MARRIED LIFE IN FRANCE.
What a curious being a Frenchman
is ! lie meets a woman for one hour in a crush, knows no more tu her, well, than she does of him,, and yet he is prepared without a quhTm to bind himself by ,the ifion chaifts of matrimony to pas§ the rest of. his natural life with her.
He is not overwhelmed with a love which robs him of prudence and reason ; the ..vainest woman could not explain fthe phenomenon that way. He is epris, if you like, but that is the strongest term permissible ; he faces the situation calmly and deliberately, when in the approved manner he makes his proposal through a third person. As to the courage of the woman on these occasions, well, it surpasses coherent thought ; imagination totters before the surprises, the eye-openers that must be in store for her.- L
But women have an extraordinary" amount of courage stowed away beneath an often misleading surface. Lombroso, I believe, says it is n lack of imagination, combined with a very unsensitive nervous system, but whatever may be the cause, it is certainly there, as dentists and doctors will certify. There is a strong element of the gambler, too, in the majority of women, and marriage offers the chance of a big haul of happiness not attainable anj r other way—at present.
Marriage in France haa this advantage over, the same institution in England—it leaves the woman generally much more her om mistress. She is absolutely bead am? ruler of her own house, her furniture linen, china, etc,, are ae a rule her property, and there is no dpußt.-a--hmit -it,, the Hot gives, her a status denied the penniless bride, and inspires a good deal ®f most desirable respect in the male breast. It appears to me also, the husband and wife do not jostle each other so closely as "in England ; each allows the other, plenty of elbow-room. From ” Ah English Girl in Paris,”
A steam-hammer used in Krupp’s Gunworks at Essen; hi Germanv. weighs 150 tons. It is fJv; largest in the world. - * The acids of the applf are of singular use for men of sedentary halrits, whose livers are sluggish in action, those acids serving to eliminate from the body noxious matters which, if retained, would make the, brain dull and heavy, or bring about jaundice, or skin eruptions, or other allied troubles.
Lord Downshirc has a team o) donkeys which he uses for garden purpose*, and always drives himself fetching and carting manure like any of his labourers. Captain Hill, h«f cousin, when he is slay mg htv> country seal near A sen*’ ’ •'» point of commencing .i he day by sweeping the garden pach -.uo the pavement in front of the house.
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Cromwell Argus, Volume XXXV, Issue 1833, 5 May 1903, Page 7
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