REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR GIRL.
(By Helen Rowland.)
: I lb isn’t the lies they-tell one ano-j Llvei- which ■separate husband and rt-ifo —'bub the cold, brutal truths. - •An affinity l , is the change of sentimental diet which a man requires Rif ter life with ia. wife has become as monotonous as eating at the 'same table d’hote restaurant every day. Of. course no man can ho married against his will; but every (husband us. morally certain that lie was married : against liis better judgment. j A man bates to be 'made a fuss over; he prefers to bo worshipped • from afar with prayers and incense like a Chinese' joss. . Actions may speak louder than, words, but they aren’t half so incriminating in a breach of promise suit. The cynic wild says there is no pathos in modern life probably novel j saw a man in. a big department stoic • trying to match a piece of ribbon foi his wife. . j Tt takes- a woman who can distribute one pound of cotton hatting so . judiciously that it looks like fifticr pounds to prove that figures do ho. j A crepe veil holds more lascma tioifs for the average man than a coronet. j i
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2407, 23 January 1909, Page 9 (Supplement)
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203REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR GIRL. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2407, 23 January 1909, Page 9 (Supplement)
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