MARRIED HAPPINESS

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 46, 1 September 1928, Page 14

MARRIED HAPPINESS

SMALL INCOMES Everyone who is married starts off with the good wishes of friends and with the heartfelt' desire that happiness shall bo theirs forever (writes "Elaine" in the "Western Mail"). Before the wedding, the income has been carefully gone into, and so much sot aside, on paper or in imagination, for the necessities of life, plus, may be, a margin for holidays and pleasure. There is every intention of keeping within that margin. "We must do so,' say the happy couple! But somehow in practice the task of keeping within it is greater than was at first thought. Easily the greatest barrier to married happiness is worry caused through debt. Worry■■ causes "nerves"; nerves cause quarrels and bitter feelings, and tlio recollection, of that mischievous old saying "When a man's married his troubles begin," does not help to smooth matters! In the first place the young wife, who has the apportioning of the housekeep-

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ing money, is almost always without any practical experience in running a home. Sho comes straight from a shop, ■workroom, or office, and from a home Whero mother lias looked after her daughter's expenditure of salary, straight into a kingdom of her own, where she is expected to do her share of wiso ruling. She may have been advised as to the- future conduct of her life in the physical and psychological sense, but often enough she has not the faintest idea of the financial responsibility of running a home. HER NEW CAREER. So many girls look upon matrimony as a relief from all. that ■spells work and responsibility, and this is .wliero so. many make the big mistake of their lives. As a wife, a girl lakes up a new career in which she may succeed or fail as in any other work, wot only is she taking.up a new career, but she has been promoted as maaager of a very important department and it is her job to make that department pay! If she does not do so, and has to go to hubby for extra money, he will perhaps pay up and smile the first time; but if it -happens again, the smile will become something rueful! Coaxing and wheedling may make things all right for. a time, but the most devoted Of husbands cannot forever, bo "got at" in that way! TEMPTATIONS. "With the newly-made'wife, the temptation to have parties and: show off the little home', and wedding presents of which she is so proud, is very great. And in a sense such affairs 'are expected of one. To give, parties and have everything of the best when there is not a corresponding income- is disastrous; and remember, that there is nothing like a party for swallowing a sum of money whole! Bargain sales, too, offer the greatest temptation. If the little bride put that embroidered table centre or the electric polishing gadget up against her contented mind (figuratively speaking!) she would soon see which was the better possession. At the end of a year little'bride, if your home has been overstocked with useless- commodities, which in all probability have got shabby, you may find that your love has got equally shabby! Therefore, spend wisely;' plan: your moans so that ends meet always— and remember that a contented looking woman is always better looking than a worried one. ;. Let that hold a moral for, you!