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admit that. arriage is a very solemn thing. I But, on the other hand,, how miserable is "Well, of course, I am not a sjartying man, but ever in my own mind. I doubt the superiority. is, indeed, a dreadful thing, if, at least, wehe, and what an amount of misery he causes if I were, I might do worse than propose for was over man, such doubts are at once. may use the term dreadful, in the sense in

others, who cannot bring into his mar her," and when he does merry bor his frin, da removed when I tea how both sexes behave at: which the patriarch Jacob used it when he ringe, a clean bill of moral he who say, "Well, I never could see what Mir. So-and- the wedding ceremony: "There stands the said of that place where he saw the vision of cannot make upon his wife the best of all Se saw to like in Miss So-and-o. That is just bride, catm, dignified, self-possessed. Beside the bridegroom trembling,' unnerved, angels, "How dreadful is this place this is marriage settlements-the settlement of habits. They never could see it, and the man never her done other than the house of God, and this is in a right direction (applause). Even young could see it. It was Nature speaking to him, looking as if he would like the earth to open and swallow him. ?! That is the man who is the gate of Heaves." Married people may ladies required a little preparation (laugh saying "Marry her, for she is complete who make their home the house of God; yes, the ter) if they are frivolous and flirty, and completes and fills up your nature. Refuse supposed to support her. Why, she is sup very Gate of Heaven: but on the other hand, have no higher form of worship than vanity her for the sake of another with a little more potting him now and will do so, no doubt; on What that will not make either themselves or their money or influential connection, and I will many occasions afterwards. But even the they may make it exactly the reverse.

curse you with domestic infelicity and make wedding ceremony comes to an cad, and then do you think of matrimony?" some one asked, husbands happy. It is said that money is the Webster. He said "I think as those do who tont of evil, but it is well to have a little bit of your children (such is the strange physiologi hand in hand they take their solitary way into deny Purgatory. It locally contains either this root when you go into a shop, and also cal law) as miserable and wretched as is your Eden, and begin honeymooning. The honey. Heaven or hell there is no third place,in it," when you enter upon marriage unless it is own dirty little sul." There are those people moon has been defined as that month after.

who would advise people to marry not to marriage when there is nothing but love and You ask, "If marriage is such a solemn thing thought that mortality is one of the results 15 A certain servant as this, why do so many people run their heads of the matrimony,

pease themselves, hut to please everybody tenderness. What a pity that even this should into such a state where there are such terrible girl seems to have thought Meeting the else, and they say: "Whatever you do, be spoiled, and spoiled it is, when people and possibilitic ?" That leads me to say afew words mistress with whom she last lived, the mistress don't allow yourself to be influenced by too selfishly absorbed in each other. I heard upon the question which exercised-the-minds said to her, "Well, Mary, where do you now.

Beauty," they say, is but of a man who was so bored with his honey of thoughtful people in all ages as to the pros live?"." Please Mam," she replied, "I don't skin deep." I never hear that phrase with-moon, that he secretly aent to his cffice

out thinking of the answer witch a friend for the books, and secretly went over, and cons of matrimony; as to which condition, live anywhere. I'm married" (laughter). Now

the accounts. Another mistake is having a (00 marriage or celibacy, was most conducive to those of us who are married have discovered

of mine, an Irish girl, once gave, She was happines, or, shall we say, to misery. But that we do continue to live after matrimony, a good looking girl-of course, baing. Irish Inng honeymoon. Better to begin at once there is one way in which you will never come and, therefore, could fully sympathise with that (loud applause) She was speaking to n young

