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he vi a OER OIA Bales A PDEs _ this day and execute a contract than an individual THE MIRROR "a THE MIRROR THE MIRROR PUBLISHED EVERY PRIDAY AT THB FLETCHER JOHNSTON PRESS, 123 ON- TARIO ST., STRATFORD. PHONE |1l5w FLETCHER JOHNSTON, EDITOR ee SUBSCRIPTION RATE - $1.00 A YBAR Stratford, March 16, 1928 1S THE GOOD SHIP FOUNDERING? The question, "Is The Good Ship Matrimony Foundering?", is asked in generation. Judging from the publicity that is being given the question of companionable mar- riage it would appear that a great number of present day marriages are not "Companionable,"' for according to statistics one out of every seven, it is said, isa failure. This, says Joseph Collins. in a recent issue of The Bookman, is not to be wondered at since partners rarely give any thought to these matters. In the same article he quotes another writ- er on this subject as having said: "Nearly everyone woos the wrong Person, and not one person in a thousand knows how to lead a prop- er married life." Which, in reality is a state of tension and is now pass- ing through a serious crisis. This is rather q startling statement and whether it be true or not it is not true that nearly that many would be willing to make such an admission. The success of companionable mar- riages, from the individual and selfish angle, and from that standpoint they must be a success, or else they need not exist, probably is accounted for from the fact that the parties are not bound by law or' church, but through ties that are subjective rath- er than objective. Joseph Collins gives his reason why marirage is rarely a success because it is contracted while the partners are insane, but it is to be feared were it not for these mental illusions mar- riages would become far less popular. Marirages contracted from a purely common sense arrangement are few. How many on the other hand stop to figure out or analyze their tempera- mental adaptation to each other be- fore marriage, but afterwards they very often realize that their likes and dislikes are far apart as the north and south poles. The husband may like to stay home and play pok- er and the wife attend picture shows or attend dances. He may like a little drink or two while she abhors the horrid stuff. Sides of course are taken after marriage, but sel- dom before. However, the writer's views in the Bookman, on why mar- riage is rarely a success, are rather interesting: The vast majority of the young menand women who marry are in no more favorable mental state to who cannot be persuaded to eat or drink, and who is wholly beyond com- petence to look after his own inter- ests or guard the welfare of others. Like all nsanities which are not based on organic disorder, it ends in full sanity. Then the participants realize that they are temperamentally unfit to live with One another, that he or she is not what was expected, and that marriage, on the whole, is a resume of the tortures of the damned. Two young people fall in love with one another: that is, they believe that they cannot live without one an- other, and the lust they experience is like a devouring fire that will burn all in front of it unless measures are taken to prevent it. Marriage is the measure. After a few months of comparative bliss, the "old man" comes to the surface in both partici- Pants: they discover that they know nothing of each other, they do not even know if they likd one another, and they have to go through the pro- cess of adjustment which, logically, should be failure--it is something akin to a miracle when it is not." Probably the chief obstacle to suc- cessful matrimony is hasty and ill ad- vised marriage. Far greater success attends marriage in countries where it is largely "an arrangement" than in our country where it is bad form to bargain before having the benefit of clergy. WOUNDED LION. He--After ali, I am sure there is no place like home. She--Why, has somethng unpleas- ant happened at the club, dear?-- Pearson's Weekly (London). ~FOX'S Jewelry and Leather Goods How about trading that old watch In on a new one ? Watch repairs called for and de- livered. "The Store With a Heart" 14134 Downie St. | TIRES Just call our Phone No. 140 and say, "I would like to have my tires looked over before the spring rush." Do it now while you think of it and avoid the rush. Bill Keil 201 Ontario St. Phone 140 All Work Guaranteed. J. S. RUSSELL Registered Architect Phone 1533F Gordon Block Subscribe for The Mirror. Special Prices Aluminum Kitchen Utensils Daisy Tea Kettles. Preserving Kettles. 14-qt. Dish Pans... 144-qt. Sauce Pans 2-qt. Sauce Pans Dippers SEE WINDOW. J. L. 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First, make the dining room light and cheerful, but not blazing. Be sure it is well ventilated and that the general appearance is attractive. According to my ideas one should not have a caterer or decorators. The hostess should know enough to give a dinner and attend to all decorations. If she does not the dinner will be a failure to many people. It may not be a failure to her, but it will to her most distinguished guests. Barbar- ous effects and the striving for some- thing new are inelegant. Everything must be suited to the environments. Aim at simplicity, something that is exceedingly pleasing and rather har- monious. The table coverings should be of good quality, well laundered, with as few marks as possible, and absolute- ly spotless. The napkins for dinner should be large, at least three-quart- ers of a yard square, and of excéed- ingly good quality. All table linen should be sufficiently heavy to have body without starch. The laws gov- erning linen are inflexible as the laws of serving. Never fold napkins in fancy shapes; it bespeaks of the or- dinary restaurant, and do not crimp your table cloths. Do not place this cloth, heavy though it may be, on the table's bare top. Put first over an ordinary table blanket or padding made for the purpose; see that this is fastened Knives and spoons should be placed at the right of the plate, forks at the left. If oysters are to form the first course, the oyster fork may be placed across the oyster plate or at the extreme righet of the spoons. If one is living in a very conventional way and purse permits, it is well to have knives and forks for each course. There are many, many spe- cial pieces of this kind that are at- tractive. Butter knives, fish knives, cheese knives, large forks for the meat course, dessert knives and fruit knives. At a conventional dinner, have six or eight courses, not counting what is called dessert, crackers, cheese and_ coffee. All courses should be served on dishes abso- lutely hot, and cold food dishes ab- solutely cold. The first course will be oysters on the half shell. Pass with them horseradish, tobasco and light, crisp crackers. Next will be soup, for a dinner always a thin soup, consumme, bouillon, or clear turtle. This will be eaten with a tablespoon or 4 regular soup spoon. Pass with the soup thick slices of bread or bread sticks. Following the soup will be a boiled fish, with sauce Hollandaise, served ing and potato balls. Next the en- tree, which may be chicken, or sweetbreead pattier, or a chicken ol sweetbread timbale. Following come _ the pieces de re- sistance. For a conventional din- ner a fillet of beef, with mushroom Sauce, sweet potato or rice cro- quettes; or roasted turkey, with plain boiled rice and peas; or roasted capon, or a haunch of venison with brown sweet potatoes. Following this comes the game course. A roasted bird or squab served as plain as possible, with let- tuce, grape fruit or organe_ salad, always with French dressing. If you prefer to leave out the game course, serve lettuce with French dressing, or cold asparagus and French dressing. After this comes the sweet, which may be an ice cream, with tiny cakes, then the dessert, cheese, crackers and_ coffee. Everything but the decorations are removed from the table, the table crumbed before this dessert is served. This is the first time the guest is left without a plate. Now in front of each guest put a plate holding a doily and finger bowl. When the dessert, cheese, erackers and coffee, is served, this dessert plate will be changed for an- other clean plate, but the finger bowls will remain; candies, raisins and nuts may be passed. At all con- centional dinners, this service should be followed; in fact, I should not change it for a home dinner, except in the number of courses. FUNERAL SERVICE R. 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