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The Wedding Ring.

T. DE WITT TALMAGE.

Reprinted from THE CHRISTIAN HERALD. CONTENTS.

The Wedding Ring.

THE CHOICE OF A WIFE.ToC

BEAUTIFUL JEWESSES.

MODERN FEMALE LOVELINESS. NO NEED TO MARRY A FOOL. MARRIAGE NOT FOR ALL. THE FIRST STEP. EMINENT BLUNDERERS. HELLS ON EARTH NUMEROUS PITFALLS. A MISTAKE IRREPARABLE. NOBLE WIVES. AVOID MATCHMAKERS. AVOID SCOFFERS. TWO ESSENTIAL QUALITIES. BEAUTY A BENEDICTION. A WIFE'S DEATH.

THE CHOICE OF A HUSBAND.ToC

VOLUNTARY CELIBACY. A BENEFICENT SPINSTERHOOD. A GLIMPSE OF HEAVEN. ILLUSTRIOUS SPINSTERS. A DIFFICULT BUSINESS. PARTNERS TO AVOID. HUSBANDS SELDOM REFORM. MEN WEDDED TO THE WORLD. PREDESTINATION IN MARRIAGE. THE TWO JOURNEYS; THE ADVERTISING BRUTE. MARRY INDEPENDENT MEN. AVOID PERFECT MEN. PLENTY OF GOOD HUSBANDS. FIDELITY IN ADVERSITY. THE WEDDING. VISIT THE OLD HOME.

CLANDESTINE MARRIAGE.ToC

KINK IN THE HUMAN RACE DEPLORABLE LAXITY. GROWING POPULARITY. A MATRIMONIAL TRAGEDY. THE DIME NOVEL. THE SCHEME OF BAD MEN. SOCIAL DEGRADATION. OX AND EAGLE. REVERSED RELATIONS. INVOLVES DECEPTION. CONFIDE IN PARENTS. UNDER THE LIGHT.

DUTIES OF HUSBANDS TO WIVES.ToC

THE NUPTIAL MEETING. THE RESPONSIBILITY UNDERTAKEN. A RISKY VOYAGE. THE WIFE'S TEMERITY. ENTITLED TO ADMIRATION. LOVERS' PROMISES BINDING. A WESTERN EDEN. LOVERS' ATTENTIONS. DON'T BE PREOCCUPIED. THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT. NEVER FLIRT. TONE UP. RESPECT HER PIETY. THE PRIEST OF THE HOUSEHOLD. A HUSBAND IMPRISONED.

DUTIES OF WIVES TO HUSBANDS.ToC

A FAIR PROPITIATOR. ABIGAIL'S BAD BARGAIN. RESPECT SELF-SACRIFICE. BE LOVABLE. DO NOT COMPLAIN. AVOID MEDDLERS. BE INTELLIGENT. ADORN THE HOME. THE TRUE SPHERE. A PRESSING WANT. A DEADLY SIN. THE HEAD OF THE HOUSEHOLD. A CONTRAST. FOOTNOTES:

COSTUME AND MORALS.ToC

THE FIRST WARDROBE THE GODDESS OF FASHION. MASCULINE FOLLIES. INDELICATE APPAREL. STAGE COSTUMES. DRAWING-ROOM RIVALRY. EXTRAVAGANCE. AN INCENTIVE TO DISHONESTY. THE TRAGEDY OF CLOTHES! CURTAILS BENEVOLENCE. DISTRACTS ATTENTION. MENTAL IMPOVERISHMENT. BARS HEAVEN. PERPETUAL ENVY. JUDGMENT TO COME. FOOTNOTES:

HUSBANDS AND WIVES.ToC

A MOST CONGRATULATORY THOUGHT PRESCRIPTIONS FOR DOMESTIC HAPPINESS; CONSULTATION. A BEAUTIFUL INCIDENT. A BANKER NO SECRETS FORBEARANCE. RELIGIOUS SENTIMENTS. CULTIVATE EACH OTHER'S RELIGIOUS WELFARE. COTTON MATHER'S DESCRIPTION WHAT THE LORD THINKS OF IT?

MATRIMONIAL DISCORDS.ToC

THE SOCIAL BALANCE. A RELIC OF EDEN. THE HOME ASSAULTED. THE ASSAULT OF THE SORDID. THE BENEFICENT GUEST. FORBEARANCE NEEDED. A GRANDFATHER'S APOLOGY. A GODLESS MOTHER'S GRIEF. MATRIMONIAL CONGENIALITY. GENTEEL BUSINESS. LOVE TO PRESIDE. A HOUSE NOT A HOME. LIGHTS OUT. HAPPINESS IN POVERTY.

HOTELS VERSUS HOMES.ToC

THE VALUE OF HOTELS. QUEENLY CATERERS. PROMOTERS OF GOSSIP. A PANDEMONIUM A WRONG TO CHILDREN. THE LONG WIDE NET WHAT A HOME IS. HAZARDOUS TO MORALS. THE LARES AND PENATES. HOSPITALITY CURTAILED. CUP OF TEN CURVES, SMALL HOMES NEEDED SOMETHING TO SAVE FOR. A DAILY WRESTLE CHRIST IN THE HOME.

