The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-03
HOW MANY CASES OF TASTY MARRIAGE
 TURN OUT

Their dream was past; it had no fu- ture change.
 It was of a strange order that the l doom
 Of these two creatures should be thus | traced out
 To end in uadness-both in misery
 For two who are utter strangers to
 meet, admire and fancy they are in
 tensely in love with each other at the
 end of a fortnight is the most foolish
 of all follies-unless it be a hasty be-
 trothaI followed by marriage. To be
 sure, they are forewarned that there
 may be trouble ahead, for they are I obliged to promise the parson that
 they will take each other for better or
 for worse. With the knot securely
 tied, they turn their back upon the
 past, eagerly looking toward the fu- ture with the expectation of living l happily ever after.
 | It takes the close companionship of marriage for man and woman to | know each other they really are. The man or woman with quick, unrea- sonable temper cannot hope to conceal | it for long. Marriage does not carry with a guarantee that it is preVen- tive against marital sparring by an- gry words. There is nothing more cruel than for bride and groom to discover that their marriage was a mistake; that they are totally unsuit- ed to each other.
 They have not the courage to break the galling bond then and there, and decide to live it out, making the best of it. If they can successfully hide their unhappiness from the world they are thankful. It is either Q pity or blessing if children are born to such a couple. If they inherit dislike for either the one parent or the other, the home is in continual contention. They have been ushered into the world without parental love in their hearts; bitter hatred and disrespect have talk en its place. They fly from the home nest early. They drift to the far cor ners of the world and are heard from no more. Such children bring remorse and regret.
 On the other hand, the coming of little ones into the home nest often draws welded hearts together that were drifting apart. A child plays upon the harp strings of both, hearts. How can a husband and father look into the innocent eyes of his child his own flesh and blood-and desIGse the mother who bore it? Nor can a mother clasp to her bosom the little one she loves better than her own life without a feeling of tenderness for it's father, pushing aside the resentmen that may have found lodgment in her breast against him.
 Many an estranged couple have made new vows knee1ing beside the cradle of the little child which God has setn them: aye, fallen in love with each other anew, earnestly, deliber- ately this time, whispering the one to the other that this is the beginning of their real union. Both work together hand, brain, heart and soul for the weH-being of the child The addi- tional ones that come knit their hearts. interests and hopes, closer together
 Nasty marriages seldom turn out to be the happiest ones if the home is a ch1ldleSs one It is too much to risk to pledge the love and happiness one hopes for in the future with one whose tasks, habits and morals are an un- opened book.
 The old sage who said a couple should not wed until they have win tered and summered each other wrote more wisely than he knew. Do not wed in haste if you would not repent at leisure.