The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-01

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The chain may lengthen, put II h0N-
er parts"
/ "How small sum man young
couple wed on?" is a query when Is
put to me in scores of letters every
day. I hope the reply embodied IN
this article will solve the problem for
all.
1t is not a question of how much
the husband is enabled to make, to
support the home, but how prudent
the wife is and how far she can make
a dollar 60 One couple live from
hand to mouth on twenty-five week.
while another lives cozily on eighteen
have no debts and are as happy as the
day is long The proper way to do
is for the betrothed lovers to plan
before marriage. They will then have
a fair idea of what they are to depend
on.
The couple that commence. welded
life on a scale grander than they can
afford soon find themselves at their
wits ends to scrape together the
money to pay the landlord, the but
cher, the baker and candlestick max
er. Entertaining friends continuously
costs money, is a useless extraVa-
gance, and has driven many young
husband to the wall loaded with debts
It takes courage to wed on a nus
bands salary of eighteen per week
The dovecote which houses them must
be mid humble instead of fashionable
surroundings, for rent is very con-
siderable item in the household ex-
penses. The contents of the tiny nat
should be paid for ere the newly we'd
ded couple step across tee1r own
threshold. The bride should be-even
at an early ag@a good housekeeper,
Know the value of doing her own mar
keting; how tol purchase and what to
buy and above all, know the magic art
of Transforming the left overs of the
table into tempting tid-bits to help out
the following meal 1t should go with
out saying that she, must be her own
maid of all work and her own seam
stress as well.
It is said that '.a little nonsense now
and then is relished by the best of
men, Where so much skimping and
saving has had to be INDUCED in, a
small stipend week may be adj
which gives pleasure to both. For all
work and no play makes Jack a dull
boy. The same may. be applied to
JILL Nosmatter how small the amount
of earnings, it should not be fully
used up, A dollar now and then put
by often proves Godsend oftimes in
the hour of need
Where both work theoretically to-
gether, and happiness crowns their
efforts, it may be said that their mar
ried life has proved a success. The
young bride who has been accus-
| toned to the luxury of having her
| own, spending money will have to
watch herself and check her luxury
Of things which are not absolutely
necessary to far greater extent
than the girl who has had to work
for her living and w knows what it
is to purchase little vanities at the
cost of meal and the repentance for
her folly.
The husband can only make the
money. The wife is the homemaker.
Upon her shoulders and conscience
rest the results. Love is the wonder
full wand which will spur them on to
their best endeavors.
The young couple who love each
other can do better welded than
apart. Nothing is accomplished by
waiting years to save Dissatisfac-
ton awaits upon such delay. The
milk of human kindness dries out of
their hearts. Love is so wrenched
and twisted that it would not take
much to break it. The small begin
ming should not be despised by the
couple who love each other suf1icien
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