The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-03-30

Them Is the hcy 10 iNouhuceh
warning to All Young Men.
Lieutenant Oscar Prince is rapidly
reaching the age when his friends will
stop rsl,ing him the question. why
don { YOU get married?' and substitute
for it, "How did it happen, old man,
that Won never married?' Lieutenant
Prince IL us acceptable as the average
man. and he has no antimatrimonial
views He is. however, victim of wed.
dinvs, aut! therein lies the explanation
of his failure to marry One of the fin
est collections of scarfpins in thic city
mas he found in his bachelor apart.
ments, but no wife.
My collection of scarfpins was be.
gun about te' years ago, he said, land
each one represents II scar more or less
serious They have simply made a pin
cushion of my heart. My case am
sure. is an unusual one, and am will
ing tn discuss it, that it may serve as n
warning to Young men Let me start
with the assertion that believe in the
noble institution of marriage, and it
was probably my advocacy of 1t while
/ wus mt West Point that suggested to
clas ssniate-Eruwn-to write mo to
act as his Lest man when he got mar
ried Let me see The date on that
pearl pin is SS1, isn't II? Yes, that
was Browns little token. Brown had q
fiiie wedding. and az | had been sta
toned west at God forsaken post since
leaving the Point it was my first OPP
portunity to get at short range with
eastern girls There are no girls like
them, my boy and don make any mis-.
take about that
Brown was married in Newport.
and we did have a good time Let me
look at that pin again. Yes, Ethel was
her name. You see, have it tagged on
the pin Ethel was mighty fine girl
tall good swing and high stopper.
We hit it of together in fine shape
Who was Ethel? Why, in this case, she
was the maid of honor We had de-
lighful week at Newport, and when
went back to my post | had Ethel's per-
mission to write to her i heard the
oth,r day that her oldest hopeful was
the star boy in kindergarten "
Lieutenant Prince priled his pipe
hard Tor two minutes.
- tbel was. all things considered,
abouT rs nice as any of them. We might
have zen very happy together, but for
Jone wedding think it was Jones
Just and mt that little clover leaf pin,
vii ou? Yes, it was Jones. Here is
the u9re 1888. and tagged to the pin is
MauG name You don't understand.
No. Il course not You haven't acted
as he-t man or usher in 40 weddings l
thou 1t q lot about Ethel while on the
rail- d train that took me tu Boston,
wher Jones married. and there | met
Maud There IS something very demoral.
izine bout q associations of we'd
ding party ii olap is at all suscepti-
BILE nc girls all rejoice with the bride,
and hey are all in their best frocks
Som low you begin to speculate about
your If, you know, and wonder how
you Vould appear as the bridegroom
witt One Of tho bridesmaids as bride
Mat was q ,ierent from Ethel, more
viva-ious, AM then she was short and
Etho was tall. On the night of the
wed ng a cd Maud if might write
TO he Dear Maud | wonder what has
beco of hr isent back all of her
lettei aud b.r photograph just short
time liter Adams got married. That is
the PA i'll tle Cnshion-the one with
the small dia non In the center Adams
was carried tnrc1 months after Jones,
and was an usher Those three months
were happy ones, and shall always re-
mem hur Maud. had been sent east Just
hetorH Adams was married, and he
wanted mo tn be usher because, as he
put Ii, had been in the game before.
Mary was her name at Adams wedding.
That dnesn describe her at all No
name could. She was just as attractive
as Ethel and Maud. but different We
discussed very serious matters, did
Mary aud l. anl l knew that she was a
girl VINO would make sensible. think
ing man happy for life.
"lt was discussion Of telepathy that
made me forget Maud. that IL discus
sion and subsequent attempt to expert
meat Mary didn't ask for her letters
back after Rogers wedding told Sal
: ly-she was one of the bridesmaids, and
very Jolly southern girl-all about
Mary and she said she didn't mind.
came very near proposing to Sally, but
by this time had become professional
as an usher and best man, and since Sal
ly there have been by actual count 33
other girls, any one OF whUm might
have made mo happy felt after meet.
ing each one Of them that If l could
only keep away from weddings my hap.
piness might be assured could marry
the last girl-that IL, Of course, II she
would have me, and they were all very
sympathetic--and feel that was lucky.
couldn't dodge the weddings, though.
IAN my friends are married now.
and have assisted in each case It gol
80 tina, wh 10 was ut work l would
pnc.nsciously begin to whistle wed
ding march. Walking in time to it madl
me slow on parade. couldn't keep NJ
with my company have, l am glad Il
say, done my duty by my friends. but 4