Why Do People Marry.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLVIII, Issue 19, 6 November 1912, Page 70

Why Do People Marry.

Desir Sir,—l have often tried to think why I did it. My .wife knows it was not on account of her -money, and I know it was not on account of her looks. I really fancy it must have been a case of heredity, for I find that both my

parents and my grandparents were mar ried.—Yours, etc., S. Impleton.

Dear Sir, —I married because I never could say “No” to a lady.—Yours, etc., Bert Pipkin. Dear Sir, I married for a somewhat uncommon reason. I wanted a son and heir. Up to date I have seven girls. Sometimes I think my wife does it out of spite. Yours, etc.. The Major. Dear Sir, —I married my .wife for a bet. She is 6ft 2in high, and I am just

over 4ft. and someone dared me to pro pose to her. I enclose her portrait, and hope it may be a warning to others —Yours, etc., A. \\ ippersnalL

Dear Sir,—l was the only well-to-do one in my family, and the (poor relations were always at the rich bachelor. So I married .in self-defence. A ours, etc., Arthur Close.

Dear Sir— I work hard in the City, and accumulate a great deal of money, but have no time to spent it. So I took unto myself it (Wife.- lours, etc.. U. Dibbs. Dear Sir, I married because I had red hair. I (wanted the beastly sluff turned grey. —Yours, etc., .Rufus. Dear Sir. —I (married for love. I have just completed my first eleven, and my relatives, whom I had considered sportsmen, are refusing to help me any more. —Yours, etc., One Who Trusts to Providence. Dear Sir, —My marriage was due to a silly mistake- for which I have never forgiven myself. 1 was introduced to her at a dance. J did not quite catch her name, bu't I ilhought it was “Mrs Someone.” I had a great flirtation with her in a corner of the conservatory, and kissed her, and, 'when she told me I ought to be married, I told her I would marry to morrow if I could find a woman like her!- Yours etc., ' A ; Caution to (•’lirts. ’ And now for the ladies: — Dear Sir,- f (married (because that is the only way to become a widow, an.l I do think that a widow’s costume is just too siweet for anything. Yours, etc., Pet Simpson. Dear Sir, -Mv maiden name was

Smith, and I hated it because it was so common. -That’s why 1 married. Yours etc., Jane Jones.

Dear Sir, —I should have thought the reason was obvious. I would ask you what more admirable foil is there for a pretty woman than an ugly man’— Yours, etc., Sylviu Wartz.

Dear Sir, —1 married because the year T did so it was all the fashion for women |to marry.—Yours, etc., Up-to-date. Dear Sir, Poor mamma in her will left all her jewellery to whichever of m girls got married first, so I married my music master. —Yours, etc.. Little Wideawake.

Dear Sir, —-When one received on the average (two propiasals a day (not excepting Sundays) one had to do something for peace and quiet.—Yours, etc., Anna Nyas.

Dear Sir, —We are not married, and we do not (intend to marry until the Marriage Service 'permits us to promise to hate, neglect, and disobey our husbands. — Yours, etc., Susan Snarle, W.A.S.P., Maud Kickman. W.A.S.P., < :(r . rie Hamer, W.A.S.P.