
see that he is supplied with good
quality, but don't dream of complain
ing because he smokes.
There is nothing in the world that
will so smooth the ruffled plumage of
the king of creation as looking at life
through dense cloud of tobacco smoke
Don't marry the only-son- his
mother and she was-a-widow kind
Depend upon it, if you do, you will
find yourself doing over again the
slavery days" in an amateur way.
In place of this one we respectfully
recommend the man who is one of a
large family of brothers and sisters.
He will have learned the lessons of
unselfshness and self-sacrifce-the
alpha and omega of domestic felicity
so thoroughly IN his childhood thathe
will never forget them under any cir
cumstances.
These are but a few of the types that
make good husbands, and, sad to say,
bad ones will be found even within
this circumscribed list.
Nevertheless, there are plenty of good
ones to be found inside it, and if you
only understand man thoroughly and
don't 49, metaphorically speaking, of
course-tread on his toes, there is no
doubt that conjugal felicity is distinct
ly misunderstanding Delineator.
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