Evening star., 1935-11-26


many letters from distin-
guished husbands and wives
- that offer this as a minority
report on how to be happily married.
| MY husband and I have worked out
| this alphabet of conjugal bliss which
we offer to all brides and bridegrooms
If they will follow it. they cannot fail
of success in marriage. 1t works. We
have tried it.
(A) Adaptability-C Cultivate taste
of each others tastes.
(B) Belief-Trust one another.
Co Children-Take them or leave
them, but be of the same mind on the
subject.
CD .Devotion-Not only feel love
but show it.
E) Entertainment - Keep each
other amused and interested.
Cd Finesse-Handle each other
with tact
(G) Generosity-Don't be stingy
with love or money or praise.
CID Health-Keep as we'll as you
can and don't talk about your symp-
toms
Cd 1nterest-Enter into everything
the other does. Play the same games,
read the same books, like the same
people, ride the same hobby horses
Cd Jokes-Learn to make 'em and
take 'em.
(K) Kindness-Never fail to show
each other tenderness and sympathy
L) Love-Never let your supply OF
that run low.
(M) Money-Agree before marriage
about the division of the family in
come and stick to your arrangement.
(N) Need of each other-Make your
self necessary to your husbands or
wife's happiness.
(O) Observation-See what each
needs and supply It, Notice when the
wife has on a new gown, or the hus-
band looks particularly spick-and-span
and handsome.
(P) PoliteneSs-Show as much cour-
tesy to each other as you would to
strangers.
90 Quiet-Don't argue. Keep a
peaceful home.
(R) Respect-Show difference for
each others opinions and intelligence
(S) SportsmanShip-Ta marriage
on the chin. Don't whine or complain
over hardships you may have to endure.
(T) Tenderness-Whatev you are
to other people, be all heart to your
husband or wife.
(U) Understanding-Ente into the
thoughts and feelings Of your mate so
| you will know why a woman cries when
she is happy, and why man has to
slip the bride now and then in even
the most successful marriage.
(V) Virtue-No philandering allowed
on either side
(W) WillingneSS-Both husband and
wife must be willing to help each other
pull their weight in the boat.
(X) X-tra attentions - Especially
when down-hearted or sick
(Y) Yes them-Flattery is the oil
that lubricates the domestic machinery
and makes it click.
| CD Zero-Your marriage will never
be zero if you follow these rules.
ALPHA BET.
Answer-Paste this alphabet up on
your mirror, you brides and bride
grooms who are just beginning your
matrimonial education, so that you
can see it every time you put on your
collar or your complexion. If you
follow it, it will save you many a
| heartache, for it will teach you the
whole art of making your marriage a
success. DOROTHY DIX.
n X X +
NEAR DOROTHY DIX: was en-
gagged to girl with whom I was
desperately in love. Just before we
were to have been married she met a
stranger with whom she became in
fatuated at sight and whom she mar
ried three months later. was terribly
cut up and to spite the girl married
I her best friend. Now after year of
marriage am fed up. My wife is all
/ that man could ask for in wife, but
| she refuses to give me divorce
When I think of spending the rest
of my life with her I feel that I will
go crazy. 7 have talked it over with
her and tried to make her see my point
Of view, but she won't. She says she
married me and intends to stick, and
if can't be happy with her it is my
! tough luck for marrying her while in
| love with some one else.
Don't you think that woman would
have more pride than to stay with a