The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-05-05

never expect to like anybody else so
we'll as / like him. But have sense
enough to know that man who does
not keep his word, who contracts debts
which he does not propose to pay, who
drinks too much wine once in awhile.
will never make me a good husband. II
we should have children, what sort OF
father would he make?"
"But your influence might reform
him."
If I had not seen that tried In the
case of Rosa T." naming we'll
known society girl, who had married
gay society fellow, with large fortune
and a choice assortment of bad habits
and who had had to come home to her
father, with her two small children, l
might have more faith in It. Rosa said:
oh, know Jack is a tritle wild. But wait
till we are married. He will sober down
then and make model husband be-
lieve Rosa did her part. She is as good
as gold. But he could not change his
spots, and she might have known It,
Once in great while, a man does that
sort of thing, but girl is a fool to count
on it,
The young woman, a brilliant girl OF
"a. much courted and f1attered. meant
what she said Her good sense con-
quered her personal preference, strong
though it was. The prospect now is that
she will never marry but how few there
are who would have argued as wisely as
she does!
Have you tried the young man whom
you are beginning to love, and who
seems to love YOU to see whether he is
strictly honorable? Is he careful in
keeping every appointment? If he does
not regard his word now, be sure that
he will regard it still less after mar
riage.
Does he drink too much occasionally
now? If he does, the chances are that
he will drink too much considerably
oftener after marriage. Do you OBJ
serve that he is careless with money
now? Do you see indications that he is
in debt? Be sure that he will hardly
manage his finances better after mar
riage.
The trouble with most girls is that if
young man is good looking and de-
voted and full OF compliments, they shut
their eyes to everything else. They
want to get married, and as soon as pos
sible. They marry without any adequate
idea of the sort of real character which
is hidden under that fascinating mus
tache and that deferential manner. and
then. the mask drops off. and there is
misery. Of course. many an honest man
finds the same sham and mockery in his
wife. Young people put the best foot
foremost during courtship. and the hid
den foot may prove to be very bad in
deed.
Your ideal husband must. first of all.
be man OF honor. Find out to your
satisfaction that he is his. He will pre-
tend that he is, but get unprecedented
opinions. If he is all honest man, and
you do your best to live up to everything
which you have professed. then: il you
Truly love eacn Otnei. your married life
will be happy.
There is slang expression which the
street boys use 1t is not literary nor
refined, but it conveys it's idea impress
2ively. II anybody treats them square,
ly and magnanimously. they say: He
treated me white If human beings
would only treat each other white,'
generously. nobly, unselfshly, we should
hear no more of the failure of mar
riage.' 1t would still have it's trials. but
they would seem as nothing beside the
true. steadfast love- and the honest de-
sire in husband and wife to do each his
or her rightful part and little more.