WHY NOT EARLY MARRIAGE.

Hokitika Guardian, 27 August 1925, Page 4

WHY NOT EARLY MARRIAGE.

“Wo might to (In nil (vo c:ni to make onrly marriage possible. Tlic lather should help his sou to marry early ;iml not present the pitiable spectacle j of a manager p;ist his host, still direction the business, which is onion down _ hill, while the son, who could do I mole effective work, has to remain i a subordinate, and year alter year tell 1 the girl that lather still banns on and so makes marriage for them impos- ' sihle. In this connection the choice of a business or profession is most ■ imporlanl. I’arents olten say there is no definite taste; Ibis I rc<|iicn( Iv I means that the hoy has a call to some 1 work such a.s a minister, or farmer, j an actor or a soldier, which the parents either despise as a calling or repin'd as too unremunerat ive for their wonderful offspring. Sometimes there does seem to he no art mil wish; then ’ it may l c wisest to adopt the lather s ' profession or business, because the chances are that some ability for that ' will lie inherited. Keen if nothin;' , special appeals a start must always r lie made; the policy of waiting to i see what turns up is had. ll by any ‘I ehanee the hov or girl starts on the wrong career it will then he easier j for them to see the real call.”—Dr I \Y. A. Potts in “The Lancet.”