The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-07-10
THOUGHTS ON fIrTINGIN.

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think, when only one life is given T.
Us humans to live here, that we Civ
little care to the gliding years and lie
them 60 10y untitled with the sunshin,
4 that Is free to all. Those who by mar
riage or 10y birth are compelled To dwell
8 together year after year often miss Tn,
best OF life 10y little frictions over it'll,
trilles. If their eyes were wide open
and unselish these troubles need no
exist at all
Family jars are made 10y the failur,
TO lit IN. 4 wife coming from a socia
position little superior to that Of bel
husband, though she forgot the differ
ence when she loved him enough t.
marry him remembers it when the
glamour Of marriage rubs OF and re
members it 50 well that she does not
let him forget it, Yet what are social
. differences in many cases but a lot of
/ nonsense? 1t is where the social line j.
least clearly defined that there is most
fuss aud demand over il. Real culture
makes no talk about its rights-it will
get them, because real culture is at once
recognized. 1t would not get them by
demanding them, because real culture
Is at once recognized IL would not get
them 10y demanding them; for real
culture vaunteth not itself Pray tell
us, vain wife what good to you is the
little magic circle Of folks that you can
not meet, compared with the love, de-
votion, sweat and toll Of the man who
loves you and would give his: life for
you? You are straining after a tinsel
toy that will break up to vauelessness
in the grasping, while the real great
JOY Of the warm sunshine Of conrad.
ship is as free to you as air. It sur
rounds you.
The man may be the one who bruises
the heart Of love. He is reaching out
for more achievement; he draws his |
very inspiration from the plain little |
bird IN the home nest aud yet he for |
gets all that she is to him and is un.
just enough to compare her with other,
less hampered with dulies-the duties
he imposed and therefore with more
time to dress or TO study or to excel
lie would not do the home bird an ac.
I'VE wrong; he recOils from the thought.
jut he does her a passive wrong in
his confidence and in feel
ng that outside the home is more of
than within il. He must
IL IN. There isa wOrk-side to the home.
here Is drudgery ia it: bearable only
y the little patient one who does il
ecause love to the great man makes il
earable. To cherish that dear heart.
emove thOrGs from its side is better
han to rise one more rung in the daz.
ing ladder Of wealth or OF fame: for
me may vanish ina day, but love I
Irvlves the shocks Of time and of loss
The foundation Of the jokes directed
wards the mOther-in-law is i'm this
Forbid, we should Law d
le blame all OH her; for she does much ID
lal no amount OF money could pay. d.
Her way Of doing it may be irritat. ID
&, bat nevertheless many unpleasant b,
sentlals OF home life get done and ~
me well. The trouble is sometimes
one side only, many times on both.
he husbands mother is foolish if she
poets the little wife to be as clay.
&c VIE mother is on the way to tn
Herring If she expects the new man
the family to be as yielding as her q.
lighter. The husbands wife is silly
ne expects the distant marks Of hard
ort to be wiped out Of tue mothers
'racter by the skill Of one sweet
lle;-charming for the husband ~
nd with love, but to the mother put
yhap appearing only as a shipper con con
glggle. Yet the way to happiness S ,ds'
IS right straight through the door Of int
h household. All they need is the Der
ld cleared from the foolish deIusion ana
we gain most by making demands r
that we are most esteemed by com
lng others to give way to us. a.
Fitting in" is the way of the wise. IA.
pplies to every walk Of life. In
tiers OF morality and probity there
0 lifting in" with immoralitv.
ulhg 70 wrong for the sake of peace
" What we are advising about.
we insist the things Of life that
u most estlmable are often merest
D when measured against the love
comfort we lose in trying to attain
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