Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-02-02
HOW TO BE HAPPY ANYWHERE
livery Woman Carries Her Happiness
with Her, II She knows Now
10 Develop 1t.

she isn't, sometimes, and when she
isn't it is because she lacks adapta-
biiity. The woman W.o cannot adapt
herself to her surroundings is to be
pitied. Perhaps you think that the
woman thut lacks adaptability is the
exception, but I'm afraid she is the
rule.
The woman who marrieS an army
officer ought to know that there is
going to be n great change in her life
She goes out to Fort X in Arizona.
and when she is indicted to the log
hut that is to be her home fer year
at least. and perhaps for three. her
heart goes dCWa into her little boots.
There are other women there. ard they
assur" her that she viii soon get used
to it. but she refuses to believe in the
possibility, and within three months
is planning to take trip home to
mother. or course, he lets her go, but
don't you suppose he feels Il trifle dis
appointed in is wife?
Then there Is The naval officers wife.
Doesn't she know that naval of'ccrs
have to travel away at ~ hours rotice?
He must have told her that. and yet
delay him, and thrs makes the rart-
ing ten tines harder. Or su>ncSc she
follows him 10 tic China station. and
has to put up nj HoNg-KonG Ct olio.
hama, where tie manner &C living is so
diiTe rent from thiS cnrT try. The TT arc
some wGrcu WHO Grd it IarC fun ard
drC2 Ii~ht into oriental WIS. because
they are adaptable. hut the laajCTity
pass their time in rroarirg. ard. whcn
hubby comes asEcr". take up all lis
shore leave wiSl'iuH that lie could Ee
removed to the Mediterranean quad
ron. CT at least to the NCrth Atlantic.
Of course. he wishes so. too. but lie ie
under orders. and il would make il
much easier if she was as contented rs
he tries to be.
T., lac tell you a little story of
frontier town. IT was situated on the
northwestern frontier IS years ago.
and, although now of considerable i'm
portaucc, then numbered 300 souls. all
told. II was the t,rmi' rs Of rail.
road, which brought il Gle train every
second day, but which did not run
any trains between October 1 and April
1 because Of the tremendous snow
drifts.
There was just 10 women in this town,
all r:arricd. and about six had children.
With the exception Of four all these
women came from the east" which in
frontier vocabulary means ST. Paul
ard anything east Of that point. Their
husbands had come out west to grow
up with the country, and after years
experience had felt justified in going
east to claim the fulfillment of previ-
Gus engagement.
The brides were brought to this town
in the spring and had PASSED through
the summer very cheerfully. Then
care the first frosts of September. and
as the time drew near for the departure
Of the last train their browS grew dark
They looked forward with terror to six
months exclusion from the world they
had left. | do not know what they said,
but ! know what they did
There were four women in town who
Ind been movers" as they call those
restless People who are always in the
advance Of civilization, and of course
they stayed, and there were two other
married wGn!an who decided that If
their husEaTGs could stand the eli
mate ard the sCiituGe so c-uid they, but
every other woman took that last train
for the cast. Now, don't you think all
these women might have adapted them
selves to their surroundings if they had
tried?
Think of the wife of missionary.
lie must go to the farthest points on
the globe, and she must go. too. or
course she knows in general way that
she mus, encounter harlships and rri-
vations, but you know you can't for.n
any but the faiutcst idea of n place
from written description. Just as in
summer you can't really shivcr over a
story OF arctic pcrils. SO when she
actually is installed in n hut with an
earth floor. with surroundings little
more than barbaric, you can't blame
her If her heart feels sick. Ard how
wretched she is going to be if she cau-
not train that heart to cease it's re-
pinings! 1t is nonsense to think that
any civilized wpT,nr rnp cycr co,p, t,,