The Washington times., 1935-03-05

want 10 make her nappy ana
stay married to this girl. What
do you think is the best way Of
avoiding those ugly jars, scenes,
fuses that make family life q
caricature?"
Hopeful Sign
This letter is a most hopeful
sign of the time. Are men really
beginning to question that ma
ture has not instinctively en-
doWed them with every qualifi.
cation for being perfect hus.
bands?
Marriage has always been
amateurs marathon for both
sexes, but women have been
humber about their responsible
ties than men.
No one really knows much
about women, as every philoSo-
pher has affirmed. But certain
rules to which the fair invari.
ably react may be set down as
a good working basis for matri.
mony.
First, have a distinct under
standing about financial mat.
ters. Let your wife know what
your salary is, and then eStab-
lish the budget system. Decide
what's to be spent for rent,
food. clothes, amusement, and
what's to be put by for emer.
gency and the possible rainy
day.
Be Courteous
It's unbelievable the number
of women who write me they
do not know anything about
their husbands incomes.
They do not know if he has
any life insurance. They do
not know if any provision has
been made for the children,
after the husbands death.
This situation is all wrong.
After thorough knowledge
of ones money matters, the
next thing, and equally essen
tial to a happy marriage, is
courtesy.
Why think, because a man
or woman has paid you the
compliment of marrying you,
that you can sulk or growl
and show temper the way you
do toward central" when she
gives you the wrong phone
number?
PoliteneSs in the home Is
more necessary than money in
the bank, credit at the grocer's
or the ability "to look a mil
lion dollars" when you haven't
five.
Sense of HumOr
AS these husbands-to,be have
asked for suggestions, please let
me say that most of the ship.
wrecks in married life come
from philandering.
From pure vanity, a man will
start some sort of picked-up flir-
tation with a girl in whom he
really hasn't the slightest inter
est. He sees how cheap and
taWdry she is, but he has got to
prove to the world what a devil
with the women" he is. And the
next thing you know, he's
floundering. like a fly on fly
paper to get free.
And don't, young husband. be-
cause you're married, forget to
pay an occasional compliment.
Tell your wife often that she
looks pretty, stylish, sweet, kiss.
able and charming. That really
goes farther than a five-pound
box of candy.
And lastly, a sense Of humor
is a great asset to happy mar
riage. The ability to see the
funny side, to make merry over
the things that go wrong.
He Was Getting Too Serious
Dear Miss Fairfax:
My girl has broken with me,
because she thought I was get
ting too serious. We're both
in the same office, and she
hikes off to a night school and
studies law every night.
She has asked me to Join
one of these classes, but I'm
too tired to go to night school
after working all day.
She taunts me with having
a lack of ambition. really
don't believe my health would
stand the strain of working all
day and attending night classes.
A. B. c.
The foregoing is the sum-
mary of very long letter
which the young man asks me
not to print in full. All said
and done, I think the girls de-
cision to break the engage
ment was wise.
She has unbounded health
and ambition, which enables
her to work in an office all
day, go to night school, and to
dances after that. My CORE
spondent is not in the best Of
health, and is likely to lose
what he has in keeping UP
with this exuberant young lady.
Flower Clusters