The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-10-21

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a1f - a0ss heart szs1s, snd we rsha1 vso-
sesfss axAznss The Fate that Hsszsa chair Is
20 circumstances
IN rEtn- when . szxn iovex uesrss-
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lssss o. AnE q tanse ether ess-krnxr
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saresy y Is 81 sale1zsy ca their part 70 De-
afseTsfegy transmit zoe same 20 rozssrzfv.
~ II ffaf tHts cssfa4rt1 the Assh OF Their
1@sh wfo szser-Errespozzis h~xzgs.
aFolgAs into ths wUri@ without 6sssfe az
sneg eEn. wssas0Gf @veT their permission
nf4sg aske1- Peer Ess8e children xsxsrneS
doomed from fsAe1- birth "a szsser mourn
iasiy. Ezst without rsproznh, the cvaesess
lnSiEzssses te&s SRtnTe kas IN Store Tor hs-
oTfErzzxs- And y j. not onty tlsey xhc
suffer TIE mother, the father, whichever
= fssF he thai has gwen tae terrible czrse
Dow Keen zETsst he theEr rs-norse as they
See sAs child ~ their love 6zsnSsie slowly
1ssso eorsGEzEfsss grave ere vet life has
orFned rs sasl charms for 4. or else
drarred from tbsi- desTAiring arms to az
AsylE1a. 70 enc IA life n snr~exr and non
comprehension of anything that makes cur
daily LIE bearaAle.
There are. however. ether hiyszrzncss 10
marriage more easily 20 re disposed Of
want o. moDey. We esi know nsesauchr.av
instances OF those nlzrrsed lives. ferurs n
al rood wssl OBJ lore alone, u1fhSzsf q penny
10 Support thAf airy little fsIlrw WHOSE
wings are 80 suggestive OF t,0wer 70 Or
away azsa I'd h1rasea OF al res ryors5s,sl1sv
and EzirsleAsaStysesS "a moments notice
Those melancholy instances should be a
warning 10 us. and ] bore, sometimes are
bat IN spite 81 al warnings. inaproviaer.s
marriages are SIS frequent stsll as tAev are
universally sl1sasfronx.
Love II aeiigktfEi--ihe one real gift ~
life Bat II should not he abused. Fur q
Young saa1 10 nzgrry yonng woman with
no settled means OF sustaining her through
Out the sixty ODD years or 80 that Provi-
deDce may allo; thrTa On this terrestrial
Tsain. approaches almost IA q crime in the
estimation OF any thourhtful person.
Eere. again the children come IL. They
throughout must be fAe READ sufferers
ffh9se fragile beginnings Of 3 mighty
end" as Mrs. Merton has II.
What wsnton cruelty il Is 10 hiring into
the world little souis that should De- saved
TO expose them 20 nothing bat the buffet.
and uisrorfnnes OF q world that has
sympathy only for the r1ch and awesl-to-
dc. as the phrase goes. No monev to ed
ucsse them. scarcely enough food 70 rear
them heartily. chance OF college forever
n the background, even though the father
may have been college man ia his day,
and therefore cognizsnt OF all the adwan-
sAges to be derived therefrora How sad
fo- the father, bow doublv sad for the son !
A fright boy. perhaps, who would prob
ably have distinguished himself. had OPP
rssr;unity been gives him. Surely the
mother and father of that child who have
deliberately wIlieG him 70 a lie Of poverty
and lnslsui6cance, must feel the strongest
panrs OF remorse IS they gaze on him and
noie the aswning Of . genius that might
have made his name ring gioriousiy in the
arena q the world. had they the means 20
help hin forward in his career
OF al kinds Of selfisbness, the mar who
makes al itnprovident marriage Is guilty
OF the greatest. For the mere indulgence of
his desires be condemns 10 misery many
seal. When the world is little more
/ perfect. | hope there will I've Law forbid
j
n sufficient income wherewith 10 keep up
/ the dignity Of The married state
Another strong hinG-ance 10 ms:rimony
+ II difference IN religion. People Of OPP
posite religious beliefs would do well to
avoid each other II one is a Roman
i tatholsc. the other Protestant. an an
spoken and often carefully concealed. bat
nevertheless strong antagonism must exist
+ in either bosom. Each thinks the other in
+ the wrong. each feels eager TO defend
his or her own religion. One with each
other as they may be on all other points
there is ever a reservation in The back
ground. q secret differing that DESTROYS the
harmony, the perfect confidence that
+ should be the mainstay of the relations
/ that bind together the man and his wife
Sa1der siill. however, Is il for the man or
woman with strong spiritual beliefs to wed
an atheist Two atheists welded will
/ probably pull along together pretty veil
Though what guides them Heaven alone
knows. but for one human creature with
an earnest sense Of the reality attach
ing Itself 10 the divine to elect 10
spend long life with another who thinks
only ct the extinction that in his estima-
ton, awaits the lower AMI higher animals
alike. muss be but sorrowiui thing Here
too 3 great gulf is fixed between the CON-
plete trust that married hearts should
know.
There are many minor reasons why Ger
tain people sho4id not wed with certain
other people. But they are not under
standesi OF the people. a rule Others,
again. know and dare al things /, is ex-
traor6snAry how many rush 10 the
altar with Their eyes open 10 faults
fatal 10 married happiness. Iacongruiiy of
temper tears larger holes in wediock than
anv other fault We know yet you will see
daily, TAG people utterly unsuited. barely
able 10 comprehend each other characters
and tosaliy unable 10 deal with them. sirn
the bond which condemns them for life
- the closest intimacy OF all.
You will see too, the clever. earnest stu
dent select As has Bosom. companion the
silly frivolous child barely cut of her
school room. with depth Of .rnind. with
cgt the ysgUesi sense OF responsibility,
ard without nothing TO recommend her
save her unfortunately pretty face. In vain
the husband }ooks t0r sympathy In his
work beneath that perfect exterior in vain
the Young wife looks fer sympathy IN her
girlish eight Is from her sobeT. thoughtful
husband A fen gRoaths. year, perhaps.
tie UNION lasts, and then the world is cleo
trised rs the news that separation he
tween them Is imminent or that stil sad
der thing-a divorce.
The marriage without affection should re
also strongly diScountcnAnced. ] know il
has been Ass6 can BE- argued that such Ar