'married life. Pat the worst mistake of all is to ans definite conclusion on the subject, and successful Scotch girl who thought that "aman, who could not be described as good look to spend, the honeymoon globe-trotting. I that is by trying to reason it out with a logical kiss and a tinful of cold water" made but a ing. He, thinking she rather prided herself heard of a man who took b's wife on a lour to intellect. If you do that you will come to the poor breakfast. At the same time the amount on her appearance, and that she would be alt. Switzerland, during the honeymoon, and th y conclusion of that very logical donkey who, of money necessary to marry upon is often the better for a little taking down, got the con- a tempted to scramble over all the hills and being tied between two bundles of hay of equal greatly exaggerated. Show ine a couple who versation round to the subject of beauty, and pisses. And now we come to the time when they are in their first married home," and wa size, of equal quality, and at an equal ara miserable en account of straightened cir said, " But you know beauty is but skin deep." distance from his mouth, is said to have cumstances and I will show you nine couples she fixed him with her glittering eyes and said; would say to them, "Be pot angry with THE Weekly Share Report is printed on the dies of starvation, because there was 'not who are miserable on account of other circum-

I know that, but ugliness goes into the bone,yourselves or each other if the enthusiastic, sufficient reason why he should take from one stances. I suppose you all know of bachelors (laughter), What is beauty? It is the outwardlove you are now enjoying does not last long." bundle rither than from another (laughter). ̧ } I see them at the door-who have plenty and visible sign of health, and we have seen It will be followed by something far better. once knew some one who always reasoned money upon which to marry; but have not

haw important health is in matrimony.the.calm respect and love of married - life. Yoit will not be unhappy if you have not much long time befe any crisis in his life, and enough courage and they make, "I can't well-rounded figure, bright laughing eyes, and when he came to that of matrimony, he was afford it a mere excuse. That was the way of a clear complexion, these things are, valuable money, or many servanta or large house d perplexed in the extreme. Not being able is Pitt, when Prime Minister of England, and at a

but you wil bo miserable if there is not room, because they indicate that the person who bear it any longer he wrote a proposal to a

time when his income was thirty thousand a

possesses them is healthy and capable of for two bears-bear and forebear. I suppose young lady and dropped it into a pillar box; year. Housed to say he could not afford marriage, pr ducing healthy offspring, and that is the the first quarrel must come, if only for the and no sooner had he done so, than all the and it was calculated that for every servant is his meaning of this natural instinct for beauty, pleasure of making it up again. But the first year fluences all.legin as you desire arguments a ainst matrimony, which he hose 14 lbs. of beet were allowed each day. wh ch is a garment covering the beauty..of thought were for ever disposed of, returned Surely, for the more economical arrangement holiness-the beauty of a good character to go on. What is the god of the last word and the poor man tried to pull the letter out of his household, if for no other reason, he leading one to think of character as the the most dangerous of infernal machines: with his walking stick (laughter). The only ought to have married. Of course, if a young foundation of happiness in marriage. An Marriage should be a sweet harmonious song way to come to a conclusion on the matter is man will smoke the best cigars, and will give Irish magistrate once asked a prisoner and, like one of Mendelssoba's, without words. to fall in luve. Even so great a thinker as

the most expensive dank to every fool who before him, "Are you single or married." Sometimes men will not trust their wives and. Socrates, was unable to come to any certain claps him on the back and calls biga "old man" The prisoner replied, "single, your worship, don't tell them how much they earn although at conclusion in reference to the matter; for he he won't be able to afford matrimony, because, and the magistrate observed, It is a good the mirriage ceremony they solemn'y 'declared said, "If you marry you will regret it, he would not delight himself in small, and not thing for your wife (laughter). Yes, indeed, it to endow them with all their worldly goods. Why! and if you don't marry, you will regret more elevating, luxuries for the sake of the is a good th ng for any poor woman who basse women find it difficult to get the cost of a it." Of course, there are many dogma- greatest luxury in the world-a wife (applause). escaped marrying a man with a bad temper.postage stamp from their husbands (laughter)... tic authorities that might be cited on both If a man has a small purse, he must select a The confidential servant of a Scotch Laird came All harsh words should be suppressed fra sides of the question. There was, for instance, lady with a slender waste, not one who bas to him and said, "Laird, I must leave your day will conte when you will be willing to give,

the red core of your heart's blood to unsay the opinion of that sour old bachelor, who made her waist slender by the health-destroy service." "Why?" he asked. "Because to

