Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-05-03


Ing the recent terrible ''blizzard' in New
York. several residents in suburban Sec
tons. where the sidewalks were not
broken out for eight days afterward,
sent complaints to the post Office that
the postmen were late in delivering the
mail on the day after the STORM"
. Such people are capable of address,
Ing written expostulations to Provi-
dence upon its conduct of affairs, and
there are many who are quite as I'M
reasonable and as little worth serious
attention. But when reverend clergy
men, and leading doctors of literature.
begin to show tendency to think that
the idea Of marriage is not sound, it
seems as though there were really a
basis for a genuine discussion and, as
though everybody ought to take an in
terest" and contribute his point of
view.
Well, suppose a good many marriages
prove to be failures. Is there any sort
OF business in which there is not a
large proportion of failures?
We are told that SO per cent. of the
men who set up in business for them
selves, fail one or more times. which
is one of those misleading statistics of
which we hear so much; for the same
man gets counted every time he ..sets
up" and fails. Therefore one man who
has constitutional aptitude for failure
may contribute frightful proportion of
that So per cent
Granted, that in commercial life fail
ure is the rule, and success the excep-
ton: In professional life, no doubt the
proportion of sufferers is quite as great
Ministers, doctors, lawyers, musicians.
artists, actors, writers-how many. COM
pared with the whole immense number.
can be said to- achieve success?
Then as to our political institutions
How many cities have We, the finances
and offices of which are administered
honestly, which would be the same in
this sense as successfully" Mr.. Stef-
TENS would probably reply that there are
none at all. Even the departments Of
the federal government are full of scan.
dals, and their history has been far more
that of failures than or successes while
who shall dare to speak of the unwrit-
ten disclosures one or more of which
have come to the ears of us all? 49,
The trouble seems to be with human
nature. 1t does not seem to be able to
do anything perfectly The average hu-
man being seems to be an untidy. selfish
hypocritical, lazy, untrustworthy crea-
ture--a sort of a cross between sheen
an oyster, bear and a treacherons
leopard or tiger. When you really ston
to think Of 1t, the wonder is, not that 80
many married couples are divorced. ar
live on, jangling, profoundly tired of
each other, or merely in dumb, patient
accomplishing misery; but that the
proportion of truly happy couples is 40
high as it is. TX. ~ -.
young woman recently confided to =
friend thatSslle ardently loved certain
young man, but that she would never
marry him until he should entirely re-
form his course. S= @*s1.
II have told him this" She said, sadly.
ne KNOWS perfectly we'll that he can
have me il he will behave himself. 1
never expect to like anybody else so
well as like hin, But have sense
enough to know That a man who does
not keep his word, who contracts debts
which he does mot propose to pay, who
drinks too much wine once IN awhile.
Will never make me good husband. II
We should have children, what sort Of 4
father would he make q b Il & .=.5s
but your influence might reform
him. Es.~.: .@3.::1..7',
+. II I had not seen that tried in the
case OF. Rosa tt T. 8 naming a ven
known society girl, who had married 4
gay society fellow. with q large fortune
and choice assortment os bad habits.
ana who 'l1 had had to come home ia her