Adaptability - Cultivate a taste for each other’s interests.
Belief - Trust one another.
Children - Be of one mind on the subject.
Devotion - Don’t be sparing with love.
Entertainment - Keep each other amused and interested.
Finesse - Handle each other with tact.
Generosity - Don’t be stingy with love or money or praise.
Health - Keep it as well as you can and don’t talk about your symptoms.
Interests - Enter into everything the other does.
Jokes - Laugh at ‘em.
Kindness - Never fail to show each other tenderness and sympathy.
Love - Never let your supply run low.
Money - Agree before marriage about the division of the family income.
Need - Of each other. Make yourself a necessity to your mate.
Observation - Notice when the wife has a new gown or the husband looks particularly spick and span.
Politeness - Treat each other as courteously as you would strangers.
Quiet - Keep a peaceful home.
Respect - Show deference to each other’s opinions and intelligence.
Sportsmanship - Take marriage on the chin and come up smiling.
Tenderness - Be all heart to your husband or wife.
Understanding - Enter into the thoughts and feelings of your mate.
Virtue - No philandering on the side.
Willingness - Both husband and wife be willing to help each other pull their weight back in the boat.
Xtra attention - Especially when one is downhearted or sick.
Yes - Flattery is the oil that lubricates the domestic machine.
Zero - Your marriage will never be zero if you follow these rules.
*From the Cameron Collegian, May 16, 1945, p. 2