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Show ADVICE TO BENEDICTS. Treat Your Wife Fairly and She Will Not Deceive You. I Don't settle down too obviously to married life. Be as eager to please as you were before marriage. Aim to preserve the charm of the honeymoon. Don't tell her she is illogical. She probably is, but she mustn't know it. Don't be too reminiscent of the days before you knew her. From the battles bat-tles in which you slew the dragon she may reason to the struggles where you fell by the wayside. Remember that the new life, which to you is merely an episode, is to her a complete revolution of thought and habit an undiscovered country. Make allowances for her. The readjustment is not easy. Treat her fairly, so that she will not deceive you. Keep up the illusion. Tell her occasionally that you love hen She knows it. but she likes to hear it. She can't always take it for granted. istart m the way you want to continue. con-tinue. Particularly in affairs of the purse. Never humiliate her by making mak-ing her ask for money. Have a definite def-inite understanding at first. Money brings the discord that causes most family bells to jangle out of tune. Be thoughtful in little things. A single rose may perfume a whole day. Never remark casually that there are two standards, one for a man and another an-other for a woman. Women sometimes some-times put two and two together with surprising accuracy. Remember her woman's instinct. Be as polite to her mother as in you lies, without encouraging her to live with you. It pays in the end. Give advice when you are asked for it. and not before. ' The unaided working work-ing out of her life problems may be well nigh homicidal in the process," but the results will justify your forbearance. |