THE EDUCATION OF HUSBANDS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XIII, Issue 1022, 4 May 1869, Page 2

THE EDUCATION OF HUSBANDS

How suggestive is the new year of bills ; and bills of house-keeping ! It is fearful to reflect how many persons rush into matrimony totally unprepared for the awful change that awaits them. Husbands ought to be educated. We should like to have the following questions put to young and inexperienced ‘‘Persons about to marry ” : Are you aware, sir, of the price of coals and candles? Do you know which is more economical —the aitchbone or the round ? How far, young man, will a leg of mutton go in a small family ? How much dearer now, is silver than Britannia ? Please to give the average price of a fourposter. Declare if you can, rash youth, the sum per annum, that pelerines, cardinals, bonnets, veils, caps, ribbons, flowers, gloves, cuffs, and collai-s, would probably come to in the lump. If unable to answer these enquiries, we would say to him, “ Go back to school.” He that would be a husband should also undergo a training, physical and moral. He should be further examined thus : Can you read or write amid the yells of the nursery? Can yon wait any given time for breakfast ? Can you maintain your serenity during a washing-day ? Can you cut your old friends ? Can you stand being contradicted in the face of all reason? Can you keep your temper when you are not listened to? Can you do what you are told without being told why ? In a word, young sir, have you the patienbe of Job ? If you can lay your hand upon your heart an answer “ Yes,” take your license and marry —not else. — Punch. |