The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-09-19

CaItion ia Making Alliances.
Let me say to all young people, before
you give your heart and hand In holy
alliance, use all caution inquire outside
as to habits. explore the disposition. scrl-
tinize the taste, question the ancestry ami
find out the ambitions Do not take The
heroes and herOines of cheap novels for
model. Do not put your lifetime happi-
ness in the keeping of a man who has
reputation for being a little loose In NOR
ais, or in the keeping of a woman who
dresses immOdestly. Remember that while
good looks are kindly gift OF God wrIu-
kles or accident may despoil them. Re-
member that Byron was no more ceie-
| brated for his beauty than for his de-
pravity. Remember that Absaloms hair
was not more splendid than his habits
were despicable. Hear il, hear II! The
only foundation for happy marriage thar
ever has been or ever Will be Is good
character
ASK the counsel of father and mother
I'm this most important step of your ne.
They are good advisers. They are the
best friends you ever had. They made
more sacrifices for you than any one else
ever did. and they will do more to-day Tor
your happiness than any other people,
Ask them, and. above all, ask God. / used
to smile at John Brown, Of Haddingtou,
because. when he was about 10 offer his
hand and heart in marriage to one who
became his lifelong companion, he opened
the conversation by saying, Let US pray
But I have seen so many shipwreCks on
the sea of matrimony. have made 10 ny
mind that John Brown Of Haddinston,
was right. A union formed In prayer Will
be a happy union. though sickness pale
the cheek, and poverty empty the bread
tray, and death open the small graves.
and all the path Of life be strewn with
thorns, from the marriage altar with i's
wedding march and orange blossoms clear
down to the last farewell at that gate
where Isaac and Rebecca. Abraham and
Sarah, Adam and Eve parted.
Patient Endurance Of the Yoke.
"And let me say to you who are In this
relation. II you make one man or woman
happy you have not lived in vain Christ
says that what He is 10 the church yol
| ought TO be TO each other; and If some
| times through difference Of opinion or
difference OF disposition you make up your
| mind that your marriage was "a mistake,
patiently bear and fGrbear. remembering
| that there is a glory in the patient on
| durance Of a sad yoke. Life al the longest
/ is short, and for those who have been
| badly mated -, this world death will give
| quick and final bin of enforcement written
| in letters Of green grass on quiet graves.
| And perhaps. my brother, my sister per-
| haps you may appreciate each other bet
/ ter in heaven than you have appreciated
| each other on earth.
In the Farm Ballads our American
| poet puts into the lips Of a repentart nus
| band, after life Of married perturbation
these suggestive words:
And when she dies wish she would Be hi v
| ne.
And lyins together in silence perhaps vs Fn
And e ever We eet in heaven. 1 voaI1 no, think
| II queer
II We love each other better because Es lalu-'t
here.
! And let me say 70 those OF you VINO ar,
in happy married union, avoid frs, quar-
! rel5; have no uHcxpla ned CORES sp0Udaae
| VITA former admirers; cultivate no -i-
! picions; In a moment Of bad temper %
| not rush out and TIL the uelEEbYTs. f3
| not let any Of those gadabOuts ~ socks
| unload In your house their baggage
| CAB and tittle-tattip. do not max" if Oh
! iEYaridble rule 10 stand on your rErNl
learn how 20 apologize. DO not De ,
| proud. or 50 stubborn, or 50 dcvlLlsl ihfl
you will not make up.
Source of Domestic Hfisfortuns.
Remember that the worst domssti'
nisfOrtunes and most scandsloIs divorce
cases started from little inf-lirt.s-. TIE
| whole piled-up train Of ten rail-rars t..''
| scOped and smashed al the foot - 80 ''--
bankment one hundred feet down came 10
that catastrophe by getting tWO ar '-.'s
inches on the track. Some Of 'hs er..'-..
! domestic misfOTiunes and the widest f.'
, sounding divorces cases have started IRON
little Misunderstanding that were a.o" 70
10 20 On and go on until homo. am ..,
spectability. and religion. and immora'
| soul went down IN the crash.
| "FelloU-citizens as well as fe.og-' ~
tians. let Us have a divine rage as4.I.'
/ anything that wars on the marriage sN..
| Blessed institution, Instead Of 'H9 ar
% fight the battle of life. four. lns'-f- %
two eyes % scrutin.Ze the path NJ
four. Irstead Of two shoulder 20 .It. .-
burden of life. four. Twice the 'a'.sI.
twice the courage twirc ths fa-s 1l'
ton. twice the probability ot wof.it -.
cess, twice the prospects Of he1Fe. ~
that matrimonial bower Coo .--
two souls Outside the bower. fppA y.
all contentious. and al bick~f q -.
| all controversies but inside ~. -
there Is room for only one El~.I.
angel ~ love. Let that aner. stat- a..
floral doorway Of this Eteri- fgH.. ~
drawn sword 20 heW down 90. '..s
| OF that hOwer-easy divorce. Ala -.
| Paradise lost May there BE- FfF@-. 49,
gained And after We QLN Our h-'' p
/ may We have brighter hone .H t--'.
At the windows Of which tnlf
/ are familiar faces watching ifi =
rival 8nd wondering why 30 '
| tarry."