The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-03-13

should be long enough TO enable the cou-
pie to study and understand each others
characters, but not so long that they
grow away from each other Ia tastes and
feelings Better to take the ball at tho
hop, so to speak, and marry in the ardor
of first love. Some people who have been
acquainted from childhood become en-.
gagged, and are so long In that condition
that they get a settled down, not TO say
prosaic, look. They might as well be
married and, indeed, far better. At first.
engaged people are mildly interesting TO
their friends, but a little of them goes far.
We weary OF hearing of the perfection
of the loved one, and of romantic plans
for the future married life. Amelias
eyes and hair may be beautiful, but the
sisters OF her sweetheart prefer to talk
and hear talk about their own eyes and
hair.
The society mother says to her daugh.
ter: For the sake OF your family don't
have a long engagement. You'll want to
see him every day, and il don't 70 with
you to places people will talk. Then
there must be as many rooms reserved
for you as for royalty, and If your faith.
er smells cigars, he won't like H. and
other young men win become shy OF the
house, and your sisters will be bored
and, my dear, il you are going 10 he
married, marry soon and have done with
it,"
SO much depends upon time, place ana
the circumstances OF those concerned that
it Is not possible to lay down rnlo as
to the proper length OF engagements
More important 1t Is to think how the
time should be used
Unsympathetic people often wonder
what engaged persons find TO say To each
other during the hundreds OF hours they
spend together. Consider, however. that
they have to tell the history of their mast
lives, their present feelings, and their
future hopes. Not long ago | heard nm
engaged girl saying, Il wonder IL | ought
to tell him ALP Probably this "all" did
not refer to anything more criminal than
some mild iirtations, but it Is well. as n
rule, to make a clean breast of il so that
there may be no revelations after mar
riage.. During the engagement period the
couple should point out to each other
alterations that should be made In CON
duct and character as plainly as thev
do in reference to the house thcv ara
taking. This is better than establishing
a mutual admiration society with mem
bershlp of two and might save criticism
and nagging afterwards.
The best use to which couple can mt
the engagement time Is to settle. for the
sake of each other their habits In n right
direction. n good test of love IL to osls
how much is he or she willing TO give nm
for the sake of the supposed loved one.
know young men who have given I'm
almost all small Injuries in order IN be
able sooner to afford that greatest Inv.
ury in life-a good wife. A Suggestion
was recently made that there WINS room
for new society which should teacb hns'
band and wife their duty to each other
THE first article of the Constitution
should be that any person applying for
membership should solemnly covenant
and agree that throughout married life
he or she would carefully observe and
practice all courtesy, thoughtfulness and
unselhshness that belong to what il
known as the engagement period"
Ihis would be an excellent rule, for the