those words. You will then know for the first said that he always looked in the paper ing corset, but one who knows how to make tell the truth," she replied, "I can't stand the under the marriage head for the news of both ends meet on a small income with the temper of your wife. She is always scolding time that your wife is your best, probably your. the weak. A contented old maid declared least possible amount of waste (applause). me," "Oh, if that is all," he said, I think only, real friend. We shall be separated in this that she would not give her single life Mothers have a great deal to do with this. you have little to complain of Well, world at least, and the thought of that ought to for all the double ones ho had ever Suppose they brought up their daughters so I am resolved to put up with it no longer," said make us behave better towards each oth. I heard of. Then there is the opinion of that that men who were not millionaires could the servant. "Oh, go then," answered the would not like to end with such a sad thought philosopher or lover of wisdom, quoted by afford to marry them. It is often thought, Laird, " and be thankful for ever that you have, as that of separation, and no:1 shall remind you Lord Bacon, who said, "If young, don't marry

or said, that in certain branches of socialy not to live with one with a bad temper and myself that, if we believe, as we profess to yet; if old, don't marry at all." Of course,

now, there is a strike going on among most (laughter). It is, indeed, a matter of thank- believe at Christians, we can look forward not quite as many authorities might be quoted on men against matrimony. I don't believe it, fulness, not to have to live, with one with a without hope to that perfect marriage day when and I never knew a dozen men in the bad temper. Some ladies would rather a man earth's last love ball love once more (loud' the opposite side of the question. As a set

world who do not want to marry (applause). be a little wild—a little bit of a rake, a small applause), off, for instance, there is that philosopher, who said: "We should marry early and marry Some of them are afrad of the possible garden rake, and that they would sooMajor General Gascoigne then invited dise often." Then "To rise betimes and to marry

extravagance of their wives. This may be wheel him into line. They marry in or cassion, and afterwards Said I believe it is the young," were two things, which, according gathered from a conversation that was over- of missionary spirit, I don't think that is a duty of the Griman to make a short summary fo Luther, no wise man ever regretted doing,

heard in a ball room. A lady said to a middle- wise thing to do as it is far thort likely the will of the lectures and take it we have learned, Franklin used words which I may commend aged bachelor with whom she was dancing, be driven off the face of the rth by bat treat if we did not know it before, that marriage is to the members of the Odd Volumes Society, "Why don't you marry; can't you afford to ment. It is, indeed, a terrible pity if anyone lottery. As one who has been exceptionally when be said "An unmarried man or an un support a wife?""My innocent young thing," who is tied by the matrimonial knot to anyone runsts, in that lottery (loud applause), it will married woman' is what an odd volume is—no! was the reply, "I can afford to keep half with a bad temper. But how is the temper or ill become me to say much in praise of marriage complete until another volume is added a dozen vives, but I cannot afford to pay other characteristics of one, to be knowi bat because my remarks might appear to betinred. (applause). Dr. Johnson said: Marriage is

the milliner's bill of one." Then there is the

fore marriage? It is so eat toppent one's somewhat with self-complacency. I take it that, the best state forevery man," and that, "A man

health bill to be thought of. Every young best during lover's visits len were deceivers marriage is a contractas strict and as binding, mad who is is a worse man in proportion as he is unfit for

always ailing won't be ever." Let us admit that once and for all. Even although more solemn and more sacred, but at the marriage state," and the summing up of able to support bis home, and if ladies can do a little in that way. (laughter); strct and as binding as 20y contract is this great authority is "Marriage has many

wife is afflicted, or thinks she is, with a Some of them do it so well that when a man ordinary life, and I believe that if both the chronic sola disease, the poor thing may do pains, but celibacy has no pleasures." But in

marries, he feels he has been couning one contracting parties brought to bear upon it the this life we should not think only of pleasures, something in the way of managing her home, woman and then married another. Still a same honesty and the same intention to give and and unless we are content to, wallow like but it will be a very different place from what small straw will show which way the wind take which the law compels them to give in

of Epicuris we must

it would have been if she had been strong and blows, and it is possible to find out something an ordinary contract, there would be very few instant from 4.30 to 6 p.m.

remember that there

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to be thought of and, the possible delicacy too late. You can discover what kind of a son every profession of life-I know in my own Overture. *** Hungarian "...Kelar Bela selves Which will best, educate or bring and weakness of the children, so that some or brother he has been, what kind of a daughter profession that the companionship of good Valst........

