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"Is it worth while to marry for a home?"

This question obviously came from a woman, although many a man has asked himself whether it would not be wise to marry a good housewife and settle down to a comfortable home life, even without romance.

People who ask if it is worthwhile to marry for a home are often people who have been married and have lost their homes for one reason or another. They want to experience once more what it meant in former years to have a good comfortable harbor of refuge from the storms of life.

It looks fascinating to them. They picture the firelight glow, and the cosy corner, the tempting warm meal at evening time served from the kitchen to hungry folks glad to escape from the world into what we know as home.

The joy of some women is to make such a home for a man and to feel his strong arms ready to reach