Omaha daily bee., 1916-05-21

"rhe most trying moment is
breakfast. With a mental pencil
and a note book the trial en-
gagement bride-to-be might
well observe her fiancc. Does
he take the morning paper fur
lively or seize it boldly with
selfish indifference to others2"
Most marriages are unhappy because
the rosy Illusion does not last Under
the test Of daily association Of eating at
the same table, OF engaging In the sordid
details Of household life, the texture OF
the golden dream becomes plain burlap
and very coarse gray burlap at that. All
10 not gold that glitters; all is not ro-
nance that blooms in springtime.
And so | think II a good plan for
young woman to test out companionship
with the man she oontemplates marry.
ing In his home as the Brooklyn poetess
did think II would be excellent also
for young man 10 make test on bis
side, II the girls proves satisfactory, 10
the home Of the young woman.
II Desdemona, for instance, had anticl-
pated the Brooklyn poetess and had gone
into Othello's family she would have dis
covered his jealousy. Ophelia did live in
Hamlets house, and certainly she found
him To be mad Would Lady Caroline
Lamb have become frantically enamored
with Lord Byron II she had seen how he
acted at home toward Lady Byron2 II
people who fell In love, or imagined they
had fallen In love, undertook this unique
test they could certainly ascertain
whether they got tired with each other
or more and more interested they would
certainly know whether intimate contact
tended TO excite antagonism and aversion
or a closer and more oongenial compan-
ionship, Under that test they would find
II love Ii love or merely the glamor OF
youth and sex,
In such trial visiting engagement
the young person would be like Saul
going out to find Wild asses. some. like
Saul, might find a kingdom, others less
than what they set cut 10 find
How would girl going into the home
Of her intended husband. he able 10 test
his characterf You would presume that
the Young man, knowing he was under
surveillance would DO on his good be.
havior. He would he. But in a period
Of from one 20 three months he would
inevitably disclose his real nature One
cannot be On good behavior IA tho home
ail the time A girl possessing sense
Of drama could ind much interest and
excitement Ia this experience. She could
eee how the man she ldeAlifas treats bis
mother and sisters. II 10 treated them
roughly she would knos What 60 expect
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