FROM the latest divorce cases it appears that as soon as a married couple get rich enough to keep two automobiles they at once begin to travel separate roads. DON'T think your husband has ceased to love you merely because he has begun to lie to you; it's when he stops taking the trouble to whitewash himself that you have real grounds for that suspicion. MANY a woman thinks she has married a hero until she tries to get him to go out and reason with the janitor. A GOOD husband may be the "salt of the earth," but he often seems more like the pepper. THE trouble with the marriage tie is that it's so tight that most people get tangled up or frazzled out trying to loosen it.


WHEN a young man rails at marriage, listen for the wedding bells; a confirmed bachelor is too indifferent on the subject to be bitter about it. A MAN doesn't think he has had a good time unless he has a headache the next morning. THERE is no such thing as a confirmed bachelor in the countries where harems are fashionable. IT isn't tying himself to one woman that a man dreads when he thinks of marrying; it's separating himself from all the others. WHAT a man considers his "personal distinction," and a girl refers to as his "charming personality," is often nothing more than a good tailor and a smart haberdasher.


BEING good is merely keeping up with the styles; what was immoral ten years ago is only fashionable now, and what is shocking now will be only fashionable ten years hence. WONDER how many wives have been awakened from love's young dream by a snore. IT'S the men who are least particular about their own morals who are the most particular about a woman's; if Satan should come up here seeking a wife, he would probably demand an angel with gilt wings instead of a nice congenial little devil. APPEALING to a man's sense of humor when he has just lathered his face for shaving, is about as effective as appealing to a cat's sense of honor when she sees a chance to steal the milk.


A MAN loses his illusions first, his teeth second and his follies last. SOMEHOW, the wagon a woman hitches to a star always turns out a baby carriage. A GOOD lie in time saves nine poor ones next morning. WHEN a girl refuses a man his chagrin is always tempered by his astonishment that she could be so blind to her own good fortune. THE troublesome part of love and everything nice is that it always must end; but then that's the nice part of matrimony and everything troublesome. THAT old saw about marrying a man to get rid of him isn't a joke. It's the best way.

ABSENCE may make the heart grow fonder, but it is more likely to make the head grow steadier; there is nothing like total abstinence to cure you of "that dizzy feeling" that comes from either love or cocktails. BY THE awkwardness with which some men make love, you would fancy they had learned how in a correspondence school. AS lovers men are inclined to be general practitioners rather than specialists. IT MAY be possible to patch up a wornout love affair, but the darned places will always rub even if they don't show. IF a man would display the same patience in catering to a wife that he does in coloring an old meerschaum pipe matrimony would be as pleasant as a pipe dream.