Ill the flrst place, let people defer to
the laws of health, of sanity, hereilitary
soiiuiluess; let them obey restrictions,
consult wholesome seasons, resjiect the
limits set up by the commou sense ot
nature. Mutual ignorance on these
points Is filling marriage with unneces
sary evils; they not only soil the well
lieiug of a family, but gjmil its dLxsi
tion. I.et the ork In every house be
reduced, by a reduction of its ambi
tions, till all its parlors, all its tattles,
all the c!othes, exactly represent the
current condition of every family; not
a bracket or a ribbon fur exaggeration,
not a single' room for parade, neither
sewing, washing, eating, scouring, nor
company giving beyond actual needs,
and all done by the least elalxirate
methods. Then" in the second place,
reduce to the lowest -xissihle point the
disturbances which arise from igno
rance and vanity, from artificial train
ing; you simply liberate marriage for
the more effective discharge of its spir
itual purpose. - The men and women
might suspect that they are ill-mateu
till life it.self pronounced the bans.
Teach children that marriage only pro
longs their school hours into the future
of sterner discipline and less perishable
attainments. Warn them against those
affectionate extravagances which un
dermine respect, against the physical
errors which so sap the will that it is
humbled and enslaved by annoyances
which health aud freshness laugh at.
And teach them simplicity, make vul
gar habits and ambitions appear odious
to them, ply their imagination witu
austere and noble forms, tempt them to
fall in love first with spiritual beauty,
whose service makes them free, theu
they will be better prejiared to discover
that marriage withholds felicity until it
has been earned.
Arraw-Heaal ajaperstltlaas.
