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Show r Wives , Know Y ourselves- ourselves Yourselves- Yourselves YourselvesAccurate Yourselves ourselvesAccurate ! - . . Accurate Analysis Will Do \ Much J\Iuch J Iuch toW toOvercome to W . / / Overco Overcome le Difficulty in Wedded Life S PEAKING on the quesl10n question of oftrIal oftrial 'trial trial ' marriages marrmges , a well known knownwrIter knownwriter knownwriter wrIter said , "There There flThere " should be no noneed noneed noneed need for trial tnal when two people peopleknow peopleknow peopleknow know their own abilities ablhtIes and have havemeasured havemeasured havemeasured measured themselves accurately accurately.Two accuratelyTwo . Two people who understand them them- themselves themselves themselves - selves will never , I believe beheve , have haveany haveany my any difficulty living hVIng happily to- to together together to together - gether after marriage " That is a new slant on the ques ques- question ques- ques question question - - tion of success in marriage , sup sup- supplements supplements supplements - plements a woman writer of na- na natIonal national na national - - tional fame , . Not "Know Know "Knov Knov "Knorr Knorr " . thy hus hus- husband hus- hus husband husband - - band " - or "wife wife "wue wue " , " but mow "know know "knowthyself "knowthyself knowthyself " mowthyself ! thyself ! " And , come to think of it , Isn't Isnt Isn'tmost isn'tmost isn'tmost isntmost ' most of the discontent and dissatisfaction dissat dIssat- dIssatIsfactIon dissatisfaction - isfaction in ill marriage marrmge traceable to toideas toideas toideas ideas of ourselves-that ourselves that ourselves - that may be bemIsconceptIOns bemisconceptions bemisconceptions mIsconceptIOns , no less than our ourIllusIOns ourillusions ourillusions IllusIOns about the other person ? How many women's womens ' dissatisfac dIssatIsfac- dIssatIsfaction dissatisfaction dissatisfaction - - tion with their thell ' husband has as Its Itssource itssource itssource source the thought of all they gave gaveup gaveup gaveup up to marry him , all they "mIght mIght "mIghthave "mighthave "mighthave mighthave " have had " if 1 they had married a acertaill acertain acertain certaill certain other man ? ' : How many women's womens ' dIscontent dIscontentwIth discontentwith discontentwith wIth the role of wife wue and mother mothersprmgs mothersprings mothersprings sprmgs springs from the thought of how howmuch howmuch howmuch much more fascinating fascmatmg pastImes pastImesthey pastimesthey pastimesthey they might have had if 1.f 1f . they had hadfollowed hadfollowed hadfollowed followed that 'areer areer "areer9 areer9 "areer9How " ' . ? 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Then they might think t1unk more of ofdomg ofdoing ofdoing domg doing their part of trying trymg to make makethose makethose makethose those husbands happy . And that thateffort thateffort thateffort effort on the part of one must m- m in- in meVItably inevitably in inevitably - evitably go a long way towarda towardmutually towardmutually toward a amutually mutually happy and successful successfulmarrIage successfulmarriage successfulmarriage marrIage Bell Dell Sndicate-W-iU Sndicate W iU ndicateWNU Si ) ndicate : -WNU WNU - WrIU . - Service |