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be and sister she has been. In his advice to woman is of immense value to a mão Selection.-

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out the best powers and facelties of our of the poor things may be said to Gounod Sang......" Love's alil Sweet Sang

whole nature Marriage has, at least a

condemned even in this world. At what young men, Cobbett advises them to choose (applause). I have seen men who have cerinin Hungarian Dante.

tendency to do this. There are some people age should a young man marry? Of course, an industrious woman, for if she be not of thatly made a great success in their career by the who so abuse their matrimony that they that greatly depends upon the man. Some kind she will make her servants lazy, and what companionship of a good woman, and I have make it a school for scandal; it ought not to

of them are more capable of taking upon them- is worse her children." And then he goes on seen men, otherwise good "whose career. be that; it ought to be a school and building selves the responsiuifities of matrimony at the

to ask, "How can the purblind lover know have been marred by their having made a wong ground for the Christian religion. A wife and

age of 25 and others at 35. 1 suppose the usual whether she who bas bereft him of his senses, choice. I am quite sure that the ladies also, children are a kind of discipline of humanity. time is between these two ages. If a man put is Industrious or the reverse." In answer to who are here present, will agree with me when At a special gathering of Scotch divines the it off much after the last named figure he is this, he points out certain outward indications. I say that the companionship of a streng, good, toast,Our Wives" was given.. One of the likely to fall into what is called the habit of The wise man never thinks of marrying a giri dhe man must be of great help and assistance MARRIAGE: BEFORE AN members who had a wife with a temper of her celebacy, and very often that is hard to break until he has seen her eat. If she eats her to them. Therefore, I take it, the summing up.

AFTER.

own was asked to join in the toast. "Aye, away from, and he continues in this bad habit meals in a careless, indifferent way, he may be of Mr. Hardy's lecture would be just this certainly," he said, "for my wife brings me to until he is about 60 years of age when he will quite sure that she won't take an interest in Wait until you come across the right person my knees in prayer a dozen times, a day, and want to experience what matrimony is like just his dinner, and although I have known many (applause); be quite sure that the motive which none of you can say the same of yours." A

as a last experie .ce, and he will commence to men who had no heart, I never met one yet guides you is not unworthy, and then don't man who had been married three times used propose right and left to everything in petti who had not a stomach (laughter). But it is look too closely into things do not think to say, in the presence of his third wife, "I coats (laughter), until at last he is picked up, useless to try and get everything. A man who beyond a certain paint whether you can afford married the world, the flesh and my present not for himself, but for his money or his posi- will not marry until he gets perfection must this or that or the other, but make your choice, wife" (laughter). My first wife cured me of tion, or because some wo nas being tired of necessarily remain unmarried. lie is a sour and I think as that is a general nile you will romance; my second taught me humility; and "Miss" wants to write " Mrs." before her name. grape hanging by a twig of obstinacy on a find that shat choice has been a success wall of great expectations, and the only (applause). Ladies and gentlemen, I will now my third made me a philosopher, (laughter). It is not natural for a young woman to marry Surely it is well worth marrying if benefits

an elderly man. A father said to his daughter, such as that, may be derived from a wife.I don't want any of these flighty, unsettled thing: to be said in his favour is that he has ask you to show your appreciation of the missed the opportunity of making some woman interesting, entertaining and instructive lectura with a temper of her own, and how much

men to ask you to be his wife. I shall myself miserable. A young man once said to his to Mr. Hardy by giving him your applause. more might be derived from a sweet and look out for a steady middle-aged sensible friend, "The fortunate lady who gets me must (loud applause). gentle woman. To love her was a liberal husband; what do you think of one about to have three qualifications. She must be hand- education. ferhaps the matter was never

years of age?" "I think father," she replied, some, rich and a fool. When asked for an summed ap better than by a minister "that, if you have no objection, I would rather explanation he said, She must be handsome who began the customary mar jage

have two of 25 1" Perhaps the best advice to and rich, or else I won't have her, and she must vice with these words "My friends, mar-

a young man on this point would be to say, be a fool or else she won't have me" (laughter), and great uncertainty to all. Do you venture?'

