Evening star., 1925-10-25
Advice and the Great Adventure


want to at the beginning. but that if
| you once let the beginning slip by,
you are sunk. VIII Is so crazy about
me that / can't think he would ever
| expect me to do things his way, or
| even compromise all the time. But
Mrs. Viola Henning says, stuff and
nonsense, every bride thinks her lover
| Is different from other men; but cheer
up, she'll come to soon enough"
Well, the more l thought about 1t,
the more realized that | was making
a mistake. When practically all mar
ried women, from those who have
| only had a husband six months, like
Mrs. Henning, to those who have had
| four till they all died. like America,
say the same thing, there must be
| something in it. The longer l thought
| about II, the more / realized that 1t
| was my duty to have the kind of
wedding ! wanted. 1t would be get
| ting started right.
| Besides, 1t would be awful not to
have your own wedding romantic. Be
| ing sensible Is fine about some things,
but when it comes to your own we'd
ding, you want something more than
sense. I think if you had the
wrong kind of wedding, all the
rest of your life it would keep
coming back to you in after
years. Even after you were old and
gray, there would be times-late
Spring afternoons when the lilacs
We're first out. twiHghts in the Fall
with the smell of bOnfires. Christmas
nights after everybody had gone home
and the candles on the tree We're
burned clear down to their tin sockets
all the times that are sweet and
queer and half sad, you'd get to
thinking about your wedding and all
that you had missed in life. Oh, II
III a ~ =, a
romantic wedding.
Once | had made up my mind, ! felt
that the sooner the better. 1t would
take VIII a long time to get reconciled
to a church wedding, and the sooner
| told him the longer he would have.
We We're on our way back from a
foot ball game over at Nerblen in
Wills fathers car, Saturday after
noon in November, when l decided to
tell Will 1t was very cold and windy
and l felt that my nose was red. l
debated whether to wait till / had
chance to powder 1t and look my best.
but l at last decided that the sooner
the better.
/ had practically opened my mouth
to begin when a disConcerting thought
occurred to me: While all the married
women in Montrose had been advising
me, suppose all the married men had
been advising VIII. Suppose they had
told him. too that IL all depended on
getting started right. AS we wanted TO
start along different lines. if both of us
knew how important the starting was,
we'd Simpl" never get together. ! de-
cided to feel my way a little first.
"Will," ! began, cautiously, have
any of the men been giving you ad-
vice about being married."
VIII grinned. You bet your life
they have" he said.
They have" l echoed. family.
"Did-did they all tell you practically
the same thing"
yep"
60 the worst had happened, There
~ was no use beating around the
bush on a matter as vital as this one.
DO they all tell you how important ii
is to get started right in married life?"
l demanded.
VIII shook his head.
They don't?''
Nope"
l heaved q great sigh. For a few
minutes l said nothing, so great was
my feeling of relief. Then:
What do they tell you?" I asked.
just for curiosity.
Wills grin got broader.
They tell me-" he said. mot to get
"They-what?"
VIII repeated it. 1t simply knocked
the breath right out of me. I didn I
know that 1 had a single enemy in
Montrose. ] finally gathered breath
enough to say so to Will
"Oh. it isn't you" he explained,
hastily. Everybody thinks you're a
peach. It's getting married at all that
they say is the bunk"
Every body" l asked. weakly.
"Oh, not everybody" Will admitted.
Then, after a minute, Most every
body. The young fellows like Roger
Lane and Howard Merton, who have
nice wives. keep telling me how much
1t costs and that no single fellow has
any idea of the expenses of running a
house, and that I'd do we'll to wait till
| had plenty Of lack ahead. F,verr
time l see Howard he says, Well, old
egg, we porterhouse has gone up an
other cents 4 pound