The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-09-11
coNsEcRATED nARRIAGE.
A Marrla6e for wealth, Position or to
Get a ftousekeeper or . Man to
Make q Living Is Failure,


sided question, and | have grave(D
apprehensions that it will result IN
a hung jury Mrs. Buchanan
is the judge, the readers of the
Household the jury.
To marry for wealth, position or
to get a man to make living, "
or a woman to do the hOusewOrk, "
would be a proclamation. The par
ties to such union are disappoint-
ed and sour and denounce marriage
bitterly. Such marriages are fall
ures; when they took the vow they
committed perjury, and those re-
lations which should have been the
most sacred are7 7nothing short of a
hideous mixture of rape and adul-
tery. Their children are fruits OF
lust and not love; they are very
much like wild beasts in their ma
ture, illtempered and prone to ruin.
Sin is its own punishment.
Now, let's suppose a case of the
kind of marriages made in Heav-
en:" Each thinks the other wor-
thy all respect, love and honor.
He believes she is queen among wo-
men and she just knows he is the
nOblest and best man in the world.
She calls him her king. Deep in
the1 heart of each is a feeling
that the other is very superior
being and there is strong desire
and great effort to become more
worthy.
He never eXacts obedience, but
her pleasure is to please him-ser-
vice is sweet and she thinks of a
thousand little things to do for him.
To be the mother of his children
is her secret ambition, or, shall l
call it the ultima thule of the wife 5
sacred devotion? She has a faint
idea (if she is young) that pain and
sickness attend upon such things,
but what is love made for? She
reasons that his love for her is
worth any sacrifice. Yes, she is
willing to suffer. if need be. And
materia medica has never produced
a panacea equal to a loved hus-
bands caress, nor a balm like his
kiss. The husband appreciates the
magical effect of the wife 5 kiss.
too, and goes to his place of busi-
ness, or to the field, with a brisk
step. All day she goes about her
duties with a song in her heart,
and plans for his comfort. He is
never absent single moment from
;ther thoughts and the longer they
live together the more closely their
lives entwine. In the evening he
hastens home; in his mind be sees
her smile of welcome Memory
awakens the kisses of his welcome
of former years and starts a vlbra-
ton that thrills the entire being OF
both. The conjugal kiss is the
only kiss having power to almost
intoxlcate. How much ecstatiC
bliss married people miss who grow
careless and cold. To part anC
meet affectionately takes little time
and soon becomes habit. Little
acts of loving kindness do not onl,
keep love alive, they make it grow
for love can be cultivated. An
do not think because woman love
YOU that she cannot be disguste
by neglect of personal cleanli
ness. On the other hand, an ur
tidy wife is enough to dampen tn
ardor of any mans affection.
Late years l notice the tendenc
in married women to take in sew
ing and do many other thing
make little money, and even whe
they are in comfortable circun
stances, and l have thought thi
where a woman has husband WI
was a successful manager of affai
that it would be best to turn b
whole attention to home and let Il
ohiact of har. life be hannineSS-