The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-09-01
SATURDAY NIGHT
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THE HANGING OF NM CRANE.

Text. "TIo blosscth the hnbitntion OF the
just."-Pruv. Ill., 20.
Back from June honeymoon? All,
dear heart, you'll never have such
DAYS again. TO begin, "What is So
rare as day in JuneW Remember
the odor of the houcysucklc along That
hedge where you took the walk that
night, far from home and friends, SO
happy I'm each othcr2 Life never seem
ed so complete Surely God smiles
on the ground where true love walks.
Now you are home-your home-bc 1t
two rooms, cottage or palace. It's
the first time in your life you've had
place OF your own. May God bless your
going out and your coming in from
hcnceforth and even forevermore! You
look over the wedding presents. Bless
their hearts, they meant well, but how
silly some nre. Tho SHOWERS" were
more sensible. The linen and the
kitchen showers were mighty appro-
pirate. When Jack counted how much
and how quickly money slipped away
on that trip he said, "Oh, well, sweet
heart, we won't have to buy 80 many
things" Flossie Davis, who thought
It such Joke on her folks and friends
to run away TO get married, missed all
the blessing and good cheer of the
SHOWERS" Now she and her husband
are mad and cutting all their friends,
and they are cutting them But that's
part of the price.
lie Marriage q Lottery9
Mrs. Bill Markham, the grass wild
ow, said yesterday, "My dears, mar
riage is such lottery" Is it2 Yes, 1t
is If you mean the uncertainty of how
life's partners will turn ont. In the
grand drawing are prizes and blanks,
with this difference. In cash lotteries
there are many blanks, few prizes. In
marriage-don't sheer We cynics-the
order is reversed. The marriage game
would be less a gamble If there We're
more honesty before marriage. Each
sees the other only occasionally. Each
is dressed at best, acts at best. Each
puts "best foot forward" Then the
illusion of love draws veil of herolsm
about the man and Of other worldliness
about the girl. The man has oil the
strong, masterfulness Of manhood; the
woman has the lure Of pretty face,
an entiCing form and all the artful
possibilities of modern dress. When
he stands before the altar and repeats,
81, John Sweetbrlar, take thee, Mary
Lovingtangle, to be my welded wife,
to have and to hold from this day for
ward for better, for worse, for richer,
for poorer, In sickness and In health,
to love and to cherish till death us do
part" he Is promising to being whom
he scarcely knows except as she has
made herself mighty attractive for a
couple hours each week. And she, re-
peating the same VOW reaches into the
same grab bag, hoping as she takes
him by faith to draw capital prize.
Either may find bee that will gather
honey or a wasp with a merciless
sting. It's lottery sure enough. more's
the pity!
At the Setting Of the Honeymoon.
Woman Is always an idealist. Her
lover was her ideal. After marriage
she finds him just an ordinary fellow.
He comes to the table without coat,
tulS DleuhlubI Will lllt
propped up against milk pitcher, kisses
her with his hat on. Many a June
bride has heartache and nearly cries
her eyes out before Sept. l. There
| are husbands and husbands. One
| laughs good naturally at "wifey's''
mistakes May his tribe increase! The
other-brute-says Mother used to
do oil xr-ho ha
did? Mother may have put her bucket
upside down or stood the plates on
end, but WHEY puts bucket upside up
| and lays dishes fiat in cupboard
| That's wifey's business. Six months
| ago he never walked in front Of her,
| always opened the door for her, placed
her chair and, oh. say. brother, go on
courting-you're breaking her woman's
heart But WHEY isn't the beautiful
| dream she was either. That array OF
rats" and puffs and paraphernalia
on the bureau sort Of rubbed tho bloom
off the peach for hubby. She dresses
In sloppy kimono now, and such pet
tiness and irritability and jealousy
and nerves" Whew! II he'd known
that! Say, sister, just you take
brace too. Mans q queer animal-his
love has to be fed. Don't fall down
In appearance. Dress simply. sweet,
clean and you have him.
Tho Hanging Of tho Crane.
Are you 80 unfortunate as to be in a
boarding house, hotel or with "his" or
her" folks? Well, try to get out as
soon as you can. At the hotel or
boarding house gossip has full sway.
"Who are they" where are they
from" what does he earn?" "They
have had words| You run the CANT
let each day. And If you're jealous or
suspiciousl Social dangers for wife
and coquettish spiders in search Of
unwary flies the danger for husband.
At your mother-in-law's? No house is
big enough for two families. Have
your own place though It be a shack.
There every trinket and bit Of furni-
ture, thank God, is yours. I've three
notices for your new home. Motto
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