Happy Marriage Secret: Health, Control, and Obedience

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18587, 22 December 1934, Page 10

Happy Marriage Secret: Health, Control, and Obedience

LONDON, Oct. 25. CjIK William Arbuthnot Lane, the physician and president of the New Health Society, who to-day celebrates his golden wedding 'by giving a cocktail party, revealed last night the secret of his long and happy married life.

“My wife and I have been real comrades because we have acted on three tenets which I commend to all young married people,’’ lie told a representative of the Daily Telegraph. They are: — Keep yourself in perfect health; “Learn complete self-control; and “Learn to obey.

“A healthy bony means a healthy mind, and a healthy mind means harmony and unity. A healthy mind' brushes aside those little troubles which are bound to crop up after the marriage vows have been made. “A healthy body is vital to material success, ami although security i>, not a guarantee of happiness, it, reduces the chances of an unhappy married life. How can a man tight and w.ork for his mate if he has maltreated his health?

“Harsh words, spoken in the heat of temper, have ruined maiiy homes. Keep your temper and' there', will be fewer harsh words.

“When I say learn to obey I do not mean bo blindly obedient or subservient, If you learn to obey: you will learn to command. “

Sir William paid a warm tribute to his wife. ‘ ‘ She has been ,a rare stimulus and support in all my w.ork, ’ ’ he said. .“-If 1 have achieved any success in life, I owe it largely to her encouragement and forbearance.’’

giving a cocktail party appealed to giivng a cocktail party appealed to him because he could gather more of his friends round him than at a dinner party. “There will bo COO of us,” he said. “I shall certainly have a cocktail. A spot of alcohol makes you feel your real self.’’