Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-03-07

couRTsAlps TOO SHORT. .


1t is a dithcult hin. 10 determine.
>~lraightway which ia lh. most con-
Lu.iNe To i,appines-a long curt
sitip ~ n short one. There is $. saying
thai most OF us know. "l4appy's the
wooina lhat's MOI lons-a-dning. and
there is yet another old aaage that
says. Marry in haste and repent AT
leisure
These two seem Ia contradict zach
Other somewhat. gays the 81. Louis
Republic. or ii ma. b.. pcrchance. thar
The author Mas one and tho same. and
r%epented of his haste" when il was
10" late.
After AL. the length of the oart-
ship mus, depend. iiS. everything
else. on circumstances. III is desirable,
however. thai, ii should be of sufficient
length to ensbl" the p;fties la ascer-
tain the temper. disposition. principle
and habits of each "lliei-i,, least. AZ
far as these can be asver,aincd during
rotrtShip.
AS a rule. When pcopi" arc engaged.
they are for The mos, part m the hest
of terms with themselves and each
otner and Il display OF tenlpe, or an
exhibition OF the man.. little famlis.
each no doubt possesses, can he scarcely
expected
II is not generally the man who is
in favor Of u short engagements: 1T
cannoi be Wondered AT that the girl
naturally wishes to p~rolong the time
during which she is IL person OF so
much consequence being courted and
made much of is certainly very agree
able. The stern realities come after
marriage: before marriage is the girls
day. and who car blame her if she
makes the most of it:
There's magic in the very word
counting. II carries back even the
gray headed old ones 10 the days OF
~ hAt,o and M. n,AribiIntf,~ H.,
a moment time and space. celebrating
from t!l. memory long years Of sorrow
and suffering and con1uiing up delight
full visions of the past.
Small wonder that she makes tina
most OF her conrtship and Engagement.
Husbands are very well. hut before
nearly every girls eyes there is some
example of Il husband not being quito
the same devoted lover or even the
same man he was before his marriage.
Marriage is bound to knock :, good deal
OF the romance out of one, especially
mon.
Mans love is of mans lif. a thing
apart 1t certainly is. He has mar
ried the girl of his heart. and he con-
siders that she should he quite salts
fed that this is sufficient proof OF his
devotion. without his making love 10
her a~fterward.
No woman ever tires of hearing the
man she loves tell her she is still the
. same to him and that she IS the most
beautiful woman i'm the world to hin..
There ar" a few Darby and Joan
couples one meets occasionally. and II
does ones heart good TO see them.
The question of a Long or short en-
sagemeit can only be settled by the
Interested ones, but a little word OF adj
Vice can be given.
DO not rus headlong into n,atritnony
with "A man you know little or nothing
Of. II has been NOW 10 answer we'll.
hut it is far more likely to turn out
badly. A year is quite short enough
Why hurry and cut short the hest time
of your life? 1t will always be some
thing To look back upon. and whatever
the years may hold in store for YOU.
there will still be the remembrance OF
your counting days and of the tim.
when you built castles in the air to-
pa.har