The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-03-14
WOkDS UF ADVICE
TO YOUNG MEN CONTEMPLATING
TAKING A WEE.
How They May be- Guarded Against
Marrying the Wrong
Woman.

A lecturer dramatically inquired:
Can any one In this room tell mo OF
a perfect man?" There was dead 81
lepce. :.
HAS any one" he continued,
beard of . perfect womanp"
Then q patient-lookfng little woman
rose in the back part of the house and
said: "There was one, I have often
heard of her but she's dead now. She
was my husbands first Wife"
Be prepared for imp%erfections. NO
body is always consistent. The man
or woman who never made . mistake
is q myth. ..
Man, are you looking for an angels
How would you look alongsids OF an
angel? -.
When real life comes to tho best
and happiest pair, with its trouble
and it's care, the tower Of romance
will fall, leaving us In the mud.hut OF
everyday reality.
Man and woman are like two shells
OF the oyster-they were made for
each other.
The man who avoids mstrlmony on
account of the cares Of welded life
rivals the wisacre who occurred him
self against corns by having bis lega
a%mputated. -.
Some one has said that ii Is in life
as it is with . kite, 1t will not fly very
high unless it has q string tying It
down, and 30 the man who Is tied
down by q half dcz,n responsibilities
and their mother will make q higher
and stronger fight than the bachelor
who, having nothing to keep him
seeady, Is always laundering In the
mud. :,
II you want to ascend In the world
tie yourself to somebody.
A crusty old bachelor, hearing that
his friend had gone blind, said: Let
him marry, and If that docs not open
his eyes, nothing else will"
But that sneer has been confuted
By The experience of many blind schol-
ars like Hood, famous authority on
bees and Fawcett, political economist
of Cambridge and England's most IA
NOUS Postmaster. General, whose high.
ly q lalifad wives were eyes indeed to
their husbands.
Marriage remoulds character, bright:
ems prospects,, z yes faces to clouds,
me aning to words, will make the birds
sing more sweetlY, the sun shine more
rightly, elevate your hopes, arouse
ambition and give purpose to life. II
will double joys and disi 10 sorrows.
Our social chariots should be attach.
ed to the stars Of love.
All history and experience have
proven that marriage is the worlds
c%lvilizer, the safety valve OF business
life, the cabinet room where Is devised
most of the great things of life.
The only permanent builder in the
social arrangements Is love between
man and woman.
A wise marriage leads to the truest
and happiest life. Many men think
themselves self made who are really
narriage-made.
Napoleon won bis greatest victories
while Josephine was bis wife, and
while he loved her. When our coun-
try's interest hung in the balance at
Valley Forge, Martha Washington
fastened to her George, ana urged
him up and on to victory. Bismarck
and Disraell, who for thirty years
were the controlling powers IN Euro
pean politics, both owned that they
owed their success to their wives.
Thousands of wives have been to
their husbands the inspirers OF lofty
thoughts, majestic aspirations and
sublime purposes.
Whether a man shall be made or
marred in marriage depends altogeth-
er upon bis choice Of a partner.
Solomon, whose matrimonial ven
lures, were rather multitudinous,
says: "A prudent wife is from the
Lord, lea wing Us 10 infer where an
1mprudent one most come from.
Wadsworth paints the woman you
want.
"a creature not too bright or good
For human natures daily food,
The reason firm, the temperate Will,
E 1durance, foresight, strength and
skill;
A perfect woman nobly planned,
To warn, to comfort and command,
And yet q spirit still and bright,
With something of an angel light"
Don't marry for beauty alone. Soc
rates called beauty "a short'lived ty'