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Show TO MAKE HAPPY MARRIAGES txpert en Matrimony Tells How Short Zngageraenta May Make Wedded Life a True Period of Bliss. Marrjage is an institution of the state; therefore she should-put should-put it out of the bonds of possibil tj that people can mnrry each ther in two dnys or a week, say Mrs. T. P. O'Connor, in Black and White. How many marrlnges would be broken off if the Htate required re-quired a three years' engagement before people are married? After ill, If a woman wants to become a nun In two months, no convent n the world will accept her. She uust be a novice for two or three ears; during that time she has to uake an examination of her con tcience every day and to find out f she has a vocation for a nun. But women and men marry with nit theslightest preparation, with tut the slightest thought of the 'uture, while Dame Nature laughs it her most odd pairings. She wants her world peopled, that is her part ; the men and women who are ill-suted to each other are not her affair. Girls and boys should be taught to look upon marriage as the most beautiful, tbfi happiest, tho most desirable and the most possible 'hing in the world. Boys should be taught to keep their minds and their bodi.es pure for the state which they will probablv enter, and to have a sense of protection and loyalty to girls; nnd girls should bo taught industry, self sacrifice, and responsibility for the married state. |
