Marriage
111 Articles & Excerpts
The Family Jar
Happiness And Marriage by Elizabeth Towne If a man and woman love each other and are every way suited to marry should they yield to the opposition of his grown daughter? M.A. This question in varying forms comes to me often. It always stirs within me something I used to call righteous indignation
The Nervous Housewife by Abraham Myerson, M.D. Did the semi-mythical Cave Man (who is perhaps only a pseudo-scientific creation) on his return from a prehistoric hunt find his leafy spouse all in tears over her staglocythic house-cleaning, or the conduct of the youngest cave child?
A Tale of Woe
Happiness And Marriage by Elizabeth Towne Why is it that, in more than two-thirds of families the wife and mother bears not only the children but the burdens and heartaches? The husband supplies the money (generally not enough), the wife has the care of a growing and increasing family
The Pharisee Up-To-Date
Happiness And Marriage by Elizabeth Towne As long as you continue to hug the delusion that you are not to blame for the unpleasant things in your conditions you might just as well profess the old thought as the new. The very fundamental principle of mental science is the statement
The Family and it's Members by Anna Garlin Spencer With such helpful narrowing of choices there would still remain many dangers to be avoided if the divorce statistics are to be held within bounds of social safety.
A Little Different Approach
Super Bowl Marriage by Terry Owens Television and movies often portray love as a powerful feeling. People fall in love, but the feeling eventually dulls. People fall out of love. It's part of a natural progression. The time comes to move on. Maybe fall in love again.
The Loving Gift of Being Fully Present
Wake Up or Break Up: 8 Crucial Steps to Strengthening Your Relationship by Leonard Felder, Ph.D. What would it be like if you and your partner became excellent listeners on a daily basis? For example, think back through the months or years you have known your partner and recall the times when the two of you talked like best friends who truly cared
Evening Round-Up by William Crosbie Hunter A wife is either a partner or an employee. If a partner, she has a right to the fifty-fifty split on profits; if an employee she is entitled to her wages. A thrifty husband is commendable, but a show me what you did with that money
The Good Housekeeping Marriage Book: Twelve Steps to a Happy Marriage by Various The articles that are printed in this book made what was in my opinion the most important, the most constructive, series on a single subject that Good Housekeeping has published in the quarter century and more that I was its editor.
First Commitment: Centering
Marriage from the Heart: Eight Commitments of a Spiritually Fulfilling Life Together by Lois Kellerman, Nelly Bly In this enlightening guide, pastoral counselor and Ethical Culture Leader Lois Kellerman and coauthor Nelly Bly help couples discover eight core commitments that are the foundation for a deeply fulfilling marriage-Honoring, Caring, Centering, Choosing
A Mystery
Happiness And Marriage by Elizabeth Towne I desire to come face to face with the person or persons who are controlling and influencing my husband against his home and children and myself. He has been estranged from us all for several years, although sleeping under the same roof.
Character
by Samuel Smiles The character of men, as of women, is powerfully influenced by their companionship in all the stages of life. We have already spoken of the influence of the mother in forming the character of her children.
Woman; Man's Equal by Thomas Webster The publishers of WOMAN MAN'S EQUAL conscientiously feel that they are placing before the public the discussion of one of the most important topics of the day; and they indulge the strong conviction that the author of this little volume presents
Quit Your Worrying! by George Wharton James I now approach a difficult part of my subject, yet I do it without trepidation, fear, or worry as to results. There are, to my mind, a few fundamental principles to be considered and observed, and each married couple must learn to fight the battle
Harmony At Home
Happiness And Marriage by Elizabeth Towne I have recently married for the second time. My husband is a splendid man but his grown up children are not in harmony with me. Good people, but a different point of view. I make no pretensions to perfection, of course, but I do try to do the best lean.
Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary
by Voltaire I came across a reasoner who said: 'Engage your subjects to marry as soon as possible; let them be exempt from taxes the first year, and let their tax be distributed over those who at the same age are celibate.
Golden Steps to Respectability, Usefulness and Happiness by John Mather Austin It is not impossible that some may doubt the propriety of introducing into the pulpit the subject which will claim our attention this evening. Marriage is a topic of so much every-day conversation; it is so often and habitually treated as a light
Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women by George S. Weaver Our present theme for our young female friends is Marriage. In treating it we feel impressed with its solemn and practical importance. Talk of Marriage as we will, it is a serious and stern reality.
How to Get on in the World: A Ladder to Practical Success by Major A.R. Calhoon Mention has been made of the great influence on character of the right kind of a home, in childhood and youth. The right kind of a home depends almost entirely on the right kind of a wife or mother.
The Answer
Fascinating Womanhood by Helen Andelin How to Make Your Marriage a Lifelong Love Affair. What makes a woman fascinating to her husband? What is happiness in marriage for a woman? These are just two of the questions Helen B. Andelin answers in the bestselling classic that has already brought
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