IF I WERE MARRIED

Shannon News, 12 March 1929, Page 4

IF I WERE MARRIED

PLANNED BY A BACHELOR GIRL. I should take marriage seriously as a career. 'I should not expect life to bo one idyllic sto,te of happiness. I should see that I was well up in all branches of housewifery before I mfet him at the altar. I should be “Martha' ’ all day while he was out, and ‘‘Juliet” when he came home.

I should try to bring up my children on smiles, not tears. I should make home so attractive and cosy that:he would find the club dull and boring! I, should feed him! Wisely and well.

I should hand over the children to Ids sole care, sometimes, and let him feel the responsibility of them. I should keep one afternoon or evening a week free, and insist that he and 1 got right away from home and fair.ilv cares.

\ should try not to be jealous of his friends, and understand that he would like a little male society sometimes. I should not worry him with silly little household troubles that arc soon mended.

I should t.rv to see his point of view in everything, but I shouldn ; t. become just a cipher ! I should hate to “slump” and “settle down.” Just because we were married is no reason why we shouldn’t take a reasonable interest in outside affairs.

Well-cooked meals, good fires, pretty frocks, and a smiling face —that is what he would see when he came home tired from the office. My marriage might be ideal- —but I guess I should sometimes wish myseli: back in ’my own little flat with my own latchkey,'