The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-04-25

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| matrlmony, where so many have wrecked
| am l not right IN advising divine plloiage
| Especially = deyout supphcation needed
because OF the fact that society ls 50 inll
/ Of artihcialities that men are deceived as
/ 70 whom they are marrying, and no one
| but the Lord knows. After the dress
maker. and the milhner, and the leweler
and the hair-adJuster, and the dancing
| master, and the cosmetic art have com
| p.eted their work, how Is en- unsophisti.
Gated man 10 decipher the physiological
hieroglyphies, and make accurate Judg.
ment OF who 1t Is 10 whom he offers hand
/ and heart? That Is what makes so many
! recreant husbands. They make an honor
\ able marriage contract, but the goods de-
| livered are so different from the sample
| by which they bargained. They were
swindled, and they backed out. They
mistook Jezebel for Longfellows Evange-
line, and Lueretia Borgia for Martha
| Washington.
scalps he has taken, so there are IN society
to-day many coquettes who boast Of the
/ masculine hearts they have captured. And
| these women, though they may hive amid
| richest upholstery, are not SO honorable
as the cyprians of the street, for these
advertise their infamy, while the former
profess heaven while they mean hell.
| There is so much counterfeit woman
| hood abroad IL Is no wonder that some
cannot tell the genuine coin from the base
| Do you not realize YOU need divine guld-
| ance when i remind you that mistake j.
possible IN this important affair, and, II
made, Is irreyoCable!
The worst predlcament possible Is 10 be
| unhapplly yoked together. You see II Is
| impossible 20 break the yoke. The more
| YOU pull apart, the more CALLING the yoke.
| The minister might bring YOU up again,
| ana and IN your presence read the mar
rlage ceremony backward, might put You
| on the opposite sides OF the altar from
| where you were when You were united,
might take the ring on OF the finger, might
rend the wedding veil asunder, might tear
| out the marriage leaf from the family Bible
record, but that would fail to mmarry
! you. Ii is better not 20 make the mis-
| take than 70 attempt Its correction. But
men and women do not reveal all Their
| characteristics till after marriage, and
! how are you to avoid committing the fatal
| blunder: There Is only one Being IN the
| universe who can tell YOU whom 20 choose,
and that is the Lord of Paradise He
made Eve Tor Adam, and Adam for Eve,
| and both for each other. Adam had not
| a large group OF women from whom TO
| select his wife, but It Is fortunate, ludg-
| ing from some mistakes which she after.
ward made that 1t was Eve or nothing.
| There Is IN all the world some one who
made Tor Adam. All sorts of mistakes
occur because Eve was made ont OF a RIB
| from Adams side. Nobody knows which
! OF has twenty.iour ribs was taken for the
nucleus. Ii you depend entirely upon
yourself in the selection of a wife, there
are twenty-three possibilities to one that
| you will select the wrong rib. BY the fate
OF Ahab, whose wife induced him TO steal /;
| by the fate of Macbeth, whose wife pushed
| him into massacre; by the fate of James
| Ferguson, the philosopher, whose wife
entered the room while he was lecturing
! and wlllfully upset his astronomical APP
| paratuS, so that he turned to the audience
and sand Ladies and gentlemen, l have
| the misfortune 10 be married TO tins
woman by the fate of Bulwer, the
| novelist whose wife's temper was so IN
compatible that he furnished her a beau
titul house near London and withdrew
| from her company, leaving her with the
dozen dogs whom she entertained as pets I;
| by the tate OF John Milton, who married
| a termagant after he was blind, and when
some one called her rose, the poet said: :
Il am no judge of flowers, but II may be
so, for / feel the thorns daily" by the
fate of an Englishman whose wife was so
determined to dance on his grave that he
was buried III the sea; by the fate OF a
village minister whom | knew, whose wife
threw a cup OF hot tea across the table
because they differed in sentiment-by all
these scenes of disquietude and domestic
| calamity, we implore you to be cautious
| and prayerful before you enter upon the
| connubial state, which decides whether a
man shall have two heavens or two hells,
a heaven here and heaven forever, or a
| hell now and hell hereafter.
By the bliss OF Pliny, whose wife, when
her husband was pleading in court, had
messengers coming and going TO inform
la ,traa Ii l,,Y
the JOY of Grotlus, whose wife delivered
him from prison under the pretence OF
| having books carried out lest they be in
furious 10 his health, she sending out her
husband unobserved IN one OF the book
cases; by the good fortune OF Roland, IN
LOUIS time, whose wife translated and
composed for her husband while Secretary
OF the lnteror-talented, heroic, won
derful Madame Roland; by the happiness
OF many a man who has made intelligent
choice OF one capable being prime coun-
seior and companion In brightness and in
griet-pray to Almighty God, morning,
noon, and night, that at the right time
and in the right way He will send you
good honest, loving, sympathetic wife; or
II she Is not sent to you, that you may be
sent to her.
At this point let me warn you not 70
let a question of this Importance be set
tied by the celebrated matchmakers -four
ishlng IN almost every community. De
pend upon your own judgment diviney
liumned. These brokers in matrimony
are ever planning how they can unite i'm
pecunious innocence 10 an heiress. or cell
bate woman 20 millionaire on marquis, and
that in many cases makes lfe an unhappi-
ness. How can any human being, who
knows neither of the two parties as God
knows them, and who j. ignorant of the
future, give such directions as you re-
qure at such a crisis;
Take the advice OF the earthly match
maker instead OF the divine guidance, and
yCu may some day be led 10 use the words
OF Solomon, whose experience in home life
was as melancholy as 1t was multitudinous
One day ms palace, with It's great wide
rooms and great wide doors and great
wide hall, was too small FOR him and the
loud tongue OF a woman belaboring him
about some OF his neglects, and he re.
treated to the housetop 70 get relief from
the fungal bombardment. And while there
he saw poor man on one corner of the
roof with a mattress foT his only furni-
ture, and the open sky his only covering
And Solomon envies him and cries out
1t is better 20 dwell IN the corner Of the
housetop than with a brawling woman IN
a wide house" And one day during the
rainy season the water leaked through
the roof Of the palace and began 90 drop
IN pail OF pan set there 20 catch II. And
az one side o: him all day long the water
went drop. drop, drop! while on the
other side a female companion quarrehng
about this. and quarreling about that. the
acrimonious and petulant words falling on
bis ear IN ceaseless peiting-drop, drop
drop. and be seized his pen and wrote
A continual dropping in a very rainy
day and a contentious woman are alike
II Solomon had been as prayerful al the
beginning OF his lie as he was az hls