New-York tribune., 1905-11-05

that animates humanity; that the impulse belng
in her. a little thought and study will reveal Its
opportunity. The should understand tiaC
in these growing children lies a capital OF hapP1-
ness so much more important to his later HE
than anv other capital which he may accumulate
that the latter is practically negligible that IN
their respect, their sympathy their love, all OF
which are to be in their childhood and IN
their home circle lies the only real and rich haPPl-
ness which can come to him in the second hall OF
his mundane period that, in other words, as the
pursuit of happiness is the dominant law OF human
life the only possibility of happiness IN the last halt
of anv life lies in Children and in children who have
been loved and cared for IN their youth
What does life offer to any man or woman alter
fortv-fve? With the woman her beauty has begun
to fail old age confrOnts her. new generation OF
fresh-faced beauties has long since pushed her TO
the wall in the social assembly, and that dls1uson
which is the inevitable harvest of the years has
stripped the glamour from all the things which IN
terested her Think of the happiness OF the woman
of fortv-five whose interest in life and hold upon
affairs are made intenser and stronger than ever
through her Children compared with the woman
who equally disillusioned and without children,
has nothing left struggle for, nothing to interest
her, nothing animate her, to give color to her
cheek and light to her eye, nothing but loveless
solitude and burdenng despair! Think OF the
warmth of love which surrounds the one; the chill
of isolation which envelops the other!
With the man, up to torty-lve the struggle IS
all-sufficent. If he is strong man, he loves the
game of wealth, and may be pardoned H. from MS
marriage to the zenith of his life, he devotes most
of his time and thought to playing It, But what OF
him when his disillusiOn comes, as come 1t
must? What of him when he learns the lesson that
beyond the small limit of his necessities money has
no actual value? that the greatest value IN
all things human, based upon the pursuit OF
happiness is love? To him, to the woman 4
interest in life love of life, rejuvenation II
and long years lie in the possession OF ~
children. That man or woman can HN
live out life practically and successfully N/F
without children, is text which can /S/R .
not be too widely preached. nm
None the less many fear. They IyfR
fear that the children may not turn nm
out we'll may be, instead of f%iE
added blessing, an added burden INFH
and a of sharpest PAIN ITEB
So they probably will be II ne |8ER
elected The harvest of love is nIkR
open to all but it is like HEH
any other harvest 1t must be Ifkb
watched tended and cherished, E6SH
if the harvester is to have his NIB
reward The law of life as we EkE
must meet it is simple Without MIX
children, its value ceases largely EtES
with most people at forty-five: fMER
including children-they the NIB
greatest of all blessings in the MYb
later years. but they must be MS1
treasured and appreciated in their Mgh
earliest years if the blessings are \Myn
to be garnered MyH
These principles apply with equal Ax&
force to limited wealthy class and W%R Y
to that immense middle class, financially M&0
speaking, which constitutes the mass of ~S
the commonwealth in all countries The ~N
poor, upon whom the social superinCum- M
bent pressure falls heaviest, and who are least ~
able to sustain it, do and must do as best they
can But it is one of the finest and most splendid