COMMON SENSE IN MARRIAGE.

Freethought Review, Volume I, Issue 6, 1 March 1884, Page 10

COMMON SENSE IN MARRIAGE.

If you must marry, let common sense have a show in de transackshun. Doan’ go off your feet bekase you meet a girl who can sing like a robin, smile like a rose, an’ jump off a street kyar widout boderin de driver to stop. A wife will have much to do besides singin’ and cultivatin’ dimples. If you am gywne to marry, ax yerselves how fur 10 dollars per week will go when divided up for clothes an’ pervishuns, an’ house rent an’ fuel an’ incidentals. Befo’ you fall in love wid a gal who looks too sweet fur anythin’ in a red plush sacque, kinder figger on how many such duds your income would afford her. Befo’ you am all broke up obea a gal who plays de planner, talks French, paints landscapes, an’ reads poetry, jist sit down an’ figger who am to cook your meat an’ taters, patch yer cloze, darn yer socks, and help yer make 12 dol. buy 15 dol. worth of things. Befo’ you let a pa’r o’ flashin’ eyes an’ a cunnin’ dimple captivate ye, look aroun’ a little an’ sec if de owner has got a temper like a wildcat. Marriage am a lottery, simply bekase people take each odder unsight an’ unseen.— Detroit Free Press.