Show r f w Long Should I Engagement Be By ELEANORE ROBERTSON rH N a man and woman and woman love 10 each other they naturally desire to marry as soon as possible I The hours and days spent apart seem irksome and intolerable and the time to come com after atter je e seems ineffably sweet and joyous There There- There There-I tendency Is to make the period of engagement 1 fas tas as possible I to wait a n. while is always wise the length of dries aries with individual cases All AU engagements be at least six months long Between six and a year is a reasonable length of time extend the engagement over a year is usually i issar except In cases cases of very young couples the the young p people ople in Inlove love are aie immature their i are perfectly right in asking them to wait years ears rears or even longer until they are old enough sure ure of their own minds an and mature enough line imo the responsibilities of marriage uch deli a case it is the duty of the parents to see sc young folk are not left too much alone aloner aloneT r r T for youth though probably less passionate is less leas trained in the understanding of its own feelings unfair unfair to the innocence and inexperience of jl lovers ls to allow them too much alone with I ther it Is the right of youth to be bo properly ned med girl Sirl sent a away way to school the theman theman man busy at work or at college best beat solution of the situation really love each other they will wUl willich willich ich other at the end of two or ears Pears engagement period should alle ale nile al- al le e a time for testing love young man usually needs to get ances in a little better shape to Wise Indeed are the young who ho do not start married life Ufe ardly with their finances in a ar Fand r nd the furniture instalment ailing frequently The man and ho to start married life Ufe with all longings paid for and a little irin the bank have a better for happiness than thai the couple i re worried over debts at the theof of f married life I of course the bride has aller slier al- al leI ler clothes to get ready ready ready-noth- noth- noth J but enough for herself v ear rear ar and a plenty of linen for me me Then its it's a good idea for wife to take a course ing and household economics if not been schooled in these sub- sub her mothers mother's home 1 |