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Show MLY ONE LASTING CONTRACT (;V. Nuptial Agreement Must Ba Written In Hearts and Temperament of Contracting Couple. A Western couple, each of whom had been married twice before and twice divorced, have sought to Insure the success of their third venture by a 1 detailed written contract. It Is surely one of the most extraordinary pre- I nuptial agreements ever made. Re- j ! (nemberlng the rocks upon which their various matrimonial ships have ! been wrecked before, they have care- ! fully charted them and mapped out I ! the course around them. The contract con-tract specifically sets forth which one f Shall build the fires, when the hus-j hus-j band may bring guests home to meals, ( when the relatives of each shall visit them, and how the spending of money ' Is to be divided, how often the wife may attend clubs and social functions. func-tions. . . Thus the? have arranged, they ' think, for every possible contingency ' that may arise In the wedded life of ' two persons. Maybe they will find It so. But. It ' takes no pessimistic spirit to suspect ; that such a contract contains either j too much or too little, j The possible trouble of a marrlpd couple may be provided against by contract. But It must be a contract not of paper and writing, bat of the heart and the temperamenv. If the hearts be right, all the possible possi-ble troubles . of the pair may be ; summed up In a few words. But If j these be not right, no possible combination combina-tion of all the words In the dictionary diction-ary can even Indicate the possible troubles, i The marriage contract that means ' the most need say the least. "To love and cherish one another" here Is a contract that covers more ground ' . than can definitely be expressed In j all the words In the language. If that will not hold good under all contingencies, no other contract will. Christian Herald. I |
