The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-13

rhau any other Is the th=1Ty That there
must - z boSz IN every family IL
makes tls marriage re t1e t-e -2-al
binds and chafes. and tls home 4
Jr-sOl everybody wants % tse@ 2e-
There are Wcmsn Wh- nary rrlen
rnerrly 70 reform -kerl. and who think
that a Efe has z divine rsSat 70 p9ek
our her huE1au1s t--e11s. ard neck
ties. and rellgicz- and food tcr them
i never occurs 70 tbzr1 rnat % Ehe
tsrre q nan Is Old e-0EEh 20 marry he
has 6ecide1 o. re scheme o. life he
likes best and thai Z woman aIterTeres
with that ~ lsE DeE- II Is worth
while for women 20 remember that
there is 70 authentic account q any
Eoey ever haT1lg really loved their
s-llor.
Bat. happily. for marriage IL . eou-
Die team that 70 one person can
criTe. rhe School q EatrinoEy IS 20
b & eo-z1ucs- io-al institute. for there
Is Just az much need Of men learn
lug how % make q happy home as
there is = women. They. also. s3n
through ignorance. a man doesn't
deli Derstely marry Z woman % break
her hear. and when he trampleE all
ever the flowers II her soul It's just BE-
cause be vas 50 UntaUg1t he couldn't
read the keep Of the grass" signs
with which q woTEan's nature IS nedg-
e in
Every man. contemplating nlatr1-
rlOuy should begin IL 2 kindergarten
class Sc which Il should be drilled into
MS mind that while you can run
courtEhlp o. hot air, i taxes money
70 support a family. He should be
taught % repeat butcher bills, and
grocery bills, and gas bills. and dry
goods bills. and millinery bills and
doctors bills" and all other bills and
lis 70 which TnaITimOBy is heir, Until
he could say them backwards OF for
wards. or in his sleep. Then II
voul1nt come 70 him with such
shock II surprise wae1 lie found out
that his wife couldn't work miracles,
and that il wasn't cheaper for two
70 I've than one. after all.
Men should also be grounded in the
geography Of a EomalS character 50
that they viii learn that the girl who
r. bounded on the north by Stiffness,
and On the south by ignorance, and on
ahe east By extravaganza, and on the
west 81 selfshness and lsziness. and
whose chief characteristic is a volcanic
temper in constant state Of srrup-
tiOu, Is q no-man's land, from which
q wise mariner VIII steer away. No
man who Is IN love viii believe IL,
but nnatrinOny works no miracle in
woman. The latitude OF her tongue.
and the longitude Of her patience never
change. Walking 10 the altar never
yet converted q butterfly into use
ful household grub. Or changed snap
IlEh shrew into a meek Griselda.
Prospective husbands should also be
taught that II fattery was uEeful be-
fore marriage. It r. an absolute neces-
sity afterwards. Most men after the
wedding let up on compliments, and
chocolate creams as II marriage. ex-
ira cted WOman's sweet tooth. This
Is q mistake IL Is strange, but a
fact nevertheless. that words and not
deeds count with a woman, and that
~ long as her husband will hold one
of her hands. she IL perfectly content
10 work the other one 20 the bone for
hir.
It would also add no little to dones-
tic felicity II husbands could be taught
when a hat is a confection and a
bargain at $50, when a skirt sets"
right, and when IL is a subject for
tears. and how 10 hook UP waist
III the back without willing their col
lars and using language in which no
gentleman should indulge in the pres
ence Of a perfect lady. But, perhaps.
this is asking too much. There can be
no absolute perfection In this world.
At any rate. the School Of Matri-
mony has a great future before II. and
the state Director OF Marriage Re-
form Institution" is destined to be the
solver Of the divorce problem. May
his tribe increasei
Dorothy Dix.