Arizona daily citizen., 1901-02-11
the PARAGON
RISES TO EXPLAIN.

1t is with surprise that we observe
that the Arizona Citizen, OF Tucson, the
Globe Times and that aliterative jour
nal, The Pima Paragon, of the upper
ella valley, are engaged in facilitating
one another on account OF their views
OF matrimony. They have prepared a
code Of rules for the conduct OF those
shout to enter Wedlock as we'll as for
those who have already entered and
barred the door behind them. All this
is to the end that the world may be hap
D er and better. The editors OF the
Citizen and Times We know to be I'M
married men. We have no doubt that
the sage of The Paragon also is single,
else he would not have rushed into this
discussion. 1t is well established TACT
that all essays on matrimony have been
written bv calow boys and girls, old
maids and old bachelors, Married men
to whom we would naturally turn for
information regarding conjugal matters
have been silent and wood saving. Now
and then man whose marital ties have
been severed by death or the divorce
court aud who has in consequence moth
ing to fear, unhridles his tongue. An
appeal is always aken from his Judgment
on the ground of prejudice and the matter
is carried up to such untrammeled philo-
sohers as the edi or of tie Citizen, the
Times and The Paragon.-Phoehix Re-
publican.
The editor Of the Republican may bt I
as the Tucson Citizen suggests, "a mar
RED man whose life has been robbed oil
romance" If so, he has our most sim
cere sympathy. But he is decidedly
wrong on two propositions-first, that
the Paragon man is bachelor, and sec.
ond, that married men do not write es'
says on matrimony. 1t is also wrong
for the Republican editor to further the
erroneous impression that marriage end:
the romance Of life.
The only true romance of life is in the
reality of living. When all romance i;
dead, all the happiness has disappeared
We have been beyond the charge OF 'sin'
gle-cussedness" for a number of years
but our heart has not turned to stone
nor our ambition to boyhood's amuse-
ments. The sweetheart OF our younger
days is our sweetheart still she may not
be as pretty to other people as she has
been, but to US she is handsomer, better
and more lovable, because We know ev-
cry wrinkle in her brow, every rough
place on her once soft hands lever soft
to usl and every little apparent deficien-
cy in her appearance is due to her earn
est endeavor to make our life happy.
Unhesitltingly, increasingly and with
never-failing patience she has taught us
that all of life is not over when a man
enters the married state. Three little
pairs of hands stretch out to greet us
when we go home from oul daily labor
three pairs of eyes sparkle like diamonds
at our approach, and three pairs of ruby
lips are raised expectantly, while an
equal number OF chubby arms struggle
to disarrange our necktie. Back OF them
aE-always smiling, cheerful and en-
couraging-comforting and consoling,
anxious for our welfare and eager to
share our burdens-sweeter, dearer, far
more attractive as wife and mother
than she ever was as maid and sweet
hearts "the romance"
From the cornucopia of our ext erience
we would pour out this advice to the
editors of The Citizen and Times, and
the Republican as well-go and fool
some good woman, as we have done,
and learn the reality of romance-Pima
payaOon