On the Matrimonial Main
HRISTOPHER COLUMBUS, setting out without much idea of where or why he was going, is equivalent to the average young couple pushing off into the uncharted seas of matrimony. And it is really remarkable that, in spite of occasionally getting on the rocks, of trying to raise the wind, of battling
with cross-currents and adverse tides, so few matrimonial mariners are completely sunk. They suffer the usual minor damage, of course, such as leaks in the budget, slightly strained relations, occasional disputes as to who is entitled to man the wheel and whose job it is to shorten sail, but, considering the number of craft continually at sea, the marital Lloyds report remarkably
few total losses; and this in spite of the fact that these inexperienced voyagers sail merrily away without compass or chart, in happy disregard of the advice of crusty old shellbacks who sit in the inglenook and tell hair-raising tales of disaster on the Matrimonial Main. And so you sight them, after they have sailed awhile, some with a full crew, others obviously not fully manned, but nearly all bowling proudly along with all spars dressed and their best bunting streaming from the foretop.-("Definitely Domestic," by Ken Alexander, 2YA, January 10.)
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 136, 30 January 1942, Page 5
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208On the Matrimonial Main New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 136, 30 January 1942, Page 5
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