KNOW WHEN TO ACCEPT.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17832, 28 April 1926, Page 12

KNOW WHEN TO ACCEPT.

I | (By MARY BOY AT.) . “ When John and T were first married. he wanted to buy me all sorts of luxuries, and 1 refused because J thought it was wrong to permit the extravagance. Now. although he is far better off, he jiever suggests anything of the kind. ] am sorry that I did not encourage him in the first instance ! ” 1 T h . us a ‘ te - whose husband is sadly deficient in those small courtesies of giving that makes such an incalculable j She, like many other women in the early clays of marriage, did not know when to accept. Her constant refusal j of gifts, outings, luxuries, et cetera, had the logical effect of dissuading her J husband from proffering them. Possibly he vented his instinct for giving by bestowing such attentions on other women. If he did, one should not.be I too severe on him. Most men like to ' think of themselves in the role of benefactor; so why not let them practise in the right direction? J Many a woman whose lot in life has

been less prosperous in later years than in the early ones has had cause to regret that she did not avail herself (of the good things which life offered her then. One can be overcircumspect. A little of the “ Hang the expense! ” spirit is admirable in a man. Let the wife be careful how she frustrates its benign influence!