SOME RULES FOR COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE.
•Max O'Rell, in his new book, "Her Royal Highness, Woman," gives some short arid simple rules for courtship and marriage: — Never go down on your knees to declare your love ; you will spoil, your trousers and feel very uncomfortable. Never put your hand near your lady's waistband or round her neck. Place it about the middle of her back ; there are no pins there. Never call on your lady-love while you have a cold in your head. If you begin your" declaration you will never be able to resume it after a fit of sneezing. A cold in the head inspires pity neither in tihe heart of man nor in that of woman, and sneezing is fatal if the lady possesses the slightest particle of humour. If you are bald never make love to a woman taller than you. Looked at from below you are all right. Never let your lady-love see you without a collar, no, not even the very wife of your bosom. A man's head without a collar is like a bouquet without a holder. Don't let your wife see you shave. Your idiotic, cowed look, your gaping mouth and grimaces are as many infallible remedies for love.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7293, 4 January 1902, Page 3
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