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flil^pantly or rudely ; who treats her parents disrespect- 

 fully ; who never cares to talk of subjects of a spiritual 

 nature; who is giddy, gay, dressy, thoughtless, fickle. 

 Such a young woman will never make a loving, patient, 

 faithful, helpful wife. 



We wish also to warn every young woman against 

 choosing for a husband a man who has a strong leaning 

 toward infidelity; who does not believe in human re- 

 sponsibility; who makes a mock of religion; who is 

 addicted to profanity; who is either grossly intem- 

 perate or given to moderate tippling, be it ever so little, 

 so long as he does not believe in and jDractice total 

 abstinence; who uses tobacco; who is a jockey, a fop, 

 a loafer, a scheming dreamer, or a speculator; who is 

 known to be unchaste, or who has led a licentious life. 



The man who has no love for his Maker will be 

 likely to have little for his wife and children. He who 

 does not acknowledge his responsibility to a higher 

 Power, will soon forget his obligation to the wife he 

 has promised to love and cherish. The man who is not 

 willing to sacrifice the gratification afforded by such 

 pernicious habits as dram-drinking and tobacco-using 

 to insure the comfort and happiness of his wife and 

 children, is too selfish to make any woman a kind hus- 

 band. 



There is no greater error abroad than that held by 

 not a few, that ''a reformed rake makes the best hus- 

 band. ' ' The man whose affections have been consumed 

 in the fires of unhallowed lust, is incapable of giving 

 a pure-minded woman the love that she expects and 

 deserves. A person cannot pass through the fire un- 

 scathed. The scars burned into the character by the 

 flames of concupiscence are as deep and lasting as those 

 inflicted upon the body, and even more so. Only ''in 



