LADIES' COLUMN.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 7678, 11 April 1903, Page 3

LADIES' COLUMN.

IT IS GOOD FOR MEN TO MARRY, ._.

The question whether or nob a young man ought to marry cannot be answfered in the affirmative for all young men, but it may be alleged, and it is here alleged* that marriage is good for a young man i£ he isthe sort of young man that is fit to marry. Marriage should be the ambition of every young man, and if be is prudent in his selection of a. wife, aud looks well into the future, he will not regret putting the garlanded yoke upon his neck. A young man should not think of marrying until he has saved tnough, and has income enough, to start well and to supjport a family decently, according to his state of life. But, as soon as bis means permit, itbecomes the duty of every young man to seek a wife. v

When a man is single he drifts. His money goes, as a rule, in foolish or harmful ways. Having only himself to provide for, he thinks only of himself. He has no home in which he may take pride and comfort. But to the man who is happily married life has a new interest. ! He has some cares arid expenses of which the bachelor as free, but he has a substantial happiness and comforb which the bachelor has not, and which makes the cares and expenses seem no-thing in comparison. The married man becomes a settled figure in the community. His increased needs require on his part increased exertions, and bring out the best that is in bim. Nature, as well as the young women, expects every man to marry, and the man who delays this duty until middle age may find his, bachelor habits so inveterate that Tie cannot accommodate lumself to tbe new state of affairs.