Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 62, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 March 1911 — Fashing [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Fashing

MISTAKE OF BRIDES

ARE APT TO BECOME DISAGREEABLE AFTER MARRIAGE. .Change of Temper May Be the Result of Many Causes, but Always ~~ - It Is Greatly to Be Deplored. “Why is It considered sweet-tempered and agreeable before marriage often develop into arbitrary and self-assertive brides?” This question was asked by a mother-in-law, and is worthy of comment. It may "he urged that this girl before marriage set a watch upon her lips and tried to be The unmarried girl has so much more to gain by pleasant personal qualities than a married woman has, for unless girls make themselves pleasant and obliging they are apt to be left out when parties are being arranged and to be abamibhed to their solitary fate by those who would he their Allies. Since girls are not expectedto"T* s ~ turn as much hospitality as they receive, they must of necessity depend upon their personal qualities fpr inTitatlons. On the other hand, a married woman who gives parties gets naked in return, whether she is agreeable or not, ----- • ■ Again, the bride is apt to foster an exaggerated idea of her own importance as the chatelaine of her house. Before marriage she had to get her mother's consent to most of her proceedings—to the invitations she accepted and the friends she asked to the house. x The sudden freedom from restraint and the indulgence of a husband are apt to spoil her character and make her disagreeable to her relatives, especially to those on his side of the house, and immensely patronlzingyto her old friends, particularly those ■who have remained unmarried. —1 Another reason why some girls’ tempers are spoiled by marriage lies lii the trials and annoyances to which a girl with a number of relations 1b subjected. It it hard to please critical persons, and relatives seem particularly addicted to criticism of a

-brlde]s_ demeanor, her housekeeping and her~dmnesUc_grrangementii. But in spita of undouhfdd'-piiwocai. tlon to ill temper the wise girl should flrfef think of the effect it will have on her husband, before she allows to become disagreeable, instead of the tactful, chgrming girl he courted. ~~T7"; Ideals and Illusions are fragile things and need care. A girl should keep her husband under their spell.— Exchange.