Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-03-25
THE KIND OF MAN NOT TO
MARRY.

LAIN
The advice of Puck to people who
contemplate marrying is Don't %
Some few observe the advice and live
happily ever after. The majority are
blind, ignore it, marry. Some'live hap
PLY. but Judging from the court rec
ords, and the gossip that comes about
the relations of those who don't go
into court, quite a large proportion
subsequently, wish they had followed
Puck's well meant suggestion.
Advice on the subject of matrimony
is plentifuL It comes from all sides.
The pulpit and the press both spend
considerable time in fmparting advice
that no one, probably, pays much at
tention to when the crucial time
comes. The bulk of the advice is
along the lines of what sort of a man
or woman should be welded to insure
a continuance of the ante-nuptial bliss.
Occasionally it deals more especially
With the sort of partner to be avoided.
Unfortunately, though, prospective
partners have a bad habit Of putting
their best foot forward, as well as
their best clothes. The average man
and the average woman see each other
before marriages, with their best
manners on. 1t reminds one of the
beautiful way in which the children
behave when the pastor comes on his
semi-annual visit to the household.
ProYerbialIy speaking, sugar wouldn t
melt in their mouths. 1t is so with
the men and women in their courtship
relations. The awakening that comes
with more intimate companionship
is what so often produces the divorce
proceedings. If men and women could
really know each other as they are,
before hand, many of the marriages
that take place would not occur. Hap
Ply the man who sees his wife with her
hair in curl papers, her dress in negli-
gee, and her true disposition uncover
ed, before the vows are taken Then
he knows what he is really going up
against And vice versa, as well.
But here is some tabloid advice that
may save some poor maiden from a
establishments after the honeymoon
IThas passed. It is simply a series of
dont's, every one of which commends
itself to the common sense of readers.
If the author Of them had told US how
to discover these characteristics in the
man before it is too late a much great
er boon would have been conferred.
Tie last man to marry is:
The man who is mean. Better have
a poor husband, who, if he cannot give
you much, gives cheerfully.
Who has no higher ambition than to
become rich, sinking honor and man
hood to attain it.
Who has no sympathy with your
aspirations; who cannot enter into the
spirit of your work, and looks upon
your best efforts as a waste of time.
Who is afraid to say mo" when
tempted to do wrong, and yes" when
he should do what is rirht.
Who runs with the wd; dares
not assert his own nj adoOd, and
would commit a wrong rather than
take the initiative and be singular.
Who thinks a woman should have
no interests outside her home, but
should be a domestic slave, tied down
to never-ending drudgery.
Who counts it wrong in a woman to
do that which a man may do with
impunity.
Who boasts of his capacity for spir-
it's; of how much he can drink with
out showing the effect. Get away from
him; he is more of a hogshead than
man.
Who thinks he is irresistible to the
fair sex
Who is courtesy and smiles to stran-
gers, but keeps dullness for home con-
umption.
Who thinks his cigars and wines a
necessity, but looks upon household
expenses as a luxury.