The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-19

diseases children that poor thing
may be said to have been damned into this word. On
one occasion when DR.. Johnson waiting dinner In
Mrs Thrales drawing a young up and
asked him: DIR. Johnson do you think that OIL ght
to marry!' The doctor being netted the 1ntru ion
growled: "Sir, ought to marry who is lik
to propagate understanding This applies bo4 les
and souls of children well to their minds
II CAN'T AFFORD IT"
"Never take wife," said Franklin, It'll you have
house and fire (sic) to put her n." Asking bI
lady the,oher day when people should she led
When they have enough money and afford it, T. al
good answer, for marriage is a luxury which some
cannot afford and when this is the they very
selfish indulge in it. 1t may be blessing for
to have quiverul children but he right
shoot them to relations and others TO be reared.
Money is said be of all evil but it is well
to have little bit of this with when go shop
ping, and also when go marrying. unless tO
think that mortality is of the effects of marriage,
certain girl did The mistress with whom SHE
last lived meeting her in the street asked: Well May
where you living now:" Please am I'm liv-
ing anywhere now. I'm married. Some of us who are
married find that have survived the operation and
also that want certain to live upon, and
therefore we can sympahize with the girl who having
tried for time lovenacottage dietary said that
she thought kiss and glass of cold made but
poor breakfast. What should be said of who
marries when debt allows his bride, ming
from the honeymoon, to find bailiffs in his house?
At the time the amount of money necessary to
marry upon is often greatly exaggerated. Show
couple who miserable account of straitenei cir
cumstances will you a dozen couples who
miserable on account other circumstances suppo
we all know bachelors who have plenty of money for
marriage, but who have enough courage, and tn y
make Il can't afford it This was t.
with Pitt. When he was prime minister of England d
had from all income of about thirty thousand
year. he used to say that he could not afford to marry
then calculated that for each of his servants
Surely for more arrangement of his hOt
hold if for other he ought to have married.
sometimes say extravagant young men: Il wondet
how you afford not to marry could not"
Certainly if young will smoke the best cga's
and will give expensive drinks to fool who APPS
him on the back and old man., he afford
marry because he would not deny himself small and
very elevang luxuries for the sake of gaining that
greatest of all luxures good wife Then if haN
a small income select girl with slender waist
who has made her waist slender by health de-
stroying corsets, but who can manage small in
come and make both ends with the least pc sble
amount of waste.
MARRY EARLY AND OFTEN"
Mothers have much to do with this matter They are
always on rich husbands for their daugh
ters better If they fitted their dat cutters
to be wives of men who not milonaires? If they
did this would think that it was time to marry
a certain philosopher said that should marry
and often This advice cannot be followed if we wa
till all the prelfmnafeS that nave been enulneTdtel ID
reference character health, money age and SO forth
are quite satisfactory shall have to oil
ourselves as disciples of another philosopher who said
young marry yet if old do not marry at ALL
The advice of the second philosopher just quoted
about marrying early often. suggests the questie
when person should marry again whose first second
partner died Hamlet has said very hard things
against rapid succession in this matter and ceTai
there ought be decent inerregnum between the DIFF
ferent queens of mans hearth If man replace lis
wife too soon if he had been in love with h
successor before wife died On the other hand if
he never marry again people may of him. Once bitten
twice shy Here in other the happy med1 M
best would plead for little more sentiment than
was shown by certain Irish small farmer Asked By
landlord if the report his intended second marriage were
true he replied: is, yer homer But your first
wife has only been dead week, Pat An shule she S
as dead now as she ever will be, yer homer"
famous American author inscribed upon the grave
stone of his wife: The light is gone from my lie
Time not only modified his distress but suggested re-
newal of conjugal bliss neghbor had the lad ia tie
TO banter him on engagement and to express surpr s.
that he had forgotten his words of lamentat
He reped: so far forgetting them remember and
repeat them now, originating and confirming the IL
enop that YOU are pleased crticse dec AIRED that
the light was gone from life and it is for this reason
that I propose to strike another match
In preReformation times there were restrictions as
tho seasons when people marry. On the fly leaf
of country register was written:
Advent marriages does
But Hilary gives thee liberty;
Septuagesima thee
Eight days from Easter
am afraid that do not ask Hilary or Septuages
ina for their consent nowadays. Near Valentines day In
February is favorite time for marrying So is Apr
in spite of the fear few must have of making April
fools of themselves For another May Is
considered unlucky. though Would think that lime
when every bud in speaks of hope should re-
assuring June is comfortable time for honeymooning
for hotels full and rppers have starte
their wild Any time, however, will do for
marrying and should be taken advantage of when
right person up. In article shall dis
this pont-whOm to marry.
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