Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-09-14
Marriages Often
Cause Quick Dlvorces

nlatrimony before they were ready for
1t. They are miserable, fretting, whin-
ing, complaining wives and neglectful
mothers, because they are children
who have left their play to assume the
responsibilities Of grown people, and
they are pining to be back amusing
themselves.
II you will look about among your
acquaintance you will see that the
pleasure mad women, the women who
are crazcd over society, who can
never get enough card playing, or
dancing, or retaurant or theater GO
ing, are invariably women who mar
ried when they were very young.
These women regard home as a
prison, and their one idea OF having a
good time is to get away from 1t. They
look upon their husbands and children
as burdens, and are forever complaint
ing about the dull monotony Of DOM
esticity.
The reason is perfectly plain. They
married before they had had their
playtime OF life. before they had had
their fill OF admiration and gadding
about. Therefore, the things that they
have missed have always had fatal
lure for them.
On the other hand, you will see that
no women are so domestic, such home
keepers, such admirable wives and
mothers as the women who have mar
ried late and who have had long and
happy girlhood. These have been
satiated with society and admiration,
and are glad to turn from its froth to
the real things of existence.
These women know that there is
no other good time on earth like the
good time that one has in building
up home. They know that the excite
mcnt OF the most thrilling filtration
does not send the same tingle along a
1 woman's veins as does the look of love
in the eyes OF her husband.
\ To them children are not tiresome
little brats that keep a woman from
doing the things she wants to do
They are the most absorbing and fas-
cinating study on earth, and taking
care OF them is not bore. It's a
privilege God grants the women He
| biesses,
| just as nature ordained milk for
babies and strong meat for men, SC
there are certain occupations that are
blessings or curses, according to age
Domesticity is one of these. and those
who rush into it untimely nearly al.
ways make havoc OF il. Marriage is a
| full grown mans and woman's propo,
sition and children have no business
| mixing up with it,
| We have long realized this from the
masculine point of view, as is showr
| by the old proverb that says no mar
should marry until he has sown his
wild oats. The same principle apple.
with equal force to women. No CIR
should marry until she has had her in
nocent little fling, and is good anc
! tired Of il, and ready to settle down.
| 1t takes great many things e
| make a happy home, but above all ]
takes q contented woman, and tina
the child wife never is. She has the i'm
pulses and desires OF her age. and it i
| not in human nature for her to b,
| satisfied to walk the floor with a cry
ing baby while her girl friends arr
! fox trotting in the cabaret, or to pas,
a pleasant evening darning husbands
socks when she knows that her chum,
are off to theater and opera.
i Small wonder that when these CIR
children find out that marriage meant
sacrifice and self-denial. and labor ant
trouble, instead Of being just gam,
as when they played house witt
| their dollies and little tea sets, the,
so often knock over the apple cart.
| As first aid to divorce. there il
nothing equal to an early marriage.