SCHOOL FOR BRIDES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 14 November 1907, Page 4

SCHOOL FOR BRIDES.

It. is a peculiarity of mothers (says I an American wiper) that, (hough they" go to endlesH trouble to get their daughters married, they go to tiy trouble at all to ensure that their •laughters shall make a success of marriage. A father, arranging a son's of bother to fit him for that futui k future, takes ten times the amount r that a mother takes to fit her daught- I ir for l.er future of wedlock. There ' are exceptions—noble exceptions—;u 1 this rule, but mostly a mother thinKs 1 lier duty done if site has taucrLit her J daughter to bake a cake or maue '| can-Jy, an accomplishment the daughi- i er would iiave probably acquired for s herself ii. any ease for tit.' fun of the ' thing. To be able tu bake cakes is mi! 1 necessarily to lie able to live happily for half a century with a husband, an l t it is all very fine to say that a. bride t must learn experience for herselt'. ' That isn't fai). It is no more fair :• expect a girl to pick up the knowledge | "as she gets along'' than it would bu , to expect a l'i y to pick up banking ( as lie goes along. If mothers are too : lazy or t(-o timid to tench tlicir , daughters the art of married life, someone ought to get up a school to j do it. Lectures would be delivered a r i the schcol by experienced matrons < who would not only demonstrate ' pastry and darning socks—important 1 items—but would advance theories on ' the "The Cauw of First Quarrels," ] "Waists which Buttrn up the Back,'' "Collar Buttons and How to (live Them First Aid." "Burnt Beefstakes ' and ITow to Make Them Palatable,'' "Uudersirable Callers and How to Say 'Not at Home' Truthfully," "How to Laugh at a Feeble Joke," "When to Introduce tfe Dressmaker's Bill," etc-