The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-27

Whenever you hear a man of 30 or thereabout declare there is plenty of time for him to think of marriage years hence, you should pity instead of agreeing with him. He is tri1ing with today, taking chances tomor- row. The youth just entering his twenties does well to think long and earnestly on a subject as vitally inn portant to his after happiness as mat riInony.
 Five years should be quite sufficient to graduate from that study, however, his5 first impressions regarding girls and matIimony being truest and wis est
 As a man grows older. if unwedded his heart is wont to c1oy up with old loves and he loses his appreciation for the true sentiment.
 | Having a single matrimonial catch in the family is a boon to many a, sis- ter. Young girls visit her with the secret hope of meeting her brother. There is no lack of entertainment to which she is invited. This is not say ing that girls are not popular on their own account, but to show the reason why many most unpopular girls are petted and made much of by those who would have no objection tot be- looming their sister-in-law. Co1rting a. sister for her brother is a practice quite as old as the hills, and it is quite as true the brothers are wont to steer clear of their sisters girl friends on general principles. It is the man who has too many matrimonial chances who will not be ibaited by maiden's sweetness, inno- cence and beauty, an older girls good seneS or g. youthful widows coquetry. 4Ae is amused with art1ess youth, ad- Inires good judgment in 8 woman, but is not certain which side he is in- specting of the sympathetic many sided widow. Thus he edallies with love. He pays attention to this young woman until his fancy begins to wane and the next one because she is the nearest one at hand to make love to who is not apt to pin him down re- garding his matrimonial intentions. l Romances are not begun and fin ished in a day. It takes months for many of them to unfold and quite as long to wear themselves out A dozen or more attachments mean just so many good years out of mans life which he has trifted away, bringing him naught but memories, some fairly pleasant, others unsatisfying and yet others he would like to forget.
 Wise indeed is the man who makes up his mind firmly that he will have but one sweetheart and that one he will make his wife. What an amount of wasted hopes and affection he saves not only himself, but others
 The free lance may seem an ideal beau in his thirties, t,-+ after a decade of added years has passed over his head, he is by no means the shining mark he inlagines himself to be. F'a- thers and brothers fight rather shy of inviting him to their homes and fn- troducing him to their women folk "He has some one whom he Ioves,'' is their mental comment, taking it as a matter of course that the man we'll seasoned in years who is tri1ing with today has had some heart affair yes terday which has laid too deep a hold on him to be considered heart whole and fancy free.
 It is most unkir1d to tack suspicion upon the broad shoulders of a bach elor, but it is to be hoped those who read may profit by the suggestion that it is better to wed late than never
 Today opportunity knocks at the door Tomorrow is another day. The same chance for happiness may be hurled away in the whirl Of life. Lag gards in love should tarry no longer trife not with today