SOME DONT’S FOR MEN.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2628, 9 October 1909, Page 4 (Supplement)

SOME DONT’S FOR MEN.

ADVICE BY A VERY MODERN WOMAN.

Don’t forget the most interesting book you can give your wife is a bank book m her own name Don’t think that makes the heart grow fonder. Presents have been known to have the same effect. Don’t fail to give a woman credit for those things she does not possess._Praisc Venus for her cleverness and Minerva for her beauty. Don’t try to mould a woman according to your ideal, but remould your ideal according to what, she is. Don’t he satisfied with the background. Always make yourself the cen-tre-point of a woman’s thoughts. Don’t forget the little courtesies, and thoughtful attentions. They count more than the big tilings' with a woman. Don’t be too affectionate. The account at the Bank of Love is soon overdrawn if one tries to cash all one’s cheques at the beginning. Try to live mi the interest rather than the principal. Don’t let a woman see you are jealous of her. It will make her so proud that she may eventually give you serious reasons for it.

Don’t give a woman the satisfaction of letting her see you lose your temper, when she quarrels keep cool and enjoy the scene. The effect is marvellous and instantaneous. Don’t pry into the mysteries of your wife’s dressing-room. Remember that Balzac said onlv a fool or a philosopher should have the courage to do so. t Don’t be too slow. Men. like clocks, are better a little too fast than too | slow. Don’t talk only of subjects, that interest you. Remember she. may have interests of her own. Don’t break your word. A promise that is kept weighs more than a bunch of flowers that is sent later. Don’t let go the reigns. A woman plays with an obliging man, but respects a masterful one. Don’t make love with too great an amount of proficiency, or she will guess that you’ve been there before. Don’t swear at the waiter, or she will be afraid that you’ll swear at her some day. Don’t kick the dog. She might say nothing, but she’ll never forgive you. Don’t let a woman see you look ridiculous. A love can survive misfortune but succumbs to ridicule. Don’t ask for anything you want. H you’re wise and it is within reason, you’ll, take it. . Don’t forget that you once offered to lay down your life for the woman you love.” As'that probably won’t be required of you, why not compromise by donning your dress suit and taking her out occasionally. Don ’t be satisfied witth just getting the woman you love. Learn how to keep that love by the same method that enabled you to win it. Don’t wear out a woman’s heart by selfish and incessant demands upon all her time and attention. Don’t expect the woman who entertained you by her wit before marriage to keep it up 365 days in every year afterwards. Remember also you were a stimulant then, but have- become a steady diet.