"Wait until you can't wait any longer." That After a choice has been made the next thing riage is a blessing to a few, a curse to many,

is to say, wait until she comes, with smiles so that remains to be done is to propose. What No objection being made, he said, "Let us

sweet and manners so gracious that you cannot a number of ways there are of doing that. If The Rev. Hardy, who was loudly ap

proceed." It is only those who are wickedly wait any longer, then propose and may you be each of the married men in this 100m plauded as he stepped on to the platforin, catet.5s, or else so stupid that they are without happy ever after. As to the age at which ladies were to write down truthfully the exact way said:-Your Excellency, ladies and gentle anxiety, who make the venture without anxiety, should marry. I don't live to burn my fingers in which he proposed, and the way perhaps men, A gentleman said to me only and without due preparation: It is a prepara with that question. If there are s me of them, that his wife went half way to meet yesterday, the worst thing about marriage is tion that should commence in earliest years. I as it is said there are, not worth looking at after him, we would have a curious and not that once you begin it you must go on with it do not, of course, mean that boys and girls 30 years of age, there are quite as many not instructive chapter of human nature to read (laughter), and perhaps you will think it is should be always planning for and thinking of, worth speaking to before it. Please yourself (laughter). I dont think any man would dare the worst thing about my lecture; but the sub-marriage, but I do think that their parents and young man; only don't marry a child or an old to propose to a young lady unless she came a ject is so very large and so connected that if teachers should remember it is a fate in front of, woman. With these and other preliminaries, little bit on the way to meet him. Then the left out some the whole might fall to pieces. them; one day they will have a wife of their the next thing then, is for the young people to next thing is to be engaged. What a delight Therefore, if I bore you to death I can only

own which they will either bless or curse, when choose each other. Ah, mel the word "choose, ful time that is. What a recreation it ask you to do what the actors do when killed

ever I hear a little boy answer his mother for young people, cannot mean choose whom 15 exclaimed a love-sick Hibernian, to be in battle on the Chinese stage-simply walk rudely I know what a lady in future is going to get they would, nor refuse whom they dislike, un falling in love; it makes the heart beat so waughter). I confess I was annoyed lately by hearing a lady say, in reference to a book

That same preparation for marrige is necessary less on pain of remaining all ibeir lives in the delicate that you can't get a wink of sleep for was laid down by the ancient state of Belgium unnatural condition of celebacy. Iirs. Grundy the pleasure of the pain." You remember in the SHIPPING AND MAIL NEWS.. DEPARTMENT. of mine called How to be Happy, though A picture I once saw in New York represented his divided society into certain sets, chiques biography of Kingsley, how a friend described

Married, that before she had read it. She

a scene in the kitchen af a peasant's house in and classes. And in one of these somewhat coming to his little curates lodging and Snd DEVELOPING and PRINTING thought it was a frivolous book, only intended Belgium. On an easy chair sits an old priest, arbitrary conditions of society there may being him engaged packing

portmanteau into to make people laugh; but afterwards she said, catechising a shy bridegroom. Near him is his some young ladies languishing in the slough which he was jumping exclaiming with de UNDERTAKEN for AMATEURS.1 found it a very serious one. Now, lady-love who would glady promise him if the of matrimonial despondency, while some gal- light, "I'm engaged, I'm engaged! I'm

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Curé were not keeping such a sharp eye on her. lant young men are ready and willing to risk off to see her! But even the engagement a serious one. Moreover, however bad 1

