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quite 10 years old. We are both strong
and healthy, but l have a friend who
says a man ought to be IS before he
marries because he doesn't know how
to treat a wife before he is that old.
What do you think about 1t?
l think your friend is right and your
letter proves 1t.
A man who will ask a girl to marry
him. expecting to live in a city at the
present high cost of living, on $40 a
week.. does not know how to treat a
wife.
The old story that two can live
cheaper than one. has been exploded
long ago.
II you live in a boarding house. just
ask your landlady If she will board two
people for h same money that you
are paying her. She will think you
have lost your senses.
A wife needs food and clothes. and
you will have to live somewhere. which
means paying rent There will be all
kinds of expenses that you don't think
OF now. that come with marriage. You
will want some fun, too. won't you?
Well, even fun costs money in u city.
many hardships-especially a young
married woman. Don't forget that.
You ant treat her like another man.
no matter how willing she is to put
up With things.
There is mother very important item
you have overlooked. Will you be pre-
pared for the arrival Of the first baby ?
How are you going to take care of it
and our wife. out of that $40 a week?
l never advise anybody to marry on
less than SIS a week when they ex-
pect to live in a city. And even that,
is necessary.
II you really love this girl. YOU will
not marry her until you are earning
enough one to give her a reasons
ably decent home and at least the
accessories of life.
Dear Mrs. Thompson-When a man
doesn't give his wife any money and
tells her to run bills and have them
justified in taking money out of his
pockets when She gets a chance? l
never have a cent of my own. He
says a woman isn't to be trusted With
money. UNHAPPY WIFE.
Several judges have ruled that a wife
is justified in taking money from her
husbands pockets if HI does not pro-
vide her with sufficient funds.
1t seems strange that some men are
perfectly willing to trust their wives
with the family honor. with bringing
up their children. and running the
household, but no with a cent of
money. Apparently such men make
more important than their honor,
children or home. or the love and 10y
atty of a wife.
There is something wrong with a
man who will not trust his wife with
a cent of money. I wouldn't trust him
With very much money myself. 1 think
/ would want some responsible person
to go his bond in Il matter Of financial
Importance.
Is there not some way in which you
can earn some cash for yourself?
OF course, you can compel your hus-
Ing the matter to court: but I know
that most women do not wish to do
anything so public as that. Such a
man, however, deserves to be held up
to public scorn.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: I am 10 and in
o with a girl of %. l am as tall as
my father and look fully as old as my
girl. She avs h will marry me, but
my parents are against it.
She fs q good girl. but they say l
am too young to marry. Now must l
wait until I am 81 before l marry?
BOB.
You certainly must wait until you
are q if you wish to marry without your
parents consent. Also. I think your
parents are very wise. Bob. You should
respect that wisdom.
h girl may be all right in every
way. thought l question her judgment
in being willing to marry q lad of your
age. A girl of % ought to have more
sense than that, and should wish for a
man nearer her own age.
However, the sensible thing for you
to do is to wait until you are p. Then,
IT you and the girl still think you love
each other enough to marry, and YOU
are able to support a wife, the mar
riage nay be all right.
However, l doubt very much il you
hence. while the girl. in that time will
probably have u a more suitable
match.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: am SO and
unmarried, and / notice people are be-
ginning to talk to me as IL I was an
old maid. / nave never tried to hide
my age but I don't think I am cranky
n IL I do not choose to marry. do
you think 1t ought to be thrown up to
ne?
I have my mother to support and
the only man who W asked me to
harry him was too poor to take care
OF both Of us. Besides. I did not care
for him enough to marry him.
Must I 60 through life being twitted
with never having had a chance??" I
never felt like telling even my best
friends about my n chance" though
Of course mother knows. o. q. N.
You are a splendid. sensible oma y.
and II anybody is 80 unkind. or SO mar
rowminded, as to twit you with old
maidhood, whether 1t Is voluntary on
your part or not, just let such twitting
roll on you a. water rolls of a ducks
back. Don't let 1t hurt you. Simply
ignore 1t. A little practice in ignoring
will soon make you impervious and the
twitters tired.