Evening journal., 1916-01-19

brought their canary back into the
house. they found it had lost all Of its
sweet music and had merely the chirp,
chirp chrp OF the English sparrow. One
great reason why many people have lost
their testimony and Joy and enthusiasm
for God is because they have chosen the
wrong kind OF companions. Aim TO,
spend some time each day IN the com
pany of someone who knows more than
you do. Some hours spent in his or her
society makes the sun seem 10 shine
brighter. the birds to sing sweeter. anu
all life TO open up 10 you in a
richer and greater meaning
Closely connected with this is the
matrimonial choice. Whenever the sub
icct of matrimony s broached in the
presence Of some giggling, simpering,
shallow Drained idiots, they regard il as
merely huge Joke. 1t is next TO the
the greatest choice in life. Young man,
seek for your life partner young
woman who has brains and sound. com
mon sense. II is one thing to 20 ont
in company with "a superficial society
butterfly for a few hours amusement.
but it is far different thing to sit
person every morning the rest of your
lief. Choose as your life partner a girl
who is neat housekeeper and a good
cook. If there We're more wives who
kept the house attractive, there would
not be 40 many drunkards and so many
divorces. These modern. putty-faced
painted. giddy. gum-chewing, Jhigh-heel-
ed. wasp-waisted. gadabouts. who infest
the matinees and vandevilles. these girls
who try To- live on marshmellows and ice
cream sundaes, who spend every dollar
they ram get upon their scantv. fashion.
able attire, whose only reading is light
trashy fiction. and who never utter a
sensible sentence from one week to au-
other. are the bane of our modern so
cictv. When we sec so many Of this
class IN these DAYS. we can well wonder
what is 10 become of our American
homes. Many a man has hocn made. in
every sense by the influence of noble
wife. Many a man has been blightcd
and cursed all his days by the hippant.
frivolous creature whom he led to the
marriage altar.
Young women. be very careful about
the kind Of young man You accept
as your husband. The domestic TRACE
dies which come to my ears all over
this country are enough to make any
one sick at heart Many a wife is
4 trying by her influence and example
to train the children into a right life,
and her husband is a mere twO-footed
animal and by his influence and eX-
ample is doing everyth--- he can TO
nullify her good work and teaching
But ! hear some young women say.
How am ] TO know the character of
a young man who seeks my COM
fpany?" Young woman, it is your bus
iness to find out. You can tell much
/ u the character of his conversation,
by his action and by finding where he
spends his evenings, and what are
/ his personal habits and likes. Il is
far better for you to go to your death
alone than to tie yourself up to some
man who will be a disgrace to you,
and for whom you will have to make
excuses and apologies as long as you
live.
DO not be afraid OF being called an
old maid. Better be one of those
bachelor girls, one of those ladies in
waiting and one of those 'unappropriat
ed blessings and be independent and
free to live your own life, than to be
cursed by worthless. gOOd-for-nOth
ing husband. Too many of the mod
ern young men are lazy. They simply
live upon their fathers income. They
are these tutti-frutti-high-cOck
bah-jOve Willy boys. who go around
sucking a cigarette or a pipe. like a
baby does a rubber nipple. Many OF
them never did a hard days work in
their lives. The most exertion they
eyer put forth was in reeling the tango
or dealing a euchre deck, or pOking
a billiard ball. If YOU marry one OF
these worthless chaps. you will have
to manicure your inger-nails on the
washboard all the coming years tC
support Me family.
A father asked his daughter why
she did not get husband. "A hus-
band" she replied, what do I want
with a husband? ] have now a stove
that smokes, a monkey that chews, a
dog that grOwls, a parrot that swears
/ and Tom cat that stays out late al
night; what more could a husband
doy' That delineatiOn fifty describes
more than one man you know
If some young fellow comes to you
! young woman. and says, "NOw. dear
if you will just marry me I think
! can straighten up and make q mar
of myself you just tell him that yor
are not running a reform school or
Kelley institute. II he doesn'
. straighten up and scour out his mOutl
> and mend his ways now. the chance,
are he never will. Young woman. Sc,
that the man who seeks your hand II
marriage is an earnest. sincere Chris
+ tian before You ever accept him a,
your husband II he does not becom,
+ Christian before you are married
e there is not one chance i'm forty tha
he will after you are married. "Hov
can two walk together except they b,
agreed?' Many a godly wife anC
mother is endeavOring by her precept
ana example to bring up the children
rlsht and to live a godly. Christian
ire, hut vicious, prOfane. ungodl,
husband by his words and example Il
Qolng all he can to neutralize and de
stroy her uplifting influence.
] spoke in similar strain to thi
one evening recently. and after tn
service was dismissed a bright girl.
bankers daughter came up to Ine an,
grasped my hand and said. ''We1. Nh
Lyon, that settles IT," knew tina
some young man would have,to max
a radical reform in. his life hefor
he could ever gain that beautiful cir
for his wife. II there were more cour
age ana conscience among the yOunl
women IN this country, we would hav
better set Of young men.
We now come to the greatest choic,
the religious choice. God. Himself
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