In the background her mother, apparently, all they have But not they have never been period must not be too much prolonged, 1 may be in other respects I did not

indifferent to matters so far beyond her com introduced (laughter), Nowadays people some don't believe in long engagements. Better to prehension, is preparing dinner fer the priest times do not marry those whom they wish at take the ball at the hop, so to speak, than to or a wedding repast for the young people, if all; but marry those whom they can. Who is row away from each o her in tastes and, they can succeed in passing the qualifying to bring the young people together and make a character. So we bring the young people to examination. In the catalogue the picture is happy match? In the present state of society, their marriage day. If ever one ab uld pray. entitled "Catechism before marriage, according who is to facilitate the intercourse of young if ever one should be grave and anxious, if to the law of Belg um, as

men and young women and enable them to ever one should keep from vain shows and and matrimonial security, think that it

1 think that know each other so that they may form a ma- vainer babble, su ely it is on the occasion of a good law which provides that before peo

trimonial alliance on the basis of knowledge two people being joined together in mariage, ought the choosing to be exercised. I must them" Society, however, has ordered differ say that I believe in love marriages.

eatly. On that occasion the young people Tell me where is fancy bred,

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CARMICHAEL

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LECTURE BY THE REV, HARDY.

One can safely say that never before in the

kong has such an entertaining lecture been given as that which delighted a crowded house at the City Hall yesterday evening, when the Rev. E. J. Hardy, M.A., Chaplain to the Forces, and author of How to be Happy, though Married spoke upon Marriage. 11. E. Major- General Sir W. J. Gascoigne, K.C.M.G., presided, and among the large and fashionable audience were noticed Lady Blake, Miss Blake, Sir John Keane (Private Secretary to H.E. the Gover nor), Lady Gascoigne, and the Chief Justice and Lady Goodman.

H. E. Major-General Gascoigne having introduced the lecturer,

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··Professor Sharp --Ladies and gentlemen,” the General has said matrimony is a dottery,: but I am sure every man present fully believes that, in that lottery, he bas’drawn a prize. We must not part without a very cordial vote of thanks to Sir William Gascoigne, not only,for presiding but for his very interesting remarks

applause); stag

The preceedings then terminated.

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think, I would ever write, or speak in any (7a8d other than seriously-about such a subject as holy matrimony, and, therefore, this after AND, if introduce to your notice any anecdotes that may make you smile, be lieve me I only do so to relieve your most awful, solemnity on this subject (laughter) There are people who smile and grin when matrimony is, mentioned, but I never could ple take pon' themselves the great respon; ráiberthan of ignorance? Upon what principle |" for better or for worse, till death part for this pott on 70th understand their positiont. I would far sooner sibilities of marriage, they should have learned laugh at death than af matrimony, because in at least that much of the catechism which this, world, at least, death is the end of all treated of the duty we owe to God and the din things, but matrimony is a beginning of all

we owe to our neighbour. One reason why mark

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in my opiniao, only one "thing on the face of too often spend the year preceding marriage of Shakespeare; he means by fancy-love, and goes through the marriage ceremony, as if im Einpreis of things and, therefre, more solema. There, is, riages are often failures is, because young men 2 Mostofyou know that in this sweet little song for she is, as it were, to the manner born, and the Canadian.

the earth more solemn than, marriage, and that in doing their duty neither to God nor to their is, of course, not to be married (sta Ora iglib.ur. Supposing a young man spent bis course, the conclusion of a Scotch girlsh, time in sowing his wild coats, he would not be when she bad asked her father's leave to marry the old Cameronian said: “It is a solemn Thing to be married, Jeanie." But," she said, [“I know that if is even more solemn to be: single," (laughter). In attempting to compare the solemnity of thers two states we'şbali kil

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were a daily occurrence. It is not so very well day, the souh the true answer is that this fancy is bred or for the man. He feels as if he were about to produced not to the bead where people think go through a surgical operation, without and speculate and make a bargain, but in the chloroform (laughter). He feels like a second heart where they feel, admire, and love That Sampson, having, for the sake of a woman is Nature's Auswer to the question. A young allowed his eyes to be put out and seems to man the first time he meets young lady does bear a large female congregation of Philistines not know what has rose wrong with him. It may calling upon him to make sport for them. If the 201

boʻmeasles. This is love. He says to himself,

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