The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-01-22
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tez6 u a. gyTe-z-e1- Marriage IL
TelTes g0re--Ee1- Gove--r-e-.- % tss
s-ecrtTe. cannot he with he wezks--
Il -Zss b@ with tie s--u1 ge--ae--T.
MAJ Is st-y- ger thza WOMAN; Therefore
te Is the natural gove-ry-
hsa a man and Eg-ar l9Ts
each o,her. whs,'s TIE re-i Il govern
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How sbo1t the childrs-y =
Tie chltre1i Oh TIE mother nata-
rally governs the eh.ld-en
-Oh, size does: You LAP as weg IN
derstznd now ss later that Il we hare
a by shall u. permit y01 70 make a
rilksop Il him b. cntdling him as
some mothers do q the.- t,oys-
And yOl nay ss well understand
that ygr shah not gfre him tie harsh
-rea--1er, Jc4 T1cke- g.r.s little Ben :
i shall teach o-r s9a one thi-g-ote-
dience
-Oh@d,ezce 10 b.ysh ot us;-
Certainly
"supIose yo1 tel hin 70 Do o1e thing
and tell him 70 d another
Ala T1e-e yg1 have r.0ye4 M
case. Il vii he yorr Grty 10 y.eH 10
ne in the u-srter-in other words. Il
ot@y ne How c41 our child ery-act To
oh@y ne unless yg1 set him the exam.
PIE; It's NJ cIi1ion that these diri-es.
Instead q taking the word obey o1,
o. the marriage service. should MAKE
il siFy-ee-. Il should be printed Il
CAPITALS ard with a dozen eIclamArtoa
points
II I were 10 mArry you again
wS1A insist On the word obey being
left out
Then yo1 wouldn't marry ne
And We wouldn't have any son to-
you 10 abuse
You mean ron would make a Miss
Nancy Of him"
I'm sorry l married you a, all D
row see in you what have never seen
before, the dispOsitioa Of a tyrant-r
And ! see Il you what promises 10
be a rebe.lious wife"
Very well. II we can't get on to
gether well have 10 separate
That was the end Of the fracas. for
she fOUneed out OF the rom, leaving
her husband gaping after her.
Il wish those confounded ministers
be said u himself. had left the mar.
nage service alone What difference
does il make whether the word obey
is in 1t Or ont Of &: Maud didn't con-
slder IL u aEy Importance I'LL these ii.
vines OEougLt 1t Up
lie was II usera5!e for an hour. ard
bis wife was IL tie same condition
Then lie gave excellent evidence a. TO
wlo vas master His wife being tie
weaker party. ii was his part TO o1er
tie olive branch - her. not she t. him
he went Z her. kissed her and said.
-SweetLear-. II seems 10 me that yo1
AMI | qusrgelinc about the manage
ment Of boy who may never be born
Is Ike fighting for the sky for pas
ture"
1T was all my fault" she sobbed.
IL we ever have boy / shall expect
his father 10 take the lead in nanag-
ing him. Of course
One day three years later Mr.. Web
ster was IN the library with his son
Billy. Billy deliberately took a tun-
bier from a table and smashed il on
! the floor.
Billy" said his father, If you do
that again I shall punish you Sc
verely-
The boy defanily took up a glass
pitcher and repeated the smashing
| process
| bis father was about to take him
over bis knee FOR a spanking when
there was a swish Of skirts on the
stairs and Mrs. Webster dashed into
the room. took Billy In her arms and
disappeared like retreating whirlwind
mp the staircase
There's a lesson in obedience for
! you said Webster TO himself. .Our
ancestors who put the word obey in
the marriage service knew what they
were doing. But In these degenerate
days IT doesn't make any difference
/ whether it Is there or not