ery beautiful persons rarely do or should marry; nor two extra
homely. The fact is a little singular that very handsome women, who of
course can have their pick, rarely marry good-looking men, but generally
give preference to those who are homely; because that {173} exquisiteness
in which beauty originates naturally blends with that power which
accompanies huge noses and disproportionate features.

12. Rapid movers, speakers, laughers, etc., should marry those who are calm
and deliberate, and impulsives those who are stoical; while those who are
medium may marry those who are either or neither, as they prefer.

13. Noses indicate characters by indicating the organisms and temperaments.
Accordingly, those noses especially marked either way should marry those
having opposite nasal characteristics. Roman noses are adapted to those
which turn up, and pug noses to those turning down; while straight noses
may marry either.

14. Men who love to command must be especially careful not to marry
imperious, women's-rights woman; while those who willingly "obey order;"
need just such. Some men require a wife who shall take their part; yet all
who do not need strong-willed women, should be careful how they marry them.

15. A sensible woman should not marry an obstinate but injudicious,
unintelligent man; because she cannot long endure to see and help him
blindly follow his poor, but spurn her good, plans.

16. The reserved or secretive should marry the frank. A cunning man cannot
endure the least artifice in a wife. Those who are non-committal must marry
those who are demonstrative; else, however much they may love, neither will
feel sure as to the other's affections, and each will distrust the other,
while their children will be deceitful.

17. A timid woman should never marry a hesitating man, lest, like
frightened children, each keep perpetually re-alarming the other by
imaginary fears.

18. An industrious, thrifty, hard-working man should marry a woman
tolerably saving and industrious. As the "almighty dollar" is now the great
motor-wheel of humanity, and that to which most husbands devote their
entire lives, to delve alone is uphill work.

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Marriage Securities.

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1. SEEK EACH OTHER'S HAPPINESS.--A selfish marriage that seeks only its own
happiness defeats itself. Happiness is a fire that will not burn long on
one stick. {175}

2. DO NOT MARRY SUDDENLY.--It can a