Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 February 1917 — WHEN A BACHELOR TAKES A WIFE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

WHEN A BACHELOR TAKES A WIFE

Whom flr«t w» love, you know, we seldom wed, Tim* rules all. And Kite, Indeed, is not The thing we planned it out 'ere hope was , dead- v ’the problem which worries ninny a bachelor Is whether or not lie could

content himself to conform to the ruling ofrtne.l woman after having been a free lance so long. He hasn’t the home spirit in him and never had. He has been used to living here and there as long as he found it pleasant —striking out for pastures nqw when his surroundings became was case with his loves. He discarded the bld

for the npxg, suit his fancy.—He grants that love usually ‘Changes a man’s entire nature. But the question is, how long will it remain changed? By no possibility would lie drift into hlsvold ways and notions? Of all men the bachelor should be the most clever in choosing the right kind of a wife to make him happy. The callow youth, who has not had his experience, is apt to make the mistake of his life by imagining fervent admiration to be the grand passion. When all is said and done, the man in his thirties is not much wiser. He is just as apt to stray far afield in search-

By LAURA JEAN LIBBEY.

ing for, the right kind of wife. It is often the matter of simple luck that he gets the right one. The well-seasoned bachelor has had so many Ivssohs in the book of life that his studies <>n wopian and her nature should he valuable to him. lie knows the pouting sweetheart would evolvr- intrra ’grumpy" wife. He knows there!* nothing like a sulking wife-to make homelife unhappy. He is wise enough to steer clear of the young woman who would do all the talking. He can see far enough ahead to realize that her tongue would run on incessantly through all the years. No I matter how much the flirt has attracted the bachelor in other days, he Is wise enough not to take her to the altar. A flirting sweetheart is bad enough, but a wife whom other men were making-eyes at —oh, never' The bachelor can judge with much accuracy whether or not he would be suitable for a woman when he has been in her society a few times. There is one groat and glorious gbod trait about the bachelor when he does meet the right woman, he surrenders straightway and loses no time in asking for her heart anil hand. He makes one of the best of husbands. Places outside of home have no longer a lure for him. He is forever grateful to the woman who has married him; realizing that the first and best years of his ltf§ have been squandered and that only the husks of life's fruitage remain for her. His devotion makes up for all else. The bachelor does not exist who does not secretly admire modest, noble womanhood. (Copyright.)