Sunday, January 06, 2008

Dr. Peter Piper's Way Back Machine


Instruction and advice for the young bride. Excerpt from a late-19th century treatise written by a minister's wife:

One cardinal rule of marriage should never be forgotten: GIVE LITTLE, GIVE SELDOM, AND ABOVE ALL, GIVE GRUDGINGLY. Otherwise what could have been a proper marriage could become an orgy of sexual lust.