HOW TO BE HAPPY THOUGH MARRIED. (Pall Mall Gazette.)

Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2119, 6 February 1886, Page 1 (Supplement)

HOW TO BE HAPPY THOUGH MARRIED. (Pall Mall Gazette.)

Is spite of its alaiming title, tin's book may be highly woinended to cvciy one. As for the authouti< s Ik- o/iotc*, the}' are almost numherle-s, an-1 i.mqe from Socrates down to Aitcims Watd. He tells us of the w ic\f(l bachelor \\ lio spoke of maiiia, re as 'a \ery harmless annsemeut,' and advised a young fiiend of liis to ' marry eatly an i m nry often :' of Dr Johnson, who pioposed tint mnniages should be arranged bj t!." Lou I ChinceHor without tho p.i'tiei coiict'tncil having any choice in the matter; of tlie Bu>sex laborer who ask.-d, ' Why should I pive a woman half my \ii/.unls for conking the other half?' ami of Lord Voruhm, who thought that unman led men did tho b>-st public work. And, iud.ed, maniage is the one subject that all women agree and all men disigicc upon. Our author, however, is cleaily of the same opinion as tha Scotch lasiie, w ho, on In 1 father's wainiug her wliat a solemn tiling it was to get married, ans»\fiod. 'Then t!iat, father, but it's a gieat d( i\\ su!o':mer to be single. 1 He may Ik- icgmkd as tlie champion of the married bf<j. It deed, he has a most interesting chapter on marrmge made men. and though lie dissents, and wo think rightly, fiom tlu> \i>.*w iccently put forward by a lady 01 two on the woman's right platform, that Solomon owed all his wisdom to the number of l.is \\i is, still he appeals to Bi-tnaiu!<. John Stuart Mill, Mahommed, and Lord Beaconfi 11 as instancsu of men w no-i' Mice- is can be traced to the influence r.f the women they married. Aicldush"jt Wlutpiy once defined women as 'a cieiituio that doesn't reason and pokes the fiie fiom the to,-),' but since his day the liilli''! 1 educition of women nas con eu'eiably alteiel their pos'tion. Won 01 h.v c always l»ul an emotional s)mpithv wi'h thoss they love ; Girton and Nunuhant have icndered intellectual m mpathy alfao j<ossiblr. In our day it is lust for a ma'i to bo married, and nun must give up tho tyranny in inairu'd life which was once so dear to them, niid wh'ch we are afiaid still lingers hen 1 and Iheic. 'Do you wish to bi 1 my wife. .Vabcl':' said a little hoy. 'Yes, 1 inouitio.is'y answered Mabel, ' Then pull off my boots.' On marriage vows too our author haa very sensible views and very ;imusing stories. He tells of .1 nei \ 0113 bi idej>room who, confusing the baptismal and marriage ceremonies, leplied when asked if he consented to take the bride for his wife, ' I renounce then 1 all;' of a Hampshire rustic, who, when having the ring, said solemnly -to the bride, •With my body I thee wash up, and with my hurdle goods I thee and thou;' of another who, w hen asked whether he would take his pmtner to be his wedded wfp, icplied, with shameful indecision, " Ye^. I'm willin'; but I'd a much flight rather have her sister ,' nnd of a Scotch lady who, on the occasion of her daughter's weddinjr, was asked by an old friend whether she might congratulate her on the event, nnd answered, " Ye-, yes, upon tho whole it is vmy satisfactory; it is true Jeanio hates her good man ; but then there's nlway a something!' Indeed the good stories contained in this book are quite endlps-*, and make it very pliant rendintr, while the good advice is on all poiijts ndmirtble. Most young" people now-a-days etart in life with a dreadful collect-on of ormolu inks, nnd covered with >-ham onjxes, or with a perfect museum of salt cellar". We fctronp-ly recommend this book as one of the best of wedding presents. It is a complete handbook of an earthly ] aradit-e, and its author may be retarded a» tho Murray of matrimony and the Baedeker of bliss.

Durixg the hearing of the Armstrong abduction case, before Mr Justice Lopes, a barrister made a complaint to the Judge that he had been refused admission to the court until he had taken the trouble to go back to the Temple for his wig and gown, although he had seen the Under-Sheriff and told him he was a member of the bar. Tho Judge: Perhaps the Under-Sheriff did not know you. The Barrister: But I saw him and told him. There may be a. difficulty, owing to the fact that a great many people may be seeking admission to the court. I remember ouce when I was travelling I could uot find my ticket. I said to the guard, "I am a judge of Assize, and I assure you I have a ticket." Upon which he replied, "I have heard that story before."

Ccjeiocs Cu.STOM.—Aniong the details of the recent insurrection iv Roumelia the following cm ions incident figures : — There is an ancient Bulgarian custom which provides that the dethroning of a ruler shall be done by a woiran. Accordingly the insurgents on September 19 marched into Phillippopolis, headed by a girl of sixteen, who rode before them, armed with sabre and revolver. They went to the Governor's, the girl walked into the residence and aw akened Garril Pasha, telling him that he was arrested by the Provincial Government. Meanwhile, in the courtyard, Major Pilon addressed the troops and proclaimed the uuion with Bulgaria. The deposed Governor was conducted to his carnage escorted by the girl, who had a drawn sword in her hand. She took her seat beside him, and under military guard she saw him carried safely beyond the Buigtrjan, frontier.