The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-06-10
SHOULD WOMEN MARRY FoR A
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the position that women shoulC
not marry for a home. | hole
that people should nevor MARRY
except for mutual affection foi
each other. Marriages for con
venience or for mercenary pur
poses are not made in heaven, anG
are, therefore, liable to be fail
ures.
| am aware that marriages
founded on affection are not fash
ionable to-day, and that one an.
nounces ones self an old fogy
when one gives expression to the
thought that without genuine af.
fection as the basis of matrimo-
NAL alliances there can be little
happiness in them. Marrying
for money, position or home,
smacks so strongly of the merce.
nary spirit that one mlstrusts
persons entering into so sacred a
contract so unscrupulously, and
one asks ones self continually.
will they be able to fulfill their
vows "for better, for worse ?"
When the realities of life. strip.
ped of the glamour of romantic
sentimentalism, come upon them
will they be able to meet them
with resignation and courage?
VIII they be able TO humor the
folbles and vagaries that develop
sometimes? viii they be able
to bear with patience and cheer.
fulness the perverseness of hu.
man nature that sometimes
comes over persons who were
previously lovable and loving -.
Vicious hablJs not infrequently
change the whole nature of peo.
pie. Alcohol, drug and tobacco
habits have more than once chang
ed noble men and women into de-
mons.
The husband or the wife of
such persons inevitably suffers
the tortures Of the lost through
the tantalizing habits of these
slaves to pernlcious habits aud
II there is no love in such union,
there can be no forbearance. ItI
Is bad enough when both are
madly in love with each other.
No matter how much love ex-
lists, it will require it all to 90
through life with all its trials,
disappointments and unspeaka-
bic ills. Sorrows to be endured
must be divided. joys are great
ly magnitied if one shares them
with another. Sacrifices for those
we love can be made; burdens
borne for dear ones are never too
heavy, but, when there is a silent
monitor whispering in your ear
that your sacrifices are for one
who does not care for you, the
heart grows weary and your bur
dens insufferable.
The bond of matrimony assum-
ed for selfish purposes soon be-
comes tortures, and those under
such a contract must lead dual
lives or take ignoble advantage of
some opportunity TO free them
selves from an intolerable bond
age. 1t is claimed by some that
If you respect the one whom you
marry, time will bring the love
you should have had in the begin.
ming. On the contrary, one gem
orally awakens to a realization of
having made fatal mistake.
There is something supremely
selfish about marrying for conve.
nience, and, as there is not the
first element of the conditions
which God intended, it is fortu-
nate if happiness follows such a
marriage. Selfshness is prob.
ably conducive of more discord
than anything else, and the least
fruitful of harmony-an essential
element in the union Of two peo-
pie If they expect TO live together
peacefully. If wedlock is enter.
ed into with DO higher thought
than selfish one, there can be
little hope of domestic bliss in
the end.
When men or women discover
that they have been accepted
through purely selfish motives,