CHOOSING A HUSBAND.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2602, 16 March 1889, Page 1 (Supplement)

CHOOSING A HUSBAND.

Tt is well for a girl if she is not easily won ; if she can bring reason to bear on her choice of a husband, and study her lover impartially. She can always tell how a man stands with his sisters; if they arc really fond of him she may be sure he will make a good husband. A mother, of course, will always speak well of her son, it is not what she says of hiin but his behaviour to her, that is to be looked to. And a lady may feel certain on this point, that as a man now treats liis mother and sisters, so he will treat her six months after marriage. All this may seem very cold-blooded, very far removed from the tender feelings which courtship induces. But, after all, a girl has a choice to make—a choice upon which the happiness of her whole life will depend: and there is always a time, whether she noticed it or not, before she parts with the control of her heart, at which she ought to listen to her judgment, without better evidence than her own feelings, she is very likely to make a mistake ; but if she can assure herself that her lover is a man who is respected and liked by his male friends, and is a favourite at home, she may be pretty sure that in listening to his love she is choosing wisely.