Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-05-22
Reflections oil a Bachelor.

It's as easy to be good as 1t Is not to
be bad
A lover doesn't get half 50 scared
that a girl won't marry him as that she
will marry somebody else.
The woman who marries for the Joy
Of wfehoOd contents herself afterward
with the solace Of motherhood
Children first learn deceit in conceal
ing from their fathers that they know
they don't know 50 much as they pre-
tend 10 the children.
When a man ~ pondering deeply az
to whether he shall bet a horse straight
| or for place. his wife feels sorry that
his business makes him think 50 hard
The only thing on earth that doesn't
care whether It is laughed at or not Is
Love.
one Of the queer things is how much
unmarried men know about feminine
lingerie and girls about babies.
A girl can sit on the damp grass
without being uncomfortable. but a
man doesn't wear that sort of clothes
The harder girl tries 70 marry a
man the surcr he Is that he wants 10
marry some girl who won't have him.
Chidrens questions aren't nearly SO
embarrassing as some OF the ones that
grownup people don't ask, nut only
think.
After a man has caught his train
with several minutes to spare. hc
knows how the engaged fellow feels.
who wonders why he chased her ~
fast.
II is children that keep down the
divorce rate.
No woman can have any respect for
a man after she has helped him take
off porous plaster.
If A man doesn't naturally want his
wife 10 he the best-dresscd woman he
knows. the reason il some other
woman.
a woman doesn't mind her husband
being bad half as much as she minds
being ashamed that other people know
it,
OF all the married women one-half
regret their husbands ever asked them
and the other half that they ever ac-
cepted them.
Anyway virtue is cheaper than sin.
The weak-minded husband either
thinks his wife suspects him, or that
she suspects he suspects her
Nearly every bachelor knows 4
woman who he Is sorry is married. and
most Of the time her husband is, too.
No matter how much a man loves a
widow with several children. it sort OF
seems ridiculous to think Of marrying
her.
When a man exchanges travelling
bags with a woman by mistake he
doesn't know whether to take it home
and tell the truth or hide 1t in his office
and let the office boy discover a fresh
scandal.
Whisky has probably caused most as
much unhappiness in life as curl
papers.
The men would think all Of the
women were angels if they didn't want
feathers.
Men are more vain than women. The
proof Of this is that the women don't
know it.
Lots Of men aren't Of any use in the
world till they make fools of them
selves. and then they do for examples.
In 80 out of every 100 womens bed
rooms YOU will find box Of combings
under the bureau: in the other 50 ii is
in the washstand drawer.
The woman who laughs at love gem
orally does it to keep from crying.
A man is grown old when he can't
remember when he really believed in
Santa Claus.
If men only knew what queer ex-
cuses their wives made for their ac-
tions in their own minds. they would
act a lot worse.
a woman never considers her own
feelings where her children's are con
cerned, nor her husbands where her
own are concerned.-New York Press.
In France. withdrawals from the
saving banks thus far in the year have
| exceeded dppOSitS bv 80 1aS 0O0