Now, to you, young lady, if you are married and can- 

 not get your husband to stop smoking in the ways that you 

 have been trying it, then let him hug the pipe, for you, too, 

 must count on anxiety after marriage, which is sure to 

 come. It may be for money, or it may be for the health of 

 your husband, or something else ; and, while you are worry- 

 ing about one thing or another, your mind is like a horse 

 with inflamed feet, restless, and is not altogether agreeable, 

 and now I am going to try and advise you how you may get 

 this man of yours to stop smoking. A good way is to assist 

 your husband at the time he enjoys a smoke; get him his 

 favorite cigar and a match, sit down by his side and in an 

 affectionate way explain to him that you wish he would not 

 smoke, in that way your chances are good to win. Of 

 course, you may be too serious-minded, too self-centered, 

 and don't like the idea of pleading, but, you see, in life we 

 often have to do things that we dislike. Life is like walk- 

 ing up hill, but married life at times is like mountain climb- 

 ing. The roadway that leads to success for the joys of 

 future life is overgrowing with bushes and brambles and we 

 must expect to get a few scratches before we can reach good 

 and smooth footing, but keep on trying and make the best of 

 it. The results will be that you needn't care, because it 

 keeps love in circulation and love brings happiness. What 

 happy people we ought to be, to live in sunny homes and 

 where we are permitted to rest under the blue skies among 

 bright flowers and sweet smelling roses, songs of the mock- 

 ing bird can be heard in the stillness of the night. Of 

 course, the sun cannot be shining all of the time and birds 

 cannot be singing always, even the blossoms cannot bloom 

 without rest; but there is hope and there is light, the future 

 is bright for those that are trying to do the best. Discharge 

 hate and selfishness, that will smooth the road to success and 

 happiness ; and, now, young lady, when your better half 

 realizes your kind interest in him, he will yield and your 

 wish will be granted because he has more sentiment than 



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