Why His Marriage Failed
By O. S. Marden
He regarded children as a nuisance. He did all his courting before marriage. He never talked over his affairs with his wife. He never had time to go anywhere with his wife. He doled out money to his wife as to a beggar. He looked down upon his wife as an inferior being. He never took time to get acquainted with his family. He thought of his wife only for what she could bring to him. He never dreamed that there were two sides to marriage. He never dreamed that a wife needs praise or compliments. He had one set of manners for home and another for society. He paid no attention to his personal appearance after marriage. He married an ideal, and was disappointed to find it had flaws. He thought his wife should spend all her time doing housework. He treated his wife as he would not have dared to treat another woman. He never dreamed that his wife needed a vacation, recreation, or change. He never made concessions to his wife’s judgment, even in unimportant matters. He thought the marriage vow had made him his wife’s master, instead of her partner. He took all the little attentions lavished on him by his wife as his by “divine right,” and not as favors. He always carried his business troubles home with him, instead of locking them in his store or office when he closed.—O. S. Marden.