EASY DIVORCE.ToC

"UNHAPPILY MARRIED" THE ALLEVIATION OUR NATIONAL SCOURGES. POLYGAMY IN UTAH. PUSTULOUS LITERATURE, HOW EASY IT IS NOW. WHAT WE WANT HOW IS IT NOW? UNIFORM LAW THE FATAL MISTAKE INCONSIDERATE MARRIAGES. ADVICE TO LOVERS. ASK FATHER AND MOTHER'S COUNSEL ASK GOD. AVOID FIRST QUARRELS; FOOTNOTES:

MATERNITY.ToC

THE MODEL CHRISTIAN MOTHER. AN INDUSTRIOUS MOTHER. A HEATHENISH IDEA INFLUENTIAL WOMEN AN INTELLIGENT MOTHER. BRINGING UP A CHILD. A CHRISTIAN MOTHER. ANXIOUS MOTHERS A WORLDLY MOTHER THE REWARDED MOTHER. THE OLD CHRISTIAN MOTHER,

THE CHILDREN'S PATRIMONY.ToC

BEHOLD A TABLEAU: I BELIEVE IN BLOOD ROYAL RASCALS. FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS. TWO INACCURACIES. YOUR DUTY. THE OLD FOLKS. CHRISTIAN ANCESTRY. AN UNWRITTEN WILL THE CAPITAL ACCOUNT. THE TRUSTEE OF PIETY AN OLD CRADLE, AN ENTRY IN A DIARY. "MY MOTHER'S BIBLE. EVIL PARENTAGE, IT MAY BE RESISTED, CONQUER YOUR WILL. ADOPTED CHILDREN.

THE MOTHER OF ALL.ToC

A CORRESPONDING INTELLIGENCE THE RESIDENCE OF THE WOMAN THE FIRST MARRIAGE. A FORBIDDEN TREE "THE WORLD IS LOST!" INQUISITIVENESS? HEALTHFUL CURIOSITY CURIOSITY BLASTED HER TREES OF MYSTERY THIS GODDESS OF SPLUTTER. FRENCH NOVELS, TREACHEROUS FRUIT. SWEET AT THE START, PERDITION BOUGHT FOR A SIXPENCE. VOTARIES OF PLEASURE. HIDEOUS ATTRACTIVENESS. A TERRIBLE OFFSET INFLUENCE OF WOMAN. WIVES AND MOTHERS ONE MODEL,

SISTERLY INFLUENCE.ToC

MIRIAM'S VIGIL. AN ADROIT MAIDEN. HEBREW LEGENDS. UNIQUE BURIAL. THE WORLD INDEBTED. THE ELDER SISTER'S POWER. HER TOILSOME LIFE. HELP TO MAKE MEN. TEASING A FAMILY CURSE. BEWARE OF JEALOUSY. FAMILY QUARRELS. THE ROTHSCHILDS. THE FAMILY BOND. A RUSSIAN BANQUET. BE AGREEABLE.

TRIALS OF HOUSEKEEPING.ToC

THE WELCOME TO CHRIST. DIFFERENCE IN SISTERS. TROUBLE IN THE KITCHEN. NON-APPRECIATION. A WEARING LIFE. ASSURED SYMPATHY. SEVERE ECONOMY. A PREPARATION. THE TRIAL OF SICKNESS. THE PROSE OF MATRIMONY. GLORIOUS SELF-SACRIFICE. A BARBAROUS PEDAGOGUE. A CHRISTIAN HOUSEKEEPER. FOOTNOTES:

WOMAN ENTHRONED.ToC

COMFORTING THE SICK. "WHERE IS MOTHER?" WE WANT TO DIE AT HOME. THE CHRONICLES OF HEAVEN, WOMEN DID THEIR WORK CARE OF THE POOR. AMONG THE DESTITUTE! THE HAUNTS OF INIQUITY IN THE MISSION SCHOOL; SOLICITATION OF CHARITIES. RIGHT TO COMFORT TELL YOUR WIFE BRING TO US THE KINGDOM THE GREATEST SERMONS "MY MOTHER'S PRAYERS AN IMMORTAL MARRIAGE, THE CAUSE OF MY RUIN." TO REACH HEAVEN. A BANQUET.

THE OLD FOLKS' VISIT.ToC

A BAD LOT OF BOYS. THE NEWS WAS TOO SUDDEN ROYALTY AND RUSTICITY, A VERY TENDER SORROW. CHILDREN IN HEAVEN, A THRILLING VISIT A GREAT DAY WITH YOU KINDLY PROVISION POOR RELATIONS!" SHARE YOUR SUCCESSES SELF-SACRIFICING ONES QUEEN OF SELF-SACRIFICE CELIBATES. IN THE KING'S PALACE.

THE DOMESTIC CIRCLE.ToC

EVERY MAN'S OPPORTUNITY. WHAT A HOME IS. HOME MANNERS. AUDUBON'S GREATNESS. HOME A REFUGE. A POLITICAL SAFEGUARD. AS A SCHOOL. CHEERFUL HOMES. CHILDREN'S CURSES. THE EXILE. HOMESICKNESS. THE HOME-GATHERING. A DREAM. "WE HAVE NO POOR