The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-07
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THINGS FOR THE
EASTER BRIDE

Easter Is fuvorite time for we'd
olnSs' and everybody feels inclined to
~ish tho bride well and to give her
plenty Of good advice. Advice is eaey
TO give. Some OF 1t is bad, but some
OF IL 10 good, and worth the Easter
brides taking into account II she
wants to DO all enduring success The
nrst thing, and one OF the hardest
.hlnSs, YOUNG married woman has
10 learn is 10 be careful OF asking her
autpaha questions. No man likes TO
De questioned. particularly the mar
RED man. Foiblcs aud weaknesses
1hat wore pretty in girl whom he
eouTled become serious drawbacks In
tue woman whom he has promoted to
Dc tho head of his household.
a woman lie only wasting time when
ahe question: her husband. He al
ways treats hsr questions as q Joke,
and never fails TO evade them until he
gets ill-tempered: then Mrs Bluebeard
comes into play. The stage of the first
hatrimonial dispute Is arrived at, and
an Indignant better half Is warned
mat unless she desires to attain the
name and the fate OF predecessor
VINO was punished for .prying. she had
better drop the role OF the inuuisitor
VI
II brides should not ask questions
neither should they waste their time
IN perpetual explanation. If they have
anything TO withhold let them continue
70 withhold It. Men like bewilderment
md puzzleinent II excites their mag
nations and Introduces Into their
nome ne an agreeable element OF
a e.. w-a l2nser 4 woman can
hold t. luch an element and the more
I'M rfolr
the longer Will tho bride have hus-
bnnd-loyer. who neyer lets HIS ardor
cool
Often when e. man comes homo from
his work he Is weary, and frequently
not IN the hunor tor talking. II &
woman will remember this, and espe-
cially II ohe Will keep silent In regard
to her worries; II she will withhold
from her husband the account of how
many cogs have slipped In tho wheel
of her domestic economy during tho
day: IL, when he ia predisposed to
thinking she permits him TO think or
to READ his newspaper while she oc-
oupics herself IN some agreeable
feminine diversion. the better friend
she VIII become with hor lord and
master. Above everything. let q wo-
man avoid naggins man. That Is
the last straw. and invariably breaks
tho camel's back when It IL added
to tho canels burden.
While bride should use her COM
mon sense. her eense OF humor, her
freedom from Jealousy and thus prove
herself 20 have genuine desire to
be good comrade. che shoull never
sacrifice her independence and spoil
her husband BY not making herself
agreeable and friendly TO men In gem
eral. Husbands are pretty much what
the wites training makes of them
in this respect
An Irrrparnbie Mistake.
The bride who maher the irreparaele
mistake OF discussing her husband
with her family or her friends has
started out on n limo that tends moro
surely than any other to produce I'm
happiness. No woman could boar the
idea Of. in her turn. being brought
up ar object OF talk between her
husband and other men 90 she should
be equally Just. Nothing Is to be
gained by conversation which turns
on her husbands weakncsses, and
marital relations should be sacred and
tnviolable.
Women are naturally self-sacr.ficing.
The woman in law is specially nnx-
ious to prove herself equal to all the
demands that are made upon her, but
men arc exacting. and II a bride as
pres 10 be her husbands chum and
his sweetheart. not merely his house
keeper, she should make demands upon
him. sho Will find II ehe does that II
Is L pleasure for her husband to re-
spend. 1t does him good.
While woman should be both loyal
and hfectionhte to her husband, II is
not wise for her to pour out her soul
in alteration at his shrine. Men do not
prize most highly what is easiest to
get. They always esteem that most
precious which Is most difficult to win
80 that clever woman'is tho woman
who learns to withheld 81 well MS TO
grant thvorr.