TWELVE RULES FOR CHOOSING HUSBAND.

Lake County Press, Issue 2117, 10 May 1906, Page 7

TWELVE RULES FOR CHOOSING HUSBAND.

y ' i l'.\ I ir. Harriet ('. Keatingc. ' l __ J , ■' . A WOMAN SHODLD LOOK P< the man w rrn u mom siik . WOi'Ui UK 10 TO SI'KND 'IIIIO KIOST OF LIEU ' UVK. Dr. I larrirl (..'. Keatingc, who spi ,■ lasl week on "Divorce" before i i. New \ ork Legislat i\c League, layi stress on I Mi' fad lhal menial, mo ,-. or physical wcekin.ss could nol i;iii-nl In-fore marriage, and tl t innsi mothers look.d merely In g< ~ cl.ii In s, good manners and so s moiMtv in the man who married In e daughters, has given below twe i rides for choosing ;| husband. '.J | . The lirst rcipiisil e for a worn s in choosing a husband is an cdm 11 lion, nol such as she gets at Vas? 11 an<l Simili, but an education i morals. ! L». The next thing she should ° sirl upon is a clean bill of heal '. A man or unman contcmplat i ',; matrimony should he examined by '_ j ph.s sirian, as for life insurance. ' ;there lie an.v inherited or incural 1 i disease ii will then become know t lii t I vent of an affect ion that I cut-cable marriage should be po poned. If ii be proved beyond don j thai an ailment, is out of the re.-i I of medical skill, the man or worn j should he brave enough to reuoui .(marriage and take up some line , ; work which may absorb his or 1' , j interests. For in marrying as in i .', else, the uplifting of humanity shot be the highest consideration. '.\. A woman should demand alllO the good qualities of her husba that he be well bred. The little de caries of life go far toward oiling t. Wheels. •i. She should look for congeniali of tastes, rcs well as some quality intellect or its development. A n |ei;e-i,red man and a primary sclli girl would be hopelessly ill-assortet fi. She should look for a husbo In whom phe would be not only wife, bin n good comrade. ('omrar ship is one of the strongest lies marriage, <i She should never marry n m wno asked the sacrifice of her in< viriuality or permitted her *o rJomi ! ale his. lOach has a right, to *h | inner s< If for each soul conies in Ihe world and goes out of it alone \s n rule she should mar \ouro: always providing she has sufficient knowlede.i <>f the worl j The ignorance of women in t his i ! card is si upendoiis. Rut men ti •'are ignninii' The father should i his son's teacher, (he mother hj j daughter's. S. She should choose a young mi I prei""rabl,\ . because he t hen heroin j educate! wit hj her. 'I hey are like to be more adapt able to each otlll j '.'. A young woman should nev i man; a middleaged ma n wit hj 1 ! e'en of cluing ing him. Ife will e I pect ihe woman he marries to CO form In standards alread.v fixed. i In \ woman should lake sot I time in si ud\ ihe charad er of t I man with whom she expects to spe; her life. I I She should ash above all. thil the conlidence of the man she mi lies If slie understands his circa: stances a woman with any heart, w be willing in make sacrifices and n run her husband into debt. r_'. She should demand an alio j .wire and not consent I o a hom I keeping scheme which includes 1 running of lulls. She should ham the money she spends and undi ! si and Ihe \ alue of a dollar. To sum il all up I should say th ; a woman in marrying should io< i for ihe man with whom she hop Ito .spend her life. She should null' I him with lhe idea of becoming 1 | mot her nf his children. She shou I have iii mind ihe way of harmony. j heliex e t here should be ill the Ufa 'uaie course of e\er.\ young man ai j woman a series of lectures on ma ' t iage. on the dnmesl ic life, the mat | lal bond. I o prepare young peo| i for w hat lies before. Not perfect ii) I lull human virtues with human fatil : is whet we w u lit . If divorce or separation have iconic the man or woman alone m; take up the broken threads and ma a new life. If there be children blight falls upon them.