Married Folks Would be Happier.
If they tried to be as agreeable aa m courtship days. If they kissed and made up at onoe after a quarrel. If each would try and be -a real 3' support and comfort to the otlior. If household expenses were always proportioned to receipts. If women were as kind to their husbands as they were to them when ;'< lovers. . ; . . ,; ■ If each rememl»ered. the other was . ■ practically a human being, not an angel. If men were as thoughtful for their wives as they were for them when sweethearts. . ; If both parties rememtored that they were married for worse as well as for better. If- there were fewer silks and velvet street-co«tumes, and more plain, tidy , house dresses, and street ones, too, for tbat matter. If there were fewer "please darlings" m public and more polite manners m private. If wives and husbands would take" th<>.ir pleasure as they go along, and not degrade into mere toiling machines. Recreation is neceyaary. to keep the heart m it* place, and to try and get along without it is. a big mis« take. • : • ■ . ..-. .•. .;■ ' _ ..-.'
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 252, 20 September 1884, Page 2
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185Married Folks Would be Happier. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 252, 20 September 1884, Page 